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I do too. He runs the football. 60% of the time.

What's funny about this guy still calling OU an "Air Raid" team is that OU ran the ball 60% of the time last year and finished #90 out of 123 teams in passing offense. That's like watching Paul Johnson throw the ball 60% of the time and saying that he's still an option guy. OU threw for under...

Yes, it is difficult to recruit for a running game when you have a track record of ignoring the running game.

Again, why is he not allowed to have a balanced offense at Washington State? Worse teams in worse situations manage to run the ball. What is unique about Washington State, in the entire FBS, that makes it the second worst running team in America?

Cal, known historically for its grinding running game, can run for 125 yards per game. But Wazzu? 70 is their ceiling.

No one told Jerome Harrison that he wasn't supposed to run for 2800 yards in two years at Washington State.

You're saying that it's not possible for Washington State to run the football? Why is that, exactly?

Not only that, there is also zero indication that a Washington State program cannot run the football. They play in the Pac-12 for crying out loud. Oregon State won one (1) game and doubled Wazzu's rushing production in 2017. If Mike Leach wanted to be balanced like Lincoln Riley, he could do it...

That's the beauty of the Mike Leach system. You never know which mediocre opponent is going to shut you down. Last year it was Cal. The year before it was Minnesota. Before that it was Portland State (!). It's fun for everyone to sit back and see if this is the night that we get sacked seven...

Good, then we agree that they failed in that venture.

Washington State's average rushing yards in their four losses: 16.75 yards per game. That is not a typo.

Who said you have to turn around and hand it off every down? Obviously you need to throw the ball. But the Mike Leach version of the Air Raid doesn't even bother with the run. When you show up against a mediocre Cal team and rush for 23 yards, you end up losing 37-3 to that mediocre Cal team...

The system is so good, that's why Leach STILL can't convince kids to play for him after 17 years as a head coach. And the system is so good, that's why the best teams in college football aren't trying to copy it. So Mumme and Leach are the coaches who nailed down the best offensive system? Did...

Exactly what I said. That's why it's a gimmick. Teams have to run something like the Air Raid to have a shot against better athletes. So if we agree on the reason why Leach runs it, why on earth would we want to try it at a program that has better athletes than most of our opponents...

He admits that he runs a system built for lesser athletes. I mean, he literally admits it. Have you ever stopped to wonder why that system does not and has not won a championship?

That's exactly who he is. He runs a gimmick system that allows second-tier programs to get excited a few times a year.

That's not even a valid question. Given his coaching philosophy, it doesn't matter how much talent he has. He approaches a football program in a way that guarantees three losses regardless of talent level.

Why are you so sure about that? He doesn't even attempt to put a complete team on the field, and that high-powered offense finds a way to get completely shut down multiple times a year. Remember, the opponents we need to beat also have 4/5 star athletes and their coaching staffs only have to...

Is that the new atheist comeback? Because it wasn't a good one.

They had a pretty good defense until they started playing Pac-12 teams with a pulse. You know, like Cal and all of their 5-star talent.