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Nebraska Football: Four Things To Watch Against Purdue

By Oliver Vandervoort

Oct 15, 2016; Bloomington, IN, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. (4) looks to hand off the ball during the second half of the game at Memorial Stadium. The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the Indiana Hoosiers 27 to 22. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Bloomington, IN, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. (4) looks to hand off the ball during the second half of the game at Memorial Stadium. The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the Indiana Hoosiers 27 to 22. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 15, 2016; Bloomington, IN, USA;Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. (4) throws the ball just before being tackled by Indiana Hoosiers defensive lineman Jacob Robinson (91) during the first half of the game at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Bloomington, IN, USA;Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. (4) throws the ball just before being tackled by Indiana Hoosiers defensive lineman Jacob Robinson (91) during the first half of the game at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports /

Can Tommy Bounce Back?

Tommy Armstrong is among the Big Ten’s best passers this year, but he had easily his worst game of the season last week against the Indiana Hoosiers. Not only did Armstrong complete just 10 of 26 passes and threw two interceptions, but he only ran for 36 yards.

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Not weren’t Tommy’s stats all that impressive, the quarterback looked out of sync the entire game. There was more than once when I wondered aloud, to no one in particular, why in the world the Huskers were passing so much, considering how bad Armstrong looked.

One of the reasons the Nebraska football star looked out of step was because his offensive line wasn’t giving him much protection. Indiana’s d-line is much less heralded than Illinois’ but they looked better than the Illini on Saturday.

There wasn’t much running room for the Huskers and Tommy had to scramble quite a lot. The other reason Tommy likely struggled is because he was without top receiver Jordan Westerkamp and Cethan Carter.

He will be without both of those players yet again against Purdue. The game against the Boilermakers could turn into a shootout. If it does, all eyes will be on Tommy to see if he tries to do too much, or just takes what Purdues rather poor defense gives him.

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