LINCOLN — Tommie Frazier can't remember anything about his debut as a Nebraska quarterback.
“It all happened too fast for me to think,” he said.
A refresher: Frazier played his first collegiate game against Utah, a 49-22 NU win. He threw one pass, an incompletion. He rushed twice for 14 yards. It was Sept. 5, 1992 — 17 years to the day before Cody Green ran on the field with 12 minutes left Saturday in the Huskers' 49-3 win over Florida Atlantic.
No other Nebraska quarterback of note has played in the season opener as a true freshman. Walk-on Ryan Goodman did it in 2004 but never appeared in another game; he doesn't count.
Frazier, of course, won a pair of national championships, finished as the Heisman runner-up in 1995 and left NU with an unmatched legacy.
It's outrageously early to compare Green to Frazier. In his debut, though, Green rushed for 50 yards, including a 49-yard gallop on his first carry. He scored a touchdown and completed 2 of 3 passes.
Their connection is undeniable.