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[Large Marge]

(Original link) http://www.cbssports...k-about-the-sec

Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez's comments about the Georgia defense before the Capital One Bowl -- that the Bulldogs were "just another typical Big Ten defense" -- weren't quite in the same neighborhood as Jordan Lynch's about Florida State, but they also weren't exactly complimentary. Did the Huskers' 45-31 loss to the Bulldogs (and Martinez's offense being shut out for the game's final, decisive 24 minutes) change his tune?

Not in the slightest. Per the Lincoln Journal Star, the defeat only served to make Martinez even more insistent that Georgia -- and the entire SEC -- isn't anything special.

"I think the Big Ten, talent-wise, is a lot better, and the defenses in the Big Ten are better than SEC defenses," Martinez said. "This was supposed to be one of the top defenses in the SEC, and we pretty much did anything we wanted against them."

Even putting aside the question of why "anything we wanted" didn't include the Huskers scoring a single point in the game's final quarter-and-a-half, Nebraska's Capital One Bowl performance simply doesn't warrant Martinez's boasts on behalf of his conference.

The 5.6 yards gained per-play by the Huskers was their fourth-worst mark of the season, and two of the three lower numbers were in blowouts vs. offense-deficient opponents (Minnesota and a Michigan team playing third-stringer Russell Bellomy at quarterback) where Nebraska took its proverbial foot off the pedal.

In fact, Nebraska's performance actually suggested the opposite of what Martinez does, in terms of the SEC-Big Ten comparison. Despite its lofty preseason expectations, Georgia was a middle-of-the pack SEC defense in 2012, finishing a clear sixth in total defense behind No. 5 Vanderbilt. But against the Huskers, in yards-per-play, the Bulldogs outperformed the Big Ten's No. 1 (Michigan State), No. 3 (Wisconsin, twice), No. 4 (Penn State) and, yes, No. 6 (Ohio State) defenses.

It's a small sample size. But the Capital One Bowl results, at least, argue that the average SEC defense would, in fact, rank among the Big Ten's best ... and that Martinez is flatly wrong.

It's not just Martinez among the Huskers showing a little less respect for their conquerors than normal. This is what running back Ameer Abdullah told the Omaha World-Herald:

“I don't care if it's 'Bama, I don't care if it's Notre Dame. Georgia was nothing special. We came out, we had 'em tied. We just didn't finish. I feel like we're a better ballclub than those guys. You saw that early. We just didn't finish. ...

“We knew they were gonna come out lively and talking. But if you hit 'em in the mouth a couple good times, they were gonna lay down. And that's what we did. We just didn't finish.”

Feel free to feel whatever you'd like to feel, Mr. Abdullah. But who has the "better ballclub" is typically measured by who has more points at the end of the game.

And as for Mr. Martinez, his willingness to vouch for his adopted much-maligned league is admirable; he's not wrong that the Big Ten does in fact have many good defenses and many good defenders. But it's hard to think his description of his offense's output as "pretty much ... anything we wanted" in a two-touchdown loss is anything other than sour grapes.

[HobnailedBoots]

He mad.

[Large Marge]

I've come to the conclusion that Nebraska is staffed with crybabies who think they're better than you even if you beat them badly. Their coach is a clown with anger issues. They pulled this same crap after SC shut them down in the second half (much like UGA). No respect for Nebraska.

[Herschel Talker]

"Taylor Martinez is so ing stupid"
-My co-worker, who has been a Husker diehard since birth

[cocky4ever]

They may not be very good at football up there, but they're top notch when it comes to trolololing

[bmccall]

Meh. Same story from them post game against us last year.

2 years. 2 losses to two different SEC teams.

Doesn't matter how many times you beat them. You can't beat stupid.

Edited by bmccall, 02 January 2013 - 06:50 PM.

[Stefanozz]

Edit this thread name to....
Martinez doesn't like the taste of crow so he spits it out and it looks like vomit.

[KneesInTheBreeze]

HobnailedBoots, on 02 January 2013 - 05:25 PM, said:

He mad.

He  phucking dumb, too.

[WadeWilson]

Guys, I knew after watching the game that Georgia was the better team, because obviously the team who puts more points on the board is the better team, but how can you argue with the kid's logic?

Nebraska is clearly better than shitty Georgia. I know so because Taylor Martinez, who quarterbacked the Cornhuskers to a loss, said so.

[Dawgfan4life24]

He's a dumbass. Anything they wanted my ass. That's why UGA shut them out almost the whole second half. him. He just a corn fed Butthurt bitch.

[Herschel Talker]

In defense of Martinez, it's hard to think clearly after Shawn Williams slams you into a steel bench and then hits you hard enough to loosen your eyelids.

[SECats]

Liberals and Taylor Martinez are so stupid.

[ABQAG]

Large Marge, on 02 January 2013 - 05:27 PM, said:

I've come to the conclusion that Nebraska is staffed with crybabies who think they're better than you even if you beat them badly. Their coach is a clown with anger issues. They pulled this same crap after SC shut them down in the second half (much like UGA). No respect for Nebraska.

Bo Pellini is the biggest crybaby in football. He is destroying what was a great culture at nebraska. It is hard to believe Osbourne tollerates his BS.

[Red Blackman]

I sacked Orlando like a crew of Vikings, fornicated with corn fed white womens, watched the Dawgs destroy whomever that other team in red was and still made it home with all my teeth, 16 dollars and one good eye.

I finally woke up a few minutes ago to witness UF getting ass raped by some team with a redbird head on their helmet.

Don't tell me there isn't a God .....damn devil worshipping saurian lawyers.

[HobnailedBoots]

Red Blackman, on 02 January 2013 - 10:20 PM, said:

I sacked Orlando like a crew of Vikings, fornicated with corn fed white womens, watched the Dawgs destroy whomever that other team in red was and still made it home with all my teeth, 16 dollars and one good eye.

I finally woke up a few minutes ago to witness UF getting ass raped by some team with a redbird head on their helmet.

Don't tell me there isn't a God .....damn devil worshipping saurian lawyers.

That's the way to ring in the new year.