Nebraska football head coach Scott Frost chose his words carefully when talking about the hit on Adrian Martinez but he’s clearly not happy.
On Monday, there was possible good news and a little bit of eye-brow raising news surrounding the Nebraska football team. The good news is that while he didn’t practice on Monday, Scott Frost and the rest of the staff believes there is a chance Adrian Martinez could play on Saturday against Troy.
Frost said the early results indicate Martinez doesn’t have any damage to the ligament. That tracks with a photo that was taken on Sunday.
At a “Husker Heroes” event, Martinez was noted to be walking in a way that slightly favored the knee, but without the aid of crutches or even a brace. The quarterback was wearing a kind of sleeve for stability purposes.
Slightly favoring that right knee as he walks. Doesn’t typically get far before getting stopped for autographs. pic.twitter.com/7w5y75Bu2k
— Will Stone (@will_herb_stone) September 9, 2018
Despite the good news, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows in Lincoln. When talking about the injury, Frost made it clear there’s reason to believe Martinez was hit in such a way that the intention was to injure.
The Huskers head coach said he never wants to assume that was the intent but added: “I have an angle that doesn’t look very good. I don’t know what the intentions were. I just know the angle I’ve seen that I don’t think is out there that doesn’t look great at all.”
Frost said he is sending the tape of this particular angle to the Big Ten offices, as well as the Pac 12 offices. It’s not clear what might happen if either or both conferences decide there was something beyond trying to tackle Adrian Martinez.
WATCH - This doesn't look to good for Adrian Martinez. Scott Frost did say there was some encouragement though. So we will have to wait and see. #Huskers pic.twitter.com/BrJo2PIxB9
— Andrew Ward (@AndrewWardKLKN) September 9, 2018
One angle that has been making the rounds already is bad enough. It shows Martinez going down awkwardly, and a Colorado player on the ground, holding his foot.
Perhaps a bit too long after Martinez does get stopped, another Buffalo player dives at the quarterback. Meanwhile, the player on his foot looks to be trying to twist it.
If the angle of the hit on Adrian Martinez that Scott Frost has is worse than that, it’s no wonder Nebraska football fans are a bit on edge today. All of this comes one day after at least one Colorado player seems to want to dial down the animosity between the two teams, going out of his way to praise the new Cornhuskers quarterback.