Armstrong also had to play in two different offensive systems and played to his strengths. He was not the pocket passer Riley wanted and struggled at times as he wasn't recruited for that style of offense. And yet he was still able to lead us to wins.
As for the easy layups and inflated passing stats, Frost has called for dozens more screen passes and short passes within five yards of the line of scrimmage so I wouldn't get too focused on the stats alone. Adrian did have a good finish to his freshman year, played through injuries all last season and is not as bad of a quarterback as the record indicates. That being said, he needs his coaches to take some heat off of him and start utilizing the runningback room the way they were intended. We have no business in having our QBs and hybrid wide receiver taking 2/3 of our total rushing attempts on the season.
All the talk and hype about Husker Power and the guys killing it in the weight room is dandy but we need to get to bulldozing to give the hype and talk any substance.