Adrian Martinez dazzled for much of his first-career start against Colorado last weekend. Nebraska’s true freshman quarterback threw for nearly 200 yards and rushed for more than 100 yards before getting hurt. The Huskers lost their starting QB late in the fourth quarter of the close loss to the Buffaloes. What is Martinez’ status moving forward? Here is the latest injury update for the Huskers’ quarterback. Martinez is questionable for today. Scott Frost has said all week that they were taking things day by day with the former four-star recruit. The quarterback continues to be evaluated. Frost added this week that a decision on his status for Saturday could be made “two minutes” before kickoff. “Scott Frost said he might make a decision on Adrian Martinez ‘2 minutes before kickoff.’ Said Martinez will warm up at the very least. Said decision to play or not play Martinez will be ‘strictly physical,'” Sam McKewon tweeted. Scott Frost said he might make a decision on Adrian Martinez “2 minutes before kickoff.” Said Martinez will warm up at the very least. Said decision to play or not play Martinez will be “strictly physical.” #huskers — Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) September 13, 2018 Martinez is the only scholarship quarterback on the Nebraska roster this season. The Huskers were forced to play a walk-on when he went down against Colorado last weekend. We’re only a couple of hours away from kickoff in Lincoln, Neb. More updates on the status of Martinez will likely be released this morning. QB Adrian Martinez one of the first Huskers in the Unity Walk: pic.twitter.com/iGRJZpTnrl — Dan Corey (@DanCorey1011) September 15, 2018 However, as Frost said earlier in the week, it doesn’t look like a final decision on Martinez will be made until right before kickoff. Martinez will likely warm up with the Huskers and see if he can go. There’s no need for Nebraska to make a decision one way or another until then. Stay tuned.<doc-sep>Hide Transcript Show Transcript WEBVTT REACTION FROM LINCOLN. REPORTER: IT IS THE PLAY THAT HAS HUSKER NATION SEEING RED. >> THAT WAS A NASTY PLAY, ABSOLUTELY NASTY PLAY. >> I MEAN THE MAN JUST STEPPED THERE AND PULLED HIS LEG. YOU KNOW BAD, CRUNCH TIME BAD. >> A DIRTY PLAY. IT WAS NOT VERY NICE. REPORTER: MONDAY, HUSKER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH SCOTT FROST SAID WHILE HE WILL NOT COMMENT ON WHETHER THE COLORADO PLAYER WAS TRYING TO INTENTIONALLY HURT MARTINEZ HE DID SEND VIDEO OF , THE PLAY TO PAC 12 AND BIG TEN OFFICIALS. >> FROM THE ANGLE THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT I DO NOT THINK IS OUT THERE, DOES NOT LOOK GOOD AT ALL AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DETERMINATION. >> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ABOUT IT, BUT THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE SOME CONSEQUENCES BEHIND IT. >> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PLAYER OR TEAM, NEBRASKA DOES NOT GET THE WIN. THEY DO NOT GET THAT GAME BACK. REPORTER: OTHER FANS SAY IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GAME. >> I THINK IT’S JUST PART OF THE AND IT’S GOOD THAT HE IS COMING BACK. >> WE NEED TO PLAY TEAMS LIKE THIS TO GET BACK INTO THE FRAME OF MIND THAT WE NEED TO BE AS ROUGH, TOUGH A TEA REPORTER: AND IF ANYTHING IT ADDS A NEW TWIST TO AN OLD RIVALARY. >> -- RIVALRY. >> HOPEFULLY WE TURN THEIR LEG AROUND HONESTLY, HA HA. >> OBVIOUSLY THERE’S GOING TO BE NUMEROUS PEOPLE REMEMBER THIS EVENT. >> ONCE WE PLAY THEM AGAIN NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE INTENSE THAN IT WAS LAST WEEK. REPORTER: IN LINCOLN ANDREW OZAKI KETV NEWSWATCH 7. DAVID: WE’LL HAVE MORE ADRIAN MARTINEZ’S INJURY AND COACH FROST’S COMMENTS ON THE PLAY COMING UP IN SPO Advertisement Dirty play? Nebraska seeks review of play that injured QB Husker quarterback Adrian Martinez may be able to play against Troy Share Shares Copy Link Copy Nebraska head football coach Scott Frost says the Huskers are asking Big Ten, and Pac 12 officials to review video of a play that injured quarterback Adrian Martinez in Saturday's game against Colorado. Video suggests a Colorado player may have intentionally tried to injury the Nebraska starter. Vote here. "You never want to think anybody on a football field would intentionally try to hurt someone else," said Frost. "Nobody except someone who does that knows what the intentions were, but I will tell you we have an angle that doesn't look very good. "Martinez suffered an injury to his right knee during a pile-up forcing him to leave the game. Video seems to indicate a Colorado player wrenched the Husker quarterback's leg. "He's sore," said Frost. But the coach said the news was about as good as Nebraska could have hoped for. Martinez did not practice Monday, and his status for the Troy game on Saturday is uncertain. Frost said the team will evaluate Martinez day by day, and a decision may on whether or not he can play may have to wait until shortly before the 11 a.m. kickoff.The Pac-12 conference acknowledged Monday it had new video, and it was consulting with the Big Ten conference as part of its review process.Meanwhile, the play has much of Husker Nation seeing red. "That was a nasty play, Absolutely nasty play," Natalie VanGerpen said describing the play in which Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez was injured during the Colorado game Saturday. "He took his leg and just spun it," VanGerpen said.And she wasn't the only Husker fan who thought Buffalo freshman linebacker Jacob Callier's activities under the pile crossed the line. "I mean the man just stepped there and pulled his leg, you know bad, crunch time bad," La Rondo Taylor said. "A dirty play. It wasn't very nice," Joette Sheeley said.On Monday, Husker head football coach Scott Frost wouldn't comment on whether the Colorado player was trying to intentionally hurt Martinez, but he said he did send video of the play to Pac 12 and Big 10 officials. "From the angle that I've seen, that I don't think is out there, doesn't look good at all and everybody is going to have to make their own determination," Frost said.Husker fans said they don't know what can be done but believe there should be consequences. "There should definitely be some consequences behind it," Taylor said.Lori Sheeley believes Martinez's injury definitely impacted the outcome of the game. "No matter what happens to that player or team, Nebraska doesn't get the win. They don't get that game back," Sheeley said.One bright spot, Frost said on Monday Martinez did not suffer ligament damage and said there is a possibility the freshman quarterback could play against Troy this Saturday. "I think it's just part of the game. And it's good that he's (Martinez) coming back," said Husker fan Austin Peterson. "We need to play teams like this to get back into the frame of mind that we need to be as rough, tough a team," said Dan Larsen, another fan.And if anything, this latest controversy adds a new twist into an old rivalry. "Hopefully we turn their leg around honestly, ha, ha," VanGerpen said. "Obviously there's going to be numerous people remember this event," Larsen said. "Once we play them again next year, it will be a little more intense than it was last week," Peterson said.<doc-sep>Nebraska received good news on quarterback Adrian Martinez, according to head coach Scott Frost. Frost said "there's a chance" Martinez could play this Saturday against Troy, and that there was no ligament damage revealed in examinations. "We got about as good of news as possible, and he's day-to-day," Frost said. "He's a little sore, but doing a lot better than expected." Martinez didn't practice on Monday morning. Martinez was injured on a play where a Colorado defender appeared to hold on to Martinez's leg and twist. Frost was guarded in how he talked about the play on Monday and said the play had been turned in to the Big Ten and Pac-12 for review. Martinez was injured enough that he couldn't return for the final drive of the game with the Huskers trailing, leaving the job to backup Andrew Bunch. The walk-on QB drove Nebraska to the Colorado 20-yard-line in the final seconds, but three incompletions had the Buffaloes sprinting across the field in celebration. Bunch finished the day 4-of-9 for 49 yards. He appeared to throw a key third down strike to JD Spielman that may have allowed Nebraska to run out the clock, but Spielman dropped the pass, setting up the Colorado win. "Andrew came in and did a good job," Frost said after Saturday's loss to Colorado. "Obviously he's got to put one of those last two balls in a catchable position for Stanley (Morgan) or somebody else. But every time I thought we've found every way to give the game away, we found more.” If Bunch has to start on Saturday against Troy, walk-on true freshman Matt Masker would be the second-string quarterback and the Huskers would have to find an emergency third quarterback. After Saturday’s game, Bunch said he would approach the week as though he will be playing against Troy. "I'm just going to treat it the same way I've always have,” Bunch said. “I've always tried to prepare like I'm the starter, regardless of the position I'm in. I'm going to tackle Monday the same way I always do.” While Martinez threw an interception and fumbled once, he was a game-changer in the first half, finishing the day with 117 rushing yards and completing 15-of-20 passes for 187 yards, including a 57-yard touchdown strike to JD Spielman in the third quarter. Martinez, who was the first true freshman quarterback to start a season opener, accounted for 304 yards, including 117 rushing yards on 15 carries, including a pair of rushing touchdowns, while completing 15-of-20 passes for 187 yards and one touchdown. The 117 rushing yards mark the first 100-yard rushing day by a Nebraska quarterback since Tommy Armstrong ran for 132 yards at Northwestern in 2016. It is also the most rushing yards by a Husker quarterback in a season opener since Taylor Martinez rushed for 135 yards against Chattanooga in 2011.<doc-sep>
Nebraska starting quarterback Adrian Martinez was knocked out of the game with an apparent injury to his right knee on Saturday near the end of the Cornhuskers' 33-28 loss to Colorado. Scott Frost met reporters on Monday with some good news regarding Martinez's status. Frost said he thinks there is a chance that Martinez could play against Troy on Saturday, noting that further testing revealed no ligament damage in the freshman's right knee. He also informed reporters that he has turned footage of the play where Martinez got hurt into the Big Ten and Pac-12 because of concerns regarding a Colorado player's actions after the whistle. One angle of the play, circulating on social media, alleges a Colorado defender tried to twist Martinez's leg at the bottom of the pile after the hit that knocked him out of the game. Frost did not comment specifically on what he saw that "didn't look good" but clearly felt like Martinez might have been put at further risk for injury because of what he saw. "Careful how I answer that," Frost said. "You never want to think anybody on a football would intentionally try to hurt someone else. And nobody except someone who does that knows what the intentions were. I will tell you, we have an angle that doesn't look very good." Martinez rushed for 117 yards and two scores while completing 15-of-20 passes for 187 yards with a passing touchdown and an interception against the Buffs. It wasn't too bad for his first-ever college action, and Frost commended Martinez's confidence and play in a tough back-and-forth game. If Martinez cannot play, Nebraska will turn to walk-on Andrew Bunch as the starting quarterback.