Friday Flakes: Two Keys to Nebraska’s 2021 Football Season

There are many keys on the keychain but these are the two I think about the most.

Adrian Martinez and Turnovers.

These two keys are absolutely integral and interrelated. Everybody else on the field could do their job but if Martinez turns continues to fumble the ball and turn it over at the same clip that he has his entire career then all the other advancements might not mean much.

Cue Coach Mario Verduzco:

SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS!

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With Nebraska trying to win a back-and-forth series with Illinois in the Sunday rubber match, the Husker staff went to closer Spencer Schwellenbach in the eighth inning, leading 12-7.

Schwellenbach was throwing for the second time on the weekend, having started all three games at shortstop. It was a non-save situation, but head coach Will Bolt said he wanted to bring the weekend’s high-scoring games to an end.

Enter the junior All-American.

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Listen to him and you see how those two things intersect.

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“STICK TO SPORTS!” Nah.

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