Martinez almost hit Burtch in the head with that pass. Not sure where you're getting "five yards" but it was slightly behind Burtch. The problem was, Burtch wasn't looking for the pass. He didn't turn his head until the ball had already been intercepted. If he has his head in the backfield at his break, at the worst he disrupts the pass for an incompletion. At best it's a catch for a first down.
It would have probably made the final score look better, but it was not the correct call. The right call was to run the ball & take the points.
The problem was Martinez threw it to the wrong team. Like many others, I thought Burtch ran the wrong route, but after seeing what Rich Fisher and Taylor Martinez said about it, the INT is on Martinez.
Well, TM might have had a bad pass, but the ball almost hit Burtch so it was definitely within arms reach. But Burtch wasn't looking so it went right passed him to a defender. Was that on the QB or the WR? I certainly can't tell; I'm not sure why you're so confident it was the QB.
Lest we forget Wyoming ranked 72nd in 2012 in yards per game in the FBS, with 389 yards/game.
Because like I said in my post....I read what Rich Fisher and Taylor Martinez had to say about it.
TM said that it was miscommunication. He thought Burtch was going to break off his route earlier than he did. If so, then his ball was thrown pretty accurately and it is understandable why Burtch wasn't looking for the ball yet.
Yes. And Rich Fisher said Burtch ran the correct route. So here's what I know. Burtch ran the correct route and the ball was intercepted. Taylor said there was a miscommunication. I'd say so.
And we know that Taylor Martinez is the worst quarterback in the history of football, so there's that.
I like Martinez. His turnovers are frustrating.And we know that Taylor Martinez is the worst quarterback in the history of football, so there's that.
This is something I usually try to get people to keep in perspective. Often times, if a play works, it's a great call. If it doesn't work, it's a bad call. That said, in this particular situation, I would have questioned the play call even if it had been successful. Obviously, we wouldn't be dwelling on it if that were the case, though. Some people will never be happy with a play call, too. If it's 3rd and 1 and we run a ISO play that gets stuffed, some people will say we should have run a quick out-route or hook route. The same is true if we try a pass in the same situation - many will think we should have run.
To be fair, this is how many, many teams get their wins every year. I'm sure you realize this, but this is something certainly not exclusive to Nebraska by any means.
quite correct Enhance. I agree.. many teams get a reasonable subset of their wins that way. What differs is the truly good teams end with only 1-2, perhaps 3 losses (at best) because while they do a good subset of their wins by beating fish (like NU does) they ALSO get wins against quality opponents too (to a higher degree than does NU).
