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Yahoo Sports: Headlinin': Taylor Martinez's dad is up in Nebraska's business (literally)

Making the morning rounds. • Father dearest. The L.A. Times, in one of a pair of stories on native son Taylor Martinez and his father, has confirmed the longstanding rumor that the on-camera tongue-lashing Martinez endured from coach Bo Pelini during Nebraska's Nov. 22 loss at Texas A&M was sparked by a locker room phone call between Martinez and his dad after the younger Martinez left the game with a foot injury in the first quarter. Cell phones on "company time" are a violation of team rules, and Martinez didn't help his standing by skipping a "voluntary" treatment session the ...

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