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The run scheme is legitimately terrible. Half the people on here can bury their head in the sand, but it is an absolutely awful run scheme.
 
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Have you guys ever considered that the reason why the run calls aren't varied in the way that yall would like is because the personnel might not excel at executing it?

If you build a run game around being physically imposing & 2 of your top 3 RB's are big slow power backs, what gives you guys confidence that putting in all these outside runs will work for + positive yards?

The run game is tailored to the strengths of the personnel; the calls are that way because that's what they do best, run straight forward.
 
Memnon said:
Have you guys ever considered that the reason why the run calls aren't varied in the way that yall would like is because the personnel might not excel at executing it?

If you build a run game around being physically imposing & 2 of your top 3 RB's are big slow power backs, what gives you guys confidence that putting in all these outside runs will work for + positive yards?

The run game is tailored to the strengths of the personnel; the calls are that way because that's what they do best, run straight forward.
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As good as the offensive line is at one thing I don’t see an athletic group that can pull and run sweeps, or get out in front for all these screens everyone wants. Neither Fletcher or Brown have top end speed. Lyle might, watching his 91 yard touchdown run last year.
 
Journeyman OC and a caveman head coach will do that. The bootlickers on here will defend defend until we lose then say I didn’t see it coming after the second lost they pretend they knew it was bad idea all along.

Btw to the mouth breather that said bama did the samething, no they didnt: you can use YouTube
 
DMoney said:
The key to this running game is that we avoid negative plays and convert short-yardage. We never put Beck in 2nd and 12 and Cam was the same way last year. It’s a QB-friendly run game.

And we still can move the ball (top 5 YPC last year and outrushed Notre Dame last night).
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DMoney, what youve said is all true, but all of that can still be accomplished with a bit more variety in Dawson’s run game calls

To insinuate that the only way to stay ahead of the sticks is to run the same 2-3 inside zone run plays doesn’t make any sense
 
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Why sign Marion if we ain't using him on end arounds/motion jet sweeps?! Kick-off returners aren't worth their weight due to touchbacks.
 
I’d like to see some wrinkles with this play already… the defenses are absolutely recklessly throwing the numbers into the pile to stop it… pull the ball with some play action or get Beck outside to the edge with a TE or WR dump option..

I saw it once last night that Toney was running outside and looked like Beck had the option to pull it and it would have gone for a 1st down and then some
 
Gables Canes said:
The run game was not blowing people away last night. The 3 backs had 131 on 35 carries. That’s 3.7 ypc. We can and should do better than that. Mixing up the calls would certainly help
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What drives me crazy is they’re probably sitting in the film room thinking “as long as it averages >3.4 ypc it’s working”
 
TemplarCane said:
As good as the offensive line is at one thing I don’t see an athletic group that can pull and run sweeps, or get out in front for all these screens everyone wants. Neither Fletcher or Brown have top end speed. Lyle might, watching his 91 yard touchdown run last year.
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I would definitely like to see some different plays for Lyle. Get him in some space.
 
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DMoney said:
Miami’s running backs- 131 yards
Notre Dame’s running backs- 78 yards
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Notre Dame's rushing total is not relevant to this discussion. That has to do with how our defense played. The question is would our rushing attack be better if it had at least a few wrinkles and more variation to keep the defense thinking and honest. The obvious answer is yes.

The relevant information from last night is that when we got to the 4th quarter and it was time to grind out a couple clock eating drives to salt the game away with our ground game we couldn't pick up a single first down. We went three and out three times in a row and let Notre Dame come back and tie the game.
 
terdferguson said:
The question is would our rushing attack be better if it had at least a few wrinkles and more variation to keep the defense thinking and honest. The obvious answer is yes.
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How is it obvious? Do you have any evidence to back that up? I suspect you do not.

We were top 5 nationally in yards per carry last year while also avoiding negative plays and converting everything on the top offense in America. It’s the same scheme and our lead back didn’t even make an NFL team.

Notre Dame was also Top 5 last year, with a first round pick at RB. Most people considered them the best rushing team in America. We just outran them quite easily. People would’ve been doing cartwheels in June if I said that would happen. Now it’s happened, and people are proposing undefined “tweaks” to our run game that they can’t articulate with any meaning.

We have one of the best running games in America. We bully the bullies. Sit back and enjoy the show.
 
TheShredder said:
Journeyman OC and a caveman head coach will do that. The bootlickers on here will defend defend until we lose then say I didn’t see it coming after the second lost they pretend they knew it was bad idea all along.

Btw to the mouth breather that said bama did the samething, no they didnt: you can use YouTube
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I’m guessing your the guy who wants to fight at the red light too.
 
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