Nebraska Football: A Husker Holiday Wish List for Santa

Tommy Armstrong’s Health

If there’s one person who deserves to feel as healthy as he did when fall camp started, it’s Tommy Armstrong.

It was known well before the season kicked off that despite not being selected as a captain, he was this team’s leader. He vocalized as much and did he ever deliver.

He threw for 2,180 yards and 14 touchdowns in addition to running for 512 yards and eight touchdowns.

For the holiday season, a full recovery for the bowl game seems in order for Armstrong to go out in style as he kept the Huskers afloat as much as he could this season, straining his body in the process.

It’s pretty impressive when a guy gets knocked out, carted off the field and comes back onto his team’s sideline in the amount of time he did when the Big Red visited Columbus to take on Ohio State.

Oh, and Santa, Armstrong also deserves at least one last quarterback scramble for a touchdown in the upcoming bowl game. Not just a ten-yarder, either. Something like a big 50-yarder where he breaks ankles and shames the defensive back seven.

I can see it now. Fourth and short at midfield. It’s the fourth quarter and the bowl game is tighter than anticipated. Mike Riley throws caution to the wind and puts all of the faith in the world in his quarterback. Armstrong takes the snap and Nick Gates and Jerald Foster clear the way. No. 4 sees daylight. The rest is history.