In front of 20,000 fans that traveled out to Seattle, the Big Red did not disappoint as they completely dominated the Washington Huskies 56-21 to improve to 3-0 on the season. The game was really never in doubt as the Huskers jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead after just five offensive plays. The Blackshirts made Jake Locker look like a sixth round draft pick rather then then number one overall pick in the upcoming draft and left the Husky fans leaving their own stadium before the game was over and shaking their heads and what just happened.

The T-Mart show once again was in full affect. The freshman quarterback opened up the second half with a 80-yard touchdown run which was the longest td run by a freshman qb at Nebraska. Martinez would also score two other times on the ground and also hit Mike McNeill in the first quarter for a touchdown. When it was all said and done, Martinez finished with 137 yards rushing and 150 yards passing. Not bad for a freshman qb on the road playing in a loud stadium!

Martinez wasn’t the only Nebraska player to rush for over 100 yards. Roy Helu Jr. and Rex Burkhead both went over the centry mark with 110 yards and 104 yards respectively.

I came away very impressed with the game plan that Carl Pelini and the coaching staff came into the game with as they hoped to slow down Locker. They made Locker look terrible as they brought multiple blitzes and also dropped back extra linebackers in coverage to confuse him all game long. Locker finished 4 of 20 for 71 yards and two interceptions. One big play of 45 yards on a broken coverage was the only big play that the Huskies had all game long. Great performance by the blackshirts!

Now it’s time for the Big Red to prepare for South Dakota State. This will hopefully be the last game on pay per view for the Huskers and kickoff is set for 6 p.m. from Memorial Stadium.


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3 Responses to “Huskers roll over Washington 56-21”

  1. Huskers roll over Washington 56-21 - Nebraska Sports Blog Says:
    September 20th, 2010 at 10:44 am

    [...] Huskers roll over Washington 56-21 [...]

  2. Tom Says:
    September 20th, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    ABC took the game off with plenty of time to go in the 4th quarter. One of the only games I won’t have to pay for this year and they take it off early. I’ve never seen that in NCAA football, ever, no matter what the score is. Thankfully I found it in standard def on ESPN2ALT, what a joke. Goo job Huskers.

  3. naddychamp Says:
    September 28th, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    Vote Taylor Martinez for Heisman, here, your vote counts, they tally it up and whatever player gets the most votes, actually gets a Heisman vote.
    http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/nissan/heisman/ copy and paste
    Make sure when you right in that you type “Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebtraska” and not just Taylor Martinez

 
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