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SEATTLE -- Nebraska freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez hasn't always been known as "T-Magic."
Six years ago, his dad started calling him "Martinez Magic Time." Then it was shortened to "Martinez Magic," and that became "Magic" and then when he arrived at Nebraska, it became "T-Magic."
While his nickname has evolved through the years, his game is just getting started. And if his first three starts are any indication, there's a lot more magic ahead for the Cornhuskers.
In Martinez's first road start at Washington's Husky Stadium, a place former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne called the loudest opposing stadium he's coached in, Martinez rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns and completed seven of 11 passes for 150 yards and one touchdown in the Huskers' 56-21 victory over the Huskies.
A lot was made all week about how Martinez, in only the third start of his career, would perform in his first college start away from Lincoln. In fact, Martinez has been hearing all those "will you be nervous?" questions since his first start.
"They started asking me before the first game," Martinez said. "I don't get nervous before a game, so the players stopped asking me. It didn't really bother me. I don't get scared or nervous at all."
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