Who knows, does he start next week, sure, if the rumors of a sideline meltdown by T-Mart, along with a huge blow up after the game, where Bo, him ,and his folks all had a private meeting, then I wouldn't be so sure he stays in that slot. For now I am sure Bo is behind him, he is a 19 y/o kid, who potentially had a great game passing, but his teammates let him down, I would be pissed also. Although if that type of behavior continues I would think they start to look elsewhere...Having seen Taylor Martinez pulled twice for performance, is it a given that he starts next week at Okie Lite, or for that matter, for the rest of the season?
Choosing to bench a guy this year just because he won't be here next year...or starting a freshman because he's a freshman and will struggle like one...it makes no sense.Zac won't be here next year, Taylor will be. Taylor is the guy. He is a freshman and we are going to take some lumps with him. Not sure how I feel about him being benched, but he clearly didn't have it.The same guy who yanked his quarterback in the 3rd quarter is saying there is no controversy.No, there is no QB controversy. Pelini already said Taylor is starting next week.
I'd be curious to know what his definition of a controversy is.
My definition is when you have no idea who is going to be under center from one series to the next.
If we catch the ball, that opens up our offense. End of story.The interesting thing is, if we do switch to Lee, it will be opening up the offense.
The offense is limited with Taylor because he is not far along at all as a quarterback and as a passer. With Taylor, we rely HARD on certain things - mostly, his explosive athletic ability. Without the right reads, and against a stout defense, even that is taken away, and when it is, we see there's nothing left.
The trouble is our playmakers on offense, in the pass catching dept., need to get over their funk. It's not a matter of ability really, more so of confidence right now, IMO.
If Taylor had Lee's understanding of the position down, it would be frightening and deadly. Unfortunately, that simply is not in the cards this year. With another year or two, it certainly is possible.
If I recall correctly, in the zone read that man is always unblocked - that is the "read" part of the play - and he was still unblocked when Lee was in (although some have said Texas changed up their defense against Lee, I personally didn't see any big changes). It makes no sense that Watson would leave a guy unblocked against Martinez, but not against Lee when Martinez is the bigger running threat ie if that guy being blocked sprung Lee for 3-4 yards a pop, then it would likely spring Martinez for 6-10 if not more. In truth, what you saw was Lee making the correct read versus Martinez not making it.BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA said:yeah Martinez also deserves a chance to run the zone read under the same conditions as Lee. When Lee got in there Watson changed the scheme so every one was blocked rather letting one man run free. I believe Martinez would have better results and more room to recover from mistakes if that man is blocked.The Dude said:Taylor gives us the best chance to win. We're obviously not suited to be a passing team. I don't believe Zac is a better passer anyways. We need to get away from running that zone read even when it fails though.
I think that's fair.I will look to last year when Bo shut down the offense. Martinez is a fumbling machine, a very exciting fumbling machine. Lee is boring and inept, but less likely to put it on the turf. What do you think Bo will do when turnovers cant be overcome and he decides to shut the offense down?
And with Lee making perfect reads we get.....3 yds.If I recall correctly, in the zone read that man is always unblocked - that is the "read" part of the play - and he was still unblocked when Lee was in (although some have said Texas changed up their defense against Lee, I personally didn't see any big changes). It makes no sense that Watson would leave a guy unblocked against Martinez, but not against Lee when Martinez is the bigger running threat ie if that guy being blocked sprung Lee for 3-4 yards a pop, then it would likely spring Martinez for 6-10 if not more. In truth, what you saw was Lee making the correct read versus Martinez not making it.BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA said:yeah Martinez also deserves a chance to run the zone read under the same conditions as Lee. When Lee got in there Watson changed the scheme so every one was blocked rather letting one man run free. I believe Martinez would have better results and more room to recover from mistakes if that man is blocked.The Dude said:Taylor gives us the best chance to win. We're obviously not suited to be a passing team. I don't believe Zac is a better passer anyways. We need to get away from running that zone read even when it fails though.
He could throw the ball 20 yards downfield and then run and catch it. Probably better that than to leave it up to one of his WR's to catch the ball.No, there isn't a controversy in my opinion. I just have to wonder what Martinez can do to not allow the defenses to stop him now. Between SDSU and Texas they've given the rest of our schedule the blueprint to stop us. He's got to get more comfortable throwing the ball............and I don't care what he threw as a Senior in high school. That's high school, not D-1 football, big difference. If the offensive line would do their jobs that would help, along with the receivers and backs.