Nebraska football writer Parker Gabriel offers his extra points from Nebraska's 33-28 season-opening loss at home to Colorado.
Turning point: It’s hard to go to anything but Adrian Martinez’s final snap of the night. Not only did the dynamic freshman quarterback suffer an apparent right leg injury that ended his night, but Cole Conrad was also flagged for holding.
That turned the situation from NU leading by one with 3 minutes, 29 seconds to go, with a first-and-10 near midfield and a confident young dual-threat at the controls to a long-yardage situation helmed by a walk-on making his Division I debut.