Tommy Armstrong
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I wish him nothing but the best. He played his heart out for Nebraska
He would have been a stud in Frost's offense.
Respectfully, he signed with NE Danger........years after his college career ended.
Your definition of stud and mine are worlds apart.
There's always someone who has to make a negative comment I guess.
And yet he certainly accomplished more playing football than you did.
And I guess since 14 months is technically more than one year, it has been “ years “ since his career ended. But let’s not act like he is Gerry Gdowski strapping on a helmet for one more shot.
It depends. If Frost came on to coach in 2015, Armstrong would have had a much better final two seasons. If Armstong was still here in 2018, however, he would have been on the bench behind Martinez.
I'm confident he accomplished more on the field than both of us. So what? It's a chat board.
Not sure where 14 months comes from, he was our quarterback in 2016, and got nothing from the 2017 draft. Not kicking him, just saying what happened. Now, in 2019 he's playing ball in Grand Island..(NE) and dingle thinks he would have been a stud in Frost's offense. I simply don't agree, hence my post.
TA would have been serviceable in Frost’s offense, but would have had trouble with throws that are critical for that O to be efficient.
Sooooo......he wasn't a good fit.
Appreciate what he did.......but no match for today's system.
Would have lost a lot of games without TA. QB recruiting was swing and a miss for most of Pelini’s tenure.
Good for Tommy, hope he has fun and makes a little money, would be fun to watch him play with the DANGER!
He could also make a little money in a real job for the next 40 years.....
People think they live til 90..... lol
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With his degree in hand.......(?).....hope he finds a great landing spot to build on....
Maybe you should try getting a real job instead of taking your petty little shots, dick. And something tells me Armstrong will doing better than you over the next 40 years.
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Legend = ?, but I think he would have been a great fit for TO’s offense.
So wtf is up with all this Armstrong bashing? I'm happy for the kid. If he still has an opportunity to play the game he loves, good for him!
Nebraska fans love to bash there own. I think that says more about them than anything else but whatevs.
I thought Ozigbo would be serviceable at best in Frosts offense. He turned out to be pretty good in it.
I think Tommy would have done pretty good in Scott's offense, and not so sure that he wouldn't be starting his Jr & Sr years, even with Martinez here. The guy was a great athlete and pretty good team leader and as an upperclassman, that is pretty valuable.
Tommy's shine got way duller having to deal with the Mike Riley embarrassment. In a way, I felt they damaged that kid with such an emphasis on passing and not utilizing his skillset. The prior staff knew not to let him throw over the middle, yet the pro staff could never figure that out. Still makes me angry to this day what a bunch of buffoons Riley and Langsdorf were.
I hope Tommy has success.
Tommy's shine got way duller having to deal with the Mike Riley embarrassment. In a way, I felt they damaged that kid with such an emphasis on passing and not utilizing his skillset. The prior staff knew not to let him throw over the middle, yet the pro staff could never figure that out. Still makes me angry to this day what a bunch of buffoons Riley and Langsdorf were.
I hope Tommy has success.
TA struggled with throws that are critical to Frosts offense.
Tommy A. did the best with his abilities and under the circumstances in the time he was the starter. I hope nothing but the best for him with the Danger and beyond!
He definitely had his bad moments but he was a warrior. He had the heart that any coach would want on their team. His throwing skills could he blamed on lack of proper coaching.
I don't disagree with you a lot dingle, but I do here. TA was a flat out f-ing warrior, but the Frost offense would NOT fit his skillset....at all, imo. He really struggled with quick decision-making in the passing game and had a hard time with the intermediate throws.
I actually think playing in the Frost offense would have made him look a lot worse than he actually was.
None of what I have said above is to bash TA. Like I said, I loved the guy when he played here. He was all heart. I wish nothing but the best for him now.
Tommy Frazier completed 44% of his passes and his only runs over 25 yards in 1995 were against Florida...Tommy Armstrong was objectively a much better qb with a MUCH worse team. Frost was even more suspect talentwise than Frazier...I mean even Ken Dorsey is a national champion, heisman candidate with an all time great team.
Oh boy, talk about stating the 100% truth. Endless posters here are always ready to put down players TA, TM, ect. They're simply totally unable to even slightly comprehend the MASSIVE difference in surrounding talent these qbs played with. On both sides of the ball.
Excellent post Solana Beach Husker.
While Armstrong was by no means an elite QB, I really believe some people are still smarting from having announced over and over and over again that Armstrong was the weak link in the Riley/Langsdorf offense, and that everything would click once Tanner Lee got the keys. Then 2017 happened.
And I’m not putting the train wreck that was 2017 on Lee, by any means. Both guys were okay QBs playing on teams that could neither block nor tackle.
And I’m not putting the train wreck that was 2017 on Lee, by any means. Both guys were okay QBs playing on teams that could neither block nor tackle.
Yeah, Armstrong and Lee were average quarterbacks....wonderful people full of guts......but very average quarterbacks.
This thread is proof of homerism at its best. Comparing Armstrong to Frasier..lol..lol..lol...
I think every player who played under Riley would play much better under Scott. Riley didn’t really coach. He collected his money that Eichorst handed out to him, let everyone else take control of the program and then told us how he wished he had done things differently when he left.
No nerve hit, you are what you are, nothing more or less. Can't expect much from a loser like you other than to put down those that excelled way beyond your limited abilities, on or off the field.
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Horse ****....I hit your nerve.
Grow up son......
You like TA....I don't .
That simple.
Moving on.......