May 17, 2021 This is the first in a series that will address Five Big Red Flags that if not addressed by the time of the Husker football opener August 28th, could limit the success of the Nebraska Cornhusker football team this season. QUESTION 1.) QB Adrian Martinez will likely be the starter come fall, but will he have improved enough to reverse NU’s trend of four consecutive losing seasons? (Mike Riley’s 2017 season was also a losing season.) And who will be Martinez’s backup? BIG RED FLAG #1 (THE QB ROOM) Going into the 2019 season, the QB corps looked to be fairly solid. The depth chart included two year starter, Adrian Martinez, UCF transfer Noah Vedral (recruited to be AM’s backup), two freshmen, Luke McCaffrey and Logan Smothers as well as redshirt freshman walk-on Matt Masker.