Passing offense under Frost

Look at TF's passing numbers sometime.  Only around 50% for completions, but pretty efficient.  I think TA would have done pretty well in the Osborne offense if he could keep his INT's down which might have been possible with more open receivers of Play action.  Who knows.

 
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Tommy Armstrong was a good QB at times and a very good athlete.  He would have done much better in Osborne's offenses (post 1970s).  But, Osborne would have used any of our QBs of the past 20 years better than the coaches they played under.  Mickey Joseph was not a great QB or even a good one really.   

Jamaal Lord was an exceptional runner in the QB spot but was borderline awful at passing.   He was our run offense basically.  He does not rate in NU's list of top twenty QBs in my view.

I would doubt that I would rate Lord, Joseph, or Armstrong in our top twenty QBs.  Taylor Martinez (as a freshman) would likely make that list and was putting up heisman like performances before he was hurt.  Never really was the same after that.  

Tagge, Van Brownson, Humm, Ferragamo stand out in the 70s.   Gill, Godowski are two of the very best ever.     Frazier, Berringer, Crouch all played terrific QB.   Not going back to look at the list, I am sure I am forgetting half a dozen or so as well.  Claridge was good too although I barely remember him and never saw him play in person.    
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I was wondering when Gdowski was going to show up ITT.  He only started one season and, no matter how great it was, I don't think that gets you into "best ever" company.  Van Brownson didn't even get as many starts as Gdowski.  Humm threw a lot of picks (equal to the number of touchdowns he threw for basically).  I completely agree with you about Lord as a passer, though.

Only Crouch (4) and Martinez (9) made the top 10 for rushing yards in a career.

Lord (8) is the only QB to make the top 10 for rushing yards in a single season.

Martinez (9) is the only QB to make the top 10 for rushing yards in a single game.

Crouch (1), Frazier (6), Taylor (7), and Martinez (9) are the only QB's to make the top 10 for rushing touchdowns in a career.

Crouch (3, 7, & 8) and Frost (4) are the only QB's to make the top 10 for rushing touchdowns in a single season.

Martinez (4) is the only QB to make the top 10 for rushing touchdowns in a single game.

Crouch is the only QB to place in the top 10 for total points in a career (3) and total points in a single season (5 & 7).

I went to Wiki to get some other rankings for this discussion.  I guess that there would be more than ten for some categories, with ties, so I apologize for some false advertising below.

Here are the top 10's for passing yards:


Career


Rank


Player


Yards


Years


1


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


8,871


2013 2014 2015 2016


2


Taylor Martinez


7,258


2010 2011 2012 2013


3


Zac Taylor


5,850


2005 2006


4


Joe Ganz


5,125


2006 2007 2008


5


David Humm


5,035


1972 1973 1974


6


Jerry Tagge


4,704


1969 1970 1971


7


Eric Crouch


4,481


1998 1999 2000 2001


8


Tommie Frazier


3,521


1992 1993 1994 1995


9


Turner Gill


3,317


1980 1981 1982 1983


10


Vince Ferragamo


3,224


1975 1976




Single season


Rank


Player


Yards


Year


1


Joe Ganz


3,568


2008


2


Zac Taylor


3,197


2006


3


Tanner Lee


3,143


2017


4


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


3,030


2015


5


Taylor Martinez


2,871


2012


6


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


2,695


2014


7


Zac Taylor


2,653


2005


8


Sam Keller


2,422


2007


9


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


2,180


2016


10


Zac Lee


2,143


2009




Single game


Rank


Player


Yards


Year


Opponent


1


Joe Ganz


510


2007


Kansas State


2


Joe Ganz


484


2007


Colorado


3


Sam Keller


438


2007


Ball State


4


Tanner Lee


431


2017


Purdue


4


Zac Taylor


431


2005


Iowa State


6


Ryker Fyfe


407


2015


Purdue


7


Joe Ganz


405


2007


Kansas


8


Tanner Lee


399


2017


Penn St


9


Zac Taylor


395


2006


Kansas


10


Zac Taylor


392


2005


Colorado



Here are the top 10's for passing touchdowns:


Career


Rank


Player


TDs


Years


1


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


67


2013 2014 2015 2016


2


Taylor Martinez


56


2010 2011 2012 2013


3


Zac Taylor


45


2005 2006


4


Joe Ganz


44


2006 2007 2008


5


Tommie Frazier


43


1992 1993 1994 1995


6


David Humm


41


1972 1973 1974


7


Turner Gill


34


1980 1981 1982 1983


8


Jerry Tagge


32


1969 1970 1971


8


Vince Ferragamo


32


1975 1976


10


Steve Taylor


30


1985 1986 1987 1988




Single season


Rank


Player


TDs


Year


1


Zac Taylor


26


2006


2


Joe Ganz


25


2008


3


Taylor Martinez


23


2012


3


Tanner Lee


23


2017


5


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


22


2015


5


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


22


2014


5


Vince Ferragamo


22


1976


8


Tanner Lee


21


2017


9


Gerry Gdowski


19


1989


10


David Humm


18


1972




Single game


Rank


Player


TDs


Year


Opponent


1


Joe Ganz


7


2007


Kansas State


2


Taylor Martinez


5


2010


Oklahoma State


2


Joe Dailey


5


2004


Baylor


2


Eric Crouch


5


2000


Iowa


2


Steve Taylor


5


1987


Oklahoma



Here are the top 10's for total offense:


Career


Rank


Player


Yards


Years


1


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


10,690


2013 2014 2015 2016


2


Taylor Martinez


10,233


2010 2011 2012 2013


3


Eric Crouch


7,915


1998 1999 2000 2001


4


Zac Taylor


5,777


2005 2006


5


Tommie Frazier


5,476


1992 1993 1994 1995


6


Joe Ganz


5,466


2005 2006 2007 2008


7


Jammal Lord


5,421


2000 2001 2002 2003


8


Jerry Tagge


5,283


1969 1970 1971


9


Dave Humm


5,027


1972 1973 1974


10


Steve Taylor


4,940


1985 1986 1987 1988




Single season


Rank


Player


Yards


Year


1


Taylor Martinez


3,890


2012


2


Joe Ganz


3,826


2008


3


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


3,430


2015


4


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


3,400


2014


5


Zac Taylor


3,165


2006


6


Tanner Lee


3,046


2017


7


Taylor Martinez


2,963


2011


8


Jammal Lord


2,774


2002


9


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


2,692


2016


10


Eric Crouch


2,625


2001




Single game


Rank


Player


Yards


Year


Opponent


1


Joe Ganz


528


2007


Kansas State


2


Joe Ganz


521


2007


Colorado


3


Taylor Martinez


435


2010


Oklahoma State


4


Zac Taylor


433


2005


Iowa State


5


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


431


2015


Southern Miss


6


Sam Keller


423


2007


Ball State


7


Tommy Armstrong, Jr.


422


2014


USC


8


Joe Ganz


416


2007


Kansas


9


Tanner Lee


413


2017


Purdue


10


Zac Taylor


408


2005


Colorado



I see TA up there 13 times.  That's tied with Taylor Martinez per my quick finger count.  Crouch made the lists 11 times (though I'd give him 12 because he also makes the all-purpose yards list).  Frazier made them just 4 times.  Stats aren't everything, of course, but they mean something.  Here's a fun article I found while looking for a QB ranking list based on winning percentage:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/622010-big-red-reasoning-and-signal-calling-ranking-the-top-20-nebraska-quarterbacks

 
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