RUNNING GAME (B)
Adrian Martinez was a factor in the running game right from the start, causing Ohio State headaches on the game-opening TD march. He wound up with 72 yards on 20 attempts. Nebraska leaned hard on Devine Ozigbo (20 carries for 86 yards), the veteran, as true freshman Maurice Washington (7-16) found little room to run.
Martinez's backward pass in the second quarter — which put JD Spielman in an awkward position and was subsequently muffed and recovered by OSU — was a headscratcher, to say the least. Martinez and Spielman just missed on a deep-pass hookup in the third quarter — the ball looked eminently catchable.