McKewon: Tipping point for Martinez/Watson

Shawn Watson needs to call a good game and have his offense – with Martinez leading it – do some damage. Yards, points, all of it. The media, having chosen Watson as the official scapegoat of the 2010 season – because it's fun to cook meals when you don't get to pick all the groceries every week – will flog him again for a poor performance. Unless, of course, he runs 63 Wildcat plays in a row. I suggest he call a Globetrotteresque triple-option weave with T-Magic, Rex Burkhead and Niles Paul.
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Ha ha! Funny stuff, that.

 
Sam's pretty direct here.

There are guys like Sipple who are always sunshine about Bo and the program, guys like Dirk or Lee perhaps who seem to be more critical, and Sam is a bit of a middle ground: pretty supportive, but straight-laced.

Martinez needs a good game. His talents and weaknesses are equally balanced right now, and he must tip the scale in his favor. He needs better mechanics and media lessons, too, but it behooves him more to remind his teammates – not the seniors – that he can bounce back from a tough month of poor on-field play and persistent off-the-field rumors. That he can live up the considerable, arguably unwarranted trust that Bo's put into his abilities.

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It hasn't been lost on any Husker fans. They've been paying close attention.

But they also know Bo chose a first-year starter over a fifth-year senior in a season where NU had its finest senior class in a decade.
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