The Colorado Buffaloes are well aware that the Nebraska football team has lodged a kind of complaint about the hit on Adrian Martinez. They have responded. There has been quite a bit of talk about the Nebraska football team and what happened in their game against the Colorado Buffaloes. The Cornhuskers has even gone so far as to submit a tape of the hit that injured Martinez to both the Pac 12 and the Big 10 conferences. While some Husker fans are expecting action to be taken against the player they believe hurt Martinez on purpose, it appears the Buffaloes are looking just to move on. Colorado head coach responded late Monday night to the reports and seems to think his player or players did nothing wrong. Mike Macintyre issued an official statement where he said: “I was made aware that Scott Frost and Nebraska submitted a play for review with the Pac 12 conference office. Our athletic department officials have had conversations with the conference office; no one has been suspended and we are moving forward.” This is likely not going to sit well with Husker fans who were hoping Colorado would do the “right thing.” While Frost has said he has tape and an angle that isn’t available to the public, the angle that is available to everyone is plenty damning. When you watch Adrian go down, it really does look like a Colorado player is twisting parts of his leg in order to try and hurt him. The fact that Martinez did come up as injured is only adding fuel to that fire. For his part, Scott Frost said he was done talking about the injury during his Big Ten conference call on Tuesday. It appears, either way, the Nebraska football team is looking to put the situation to bed.<doc-sep>Martinez did not practice Monday and Frost said the staff could push a decision on his availability all the way to Saturday morning before kickoff. The Fresno, California, native showcased his talent in his collegiate debut before the injury, throwing for 187 yards on 15-of-20 passing and rushing for 117 yards and two touchdowns, including a 41-yarder in the first quarter. He also had some mistakes, losing a fumble on Nebraska's second possession and throwing an interception in the fourth quarter. "We're going to do everything we can to get other guys healthy and (Martinez) is going to do everything he can to get healthy and learn the game plan," Frost said. Sophomore walk-on Andrew Bunch will prepare for what could be his first career start. Bunch played the final 3:29 in relief of Martinez, completing 4 of 9 for 49 yards.<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>
Photo : Nati Harnik ( AP Photo With 3:29 remaining in the fourth quarter and Nebraska leading Colorado 28-27, the Huskers were at midfield and driving toward the end zone when freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez took the ball and sprinted on a designed run to the right. Martinez hadn’t been perfect in his first-ever start, but with one score through the air and another two on the ground, he had his offense in position to protect and boost its slim lead. As Martinez made his cut upfield, his own lineman threw a Buffalo defender into his path. That’s when he got his knee rolled up—or, if you go by what the Huskers are saying and what the video shows, he got his knee rolled up, twisted, and yanked by Colorado linebacker Jacob Callier. The play knocked Martinez out of the game and thrust back-up Andrew Bunch into the action, which lead to a quick punt three plays later. Colorado scored on the ensuing series, taking the lead and forcing Bunch to play the hero. On what would be the last series of the game, Bunch took the Huskers from their own 36-yard line down to the Colorado 20-yard line with just seven seconds to spare. On the final play of the game, pressure forced the right-handed Bunch to sprint to his left and heave a ball that cleared the back of the end zone by at least five yards. In the aftermath of the season-opening loss, Nebraska has been openly pissed off about the injury to their rookie quarterback. First-year head coach Scott Frost immediately submitted the play for review to the Big Ten and Pac-12 offices on Monday, according to the Lincoln Journal-Star. In coach-speak, Frost told reporters he knows what he saw and that regardless of intention, the twisting on Callier’s part was too far. “You never want to think someone on the football field would try to intentionally hurt someone,” Frost said. However, he added, “We have an angle that doesn’t look very good. I don’t know what the intentions were, but the angle out there that I’ve seen doesn’t look good at all.” When Colorado was contacted by a Journal-Star reporter, the athletic department spokesperson claimed the Pac-12 had already completed its review and ruled the play to be clean. However, when an AP reporter hit up the Pac-12, the conference said it had made no such decision and that it was still reviewing the play. Meanwhile, Buffaloes head coach Mike McIntyre has been mum on the entire snafu, only acknowledging that Frost submitted the play and saying no suspensions have been handed down. As Colorado fans have pointed out, the whole game was chippy, and Callier’s hit-and-twist was far from the only rough play to go unflagged, but taking a late hit while standing up and moving forward is a little different than having your dang knee turned into a Bop-It while two lineman sit on your face. Lucky for Martinez and the Huskers, 24/7 reported Monday that there was no ligament damage and that he might even be ready to go for this upcoming Saturday’s game against Troy. It should probably go without saying, but to all the Power Five college football players who apparently think they’re still in high school: Everything you do on the field is on-camera; don’t try to pull bullshit like this!