Nebraska quarterback Luke McCaffrey was playing well. You might even say he was performing marvelously well considering it was the true freshman's first extensive action in college.
Then, a wrench was thrown into the picture. Husker quarterbacks coach Mario Verduzco early in the fourth quarter Saturday noticed McCaffrey limping. Stationed in a booth on the sixth floor of Memorial Stadium, Verduzco quickly got injured sophomore quarterback Adrian Martinez on the sideline telephone. Verduzco wondered if Martinez was seeing what he was seeing.
Sure enough, McCaffrey, who had entered the game against Indiana during the second quarter in relief of injured Noah Vedral, wasn't moving quite right.