The NE RB, Marcus Washington, who had a tough off-season with the law, missed half of last week's game:
3. How will Nebraska handle Washington?
While injuries took their toll on Nebraska’s offense against Northwestern, the Huskers had one of their top weapons watching from the sideline for half the game completely by choice.
Frost said he decided to sit the sophomore running back for the first half “because of internal things and rules” and added that the team needed “to be able to rely on him all the time.”
When Washington finally got in the game, he touched the ball on five of NU’s first seven plays of the third quarter, but he totaled zero total yards. He only had one more carry the rest of the day and didn’t get the ball at all in the fourth quarter.
With Martinez and Spielman dinged up at the very least, will Washington take on a bigger role at Minnesota? Or will his issues continue to linger?
3. How will Nebraska handle Washington?
While injuries took their toll on Nebraska’s offense against Northwestern, the Huskers had one of their top weapons watching from the sideline for half the game completely by choice.
Frost said he decided to sit the sophomore running back for the first half “because of internal things and rules” and added that the team needed “to be able to rely on him all the time.”
When Washington finally got in the game, he touched the ball on five of NU’s first seven plays of the third quarter, but he totaled zero total yards. He only had one more carry the rest of the day and didn’t get the ball at all in the fourth quarter.
With Martinez and Spielman dinged up at the very least, will Washington take on a bigger role at Minnesota? Or will his issues continue to linger?