Meet Nebraska's Two Tommy Armstrongs

[huskers15]

Armstrong is not the answer and never will be with this offense. He doesn't have the fundamentals nor the field presence and patience to be a good passer, which is what this offense requires. To develop the motor skills of proper qb'ing mechanics you typically start young as in any other sport. To break bad habit's and create new one's can take years.

He should have played a lot less this year then he did and it's too bad. That's another knock on this coaching staff IMO.

He's not a good fit for the offense that Riley/Langs runs, that's the extent of it.

He's the best they've got and they have to make due. That's the extent of it.

We are all certainly entitled to our opinion.

 

[Mavric]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

I bring news from the North!

I must say, you keep me going, cm. Only someone with a ton of time and effort can properly hate like you.

From the page where you got that pic:

2014 - - Redshirted . . . moved from linebacker to defensive end late in the season.

Link

 

[Red Five]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

Why are you throwing Lewis under a bus?

 

[FrankWheeler]

He's more proof if you think you need it. Depth chart - starting DE - Hesse.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/iowa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/release/release_20151123aaa.pdf

Edit: Last link was to their game against Minnesota (where Parker Hesse was listed as starting RE) so I updated the link to the Nebraska game.

 

[cm husker]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

Why are you throwing Lewis under a bus?

I have no problem stating facts, and I've lauded Lewis far more than most of the Apologists have.

He missed a block. Stuff happens. I'll also be the first to say that the throw to Jano that was picked was a terrible throw and decision (TA assumed the guy would be open instead of making his reads).

I keep reading this stuff like "this guy missed that block or this guy screwed up that play." Guess what that's college football!

Guys aren't going to play flawless games. The teams that are successful are those that are put in the most high percentage plays as possible, at least when two teams are fairly evenly matched.

I don't see how anyone can rewatch most of the games this season and believe that our very talented players have been put in the highest percentage plays the majority of the time. They simply haven't. Because this staff just isn't that good. It's why they blew games against FCS opponents and other bad opponents while at OSU and it's why they struggled to beat teams of much lesser talent so far at Nebraska.

Osborne used to talk about if we do X at least Y times and Z at least W times, then we have a chance to win. Everything in his play calling had a thought process and a goal. That's why NU "reloaded" year in and year out... not because NU was always (or even often) one of the top 15 rosters in the country. When NU did actually have a top 10 roster the results were the best team and one of the best runs in the history of CFB (i.e., the mid 90s, thanks in large part to an influx of native talent),

I'm not seeing that at all from this staff, and they aren't a young group.

We need a staff that can win with the level of talent that we have on hand today, especially against the crap schedule played this year, because I'm not buying that any coach could come here and consistently recruited significantly better talent (unless we resort to cheating).

 

[Mavric]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

Why are you throwing Lewis under a bus?

I wouldn't say that's throwing Lewis under the bus. That guy was his to block and he didn't get him cut like he was supposed to. It was a bad play on Lewis' part. It was worse on TA's.

 

[cm husker]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

I bring news from the North!

I must say, you keep me going, cm. Only someone with a ton of time and effort can properly hate like you.

I guess only a few of us have time to actually watch the games.

The clips available on youtube, if you have the time to do the research I assumed your job as a writer would include.

 

[Red Five]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

Why are you throwing Lewis under a bus?

I wouldn't say that's throwing Lewis under the bus. That guy was his to block and he didn't get him cut like he was supposed to. It was a bad play on Lewis' part. It was worse on TA's.

Totally agree, by CM likes to label many of us as "player haters" for criticizing players.

 

[eightlaces]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

Why are you throwing Lewis under a bus?

I wouldn't say that's throwing Lewis under the bus. That guy was his to block and he didn't get him cut like he was supposed to. It was a bad play on Lewis' part. It was worse on TA's.

Totally agree, by CM likes to label many of us as "player haters" for criticizing players.

Well unfortunately, criticism comes with accepting a scholarship to play big boy college football. I have 100 percent respect for college athletes off the field until they give me a reason not to, but their performance on the field/court, etc. is always up for critique.

 

[eightlaces]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

I bring news from the North!

I must say, you keep me going, cm. Only someone with a ton of time and effort can properly hate like you.

From the page where you got that pic:

2014 - - Redshirted . . . moved from linebacker to defensive end late in the season.

Link

Late in the 2014 season, sure. I'm addressing 2015.

 

[FrankWheeler]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

I bring news from the North!

I must say, you keep me going, cm. Only someone with a ton of time and effort can properly hate like you.

From the page where you got that pic:

2014 - - Redshirted . . . moved from linebacker to defensive end late in the season.

Link

Late in the 2014 season, sure. I'm addressing 2015.

 

[Mavric]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

I bring news from the North!

I must say, you keep me going, cm. Only someone with a ton of time and effort can properly hate like you.

From the page where you got that pic:

2014 - - Redshirted . . . moved from linebacker to defensive end late in the season.

Link

Late in the 2014 season, sure. I'm addressing 2015.

And he's still there. On the depth chart. In 2015. As has already been pointed out.

 

[junior4949]

In relationship to the OP:

3. Does NU not have any QB behind TA that is even reasonably prepared to play in a Power 5 conference? If not Why?

- No, because Bo Pelini's roster management/recruitment was horrible and we're seeing the results of it. If Armstrong's an efficient QB, Nebraska nudges out Iowa for the nation's love this year. If given the option, I'd take an 80 percent healthy Armstrong over a completely healthy Fyfe (and this choice has been made).

That has nothing to do with it. Pelini/Beck ran a completely different system than Riley/Langsdorf do. That's all it comes down to. The QBs on the roster under Bo were there to run his system, including Stanton. They don't fit into what the new coaches are trying to do and the new coaches couldn't integrate the running QB into their offense.

It's very difficult to take this post seriously when considering the QBs Pelini brought into the system. Carnes, Turner, Green? We were handing out schollies like candy to QB prospects only to have them come here and not be any good at all. Pelini was bringing in QBs that didn't even fit his scheme or what he wanted to do.

 

[eightlaces]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

I bring news from the North!

I must say, you keep me going, cm. Only someone with a ton of time and effort can properly hate like you.

From the page where you got that pic:

2014 - - Redshirted . . . moved from linebacker to defensive end late in the season.

Link

Late in the 2014 season, sure. I'm addressing 2015.

And he's still there. On the depth chart. In 2015. As has already been pointed out.

Ah I see. Thanks for pointing that out, Mavric. Not sure why they still have him at LB.

 

[cm husker]

Unfortunately they are a package deal. Would this staff have benched him after his 5th interception?

Think about the fact that Nebraska could've very well won if not for that tipped pick-six. Tommy locked onto his man again and didn't see the read by Iowa's LB.

Do you realize that it wasn't an LB who picked off that pass?

TA didn't "lock into his man" on screen that resulted in the pick six. He threw to the guy who should have been open, but Alex Lewis blew his block. And that guy made a great play on the ball. It happens. But from a "read" perspective, TA made the correct throw.

I bring news from the North!

I must say, you keep me going, cm. Only someone with a ton of time and effort can properly hate like you.

From the page where you got that pic:

2014 - - Redshirted . . . moved from linebacker to defensive end late in the season.

Link

Thanks.

Oh, and he was a 2 star player with only 1 fbs offer... how can a team be undefeated with guys like that starting?

Speaking of, when is Shanle going to quote another comparison of talent?

Based on a quick count, I see that offensively, Iowa started two walkons (at the tackle positions), a few 2 stars (including their starting IB) and only two players with above a 5.6 rivals rating (two OL registering a 5.8 each). Only a handful of the players had other FBS scholarships and only one from any major P5 schools.

The D had a walkon starting, three 2 stars and only 1 4 star (who was also the only kid to receive an offer from a major P5 school).

How is this team undefeated?

They played a very weak schedule and Ferentz's staff is marginally better than most of the staffs they faced.