Nebraska football will live or die by Tommy Armstr

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Nebraska football will live or die by Tommy Armstr

Nebraska should know by now that its entire season hingeson quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr.No question. Boston Red Sox Hoodie Armstrong, with a little help from IV fluids,lifted the Huskers to yet another win on Saturday over No. 22 Oregonand gave coach Mike Riley the first victory of his career over the Ducks.MORE: | Armstrong led a gutsy drive in the fourth quarter, completing a 14-yard pa s on fourth-and-9 before scoring the game-winner with a beautiful 34-yard touchdown run.What's even crazier is the fact that inthe two drives prior,Armstrong was 0-for-2 pa sing, had onerushing yard and was sacked. But it's that Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde performance that makes Armstrong's best games really, truly great. And it's time to Babe Ruth Jersey start appreciating what thegem in Lincoln brings to the game."Heloves football," Riley said of his senior quarterback after the game against Oregon. "He's really tough; he competes like crazy. It's awesome. He played a great football game."MORE: Let's be real for a second: Armstrong is e sentially the Huskers' offense. Last season, the dual-threat signal-caller accounted for 62 percentof Nebraska's total yardage (3,593 of Andrew Benintendi Jersey 5,810 yards)and 29 of 51 touchdowns. He also led a 91-yard drive in a huge upset of No. 6 Michigan State.On Saturday,Armstrong totaled 295 of Nebraska's 428 Mitch Moreland Jersey yards(69 percent)and had a hand in all but one of its five touchdowns. During the first quarter, Armstrong broke the Nebraska record for career pa sing yards, surpa sing the mark set by hispredece sor, Taylor Martinez, at7,258.To date,he has 7,376 career Rusney Castillo Jersey pa sing yards, and will most likely break the record for completions, pa sing touchdowns and total offense at some point this season.He is Husker football, and it's pretty dang entertaining.Nebraska's schedule doesn't get much easier when it opens Big Ten play next weekend it has road trips against Wisconsin, Ohio State and Iowa but somehow, Armstrong will make those games exciting.Let's enjoy the ride.
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