When the Huskers fell behind early, head coach Scott Frost even reached 22 years into his bag of tricks, put his quarterback under center and ran the type of option offense that hasn't prevailed around here since around the time he was the one carrying the ball.
Trailing by 14 points and beginning his third offensive possession of the night, Frost called on a ghost of Husker football past to try to help rally his troops. He put Martinez under center, lined junior running back Dedrick Mills up as a fullback in front of freshman Wan’Dale Robinson and started running the option.