All the way back in July 2019, long before the coronavirus pandemic prevented us from gathering in large groups, a very large one formed just outside the West entrances to Memorial Stadium early on a Sunday morning.
The Husker Road Race was about to be off and running and nearly the entire Nebraska football team was there to volunteer and hang out. Wandering players took photographs and signed autographs and sometimes answered questions like, “What position do you play?”
The experience was a little different for Adrian Martinez. The Nebraska quarterback coming off a promising freshman season found himself squarely amid the conversation about who might win the Heisman Trophy.