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These numbers clearly indicate nothing is wrong with our run scheme and or our OL

AUcane said:
I think D forgot about his film from last year and instead, put too much weight on what the staff told him and what he supposedly saw on greentree. The injury excuse is just that - an excuse. He is what he is - an undersized kid being asked to do things he shouldn't be doing and a kid who is a marginal athlete at TE. JMO.



Yeah, you pretty much have it. I don't think this OL is as bad at the run as the stats indicate. There are a few issues with our run game - no vertical threat of Arroyo, a dynamic QB and unpredictability in the run game.\

I think this year's WRs are just as good as last year's. Martinez was a nice RB but not as dynamic as you indicate. I think we are fine at RB as well. So what's different? QB and TE. There's your difference. We had difference makers at both. Compounding the issue is our tendency to be VERY predictable on offense. Those things amount to a stifled run game.
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I think Center is a big difference in the run game. Agree Martinez not a "dynamic" back but he was able to bust a handful of longer runs as the year went on. Fletcher hasn't shown that ability, nor Brown.
 
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STG said:
The numbers below are just to further showcase how porous our run game is. I only used rushing attempts by our RBs versus FBS opponents. I did not include any rushes that were 3 yards or less that led to TD runs, which there were a few.

52% of the time we are gaining 3 yards or less per rush attempt. Look how consistent the results are.

Notre Dame
35 Rushing Attempts by RBs
19 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (54.2%)

South Florida
30 Rushing Attempts by RBs
15 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (50%)

Florida
42 Rushing Attempts by RBs
20 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (47.6%)

Florida State
27 Rushing Attempts by RBs
17 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (62.9%)

Louisville
16 Rushing Attempts by RBs
12 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (75%)

Stanford
42 Rushing Attempts by RBs
18 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (42.8%)

Southern Methodist
32 Rushing Attempts by RBs
16 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (50%)

TOTAL
224 Rushing Attempts by RBs
117 ended up as 3 yards or less gains (52.2%)
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STG said:
The numbers below are just to further showcase how porous our run game is. I only used rushing attempts by our RBs versus FBS opponents. I did not include any rushes that were 3 yards or less that led to TD runs, which there were a few.

52% of the time we are gaining 3 yards or less per rush attempt. Look how consistent the results are.

Notre Dame
35 Rushing Attempts by RBs
19 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (54.2%)

South Florida
30 Rushing Attempts by RBs
15 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (50%)

Florida
42 Rushing Attempts by RBs
20 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (47.6%)

Florida State
27 Rushing Attempts by RBs
17 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (62.9%)

Louisville
16 Rushing Attempts by RBs
12 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (75%)

Stanford
42 Rushing Attempts by RBs
18 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (42.8%)

Southern Methodist
32 Rushing Attempts by RBs
16 ended up as 3 yard or less gains (50%)

TOTAL
224 Rushing Attempts by RBs
117 ended up as 3 yards or less gains (52.2%)
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Excluding Yards to Gain of less than 3 (1st or Goal line) in 2025 ACC Conference games or ACC against other P4 49.9% of runs gain 3 yards or less. So, they're worse but not meaningfully worse. You are talking about 6 plays going 3 yards instead of 4. The real travesty is that to my eye, it is that on their successful runs they only gave 6 or 7 yards and don't break out any runs longer than 12.
 
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AUcane said:
I think D forgot about his film from last year and instead, put too much weight on what the staff told him and what he supposedly saw on greentree. The injury excuse is just that - an excuse. He is what he is - an undersized kid being asked to do things he shouldn't be doing and a kid who is a marginal athlete at TE. JMO.



Yeah, you pretty much have it. I don't think this OL is as bad at the run as the stats indicate. There are a few issues with our run game - no vertical threat of Arroyo, a dynamic QB and unpredictability in the run game.\

I think this year's WRs are just as good as last year's. Martinez was a nice RB but not as dynamic as you indicate. I think we are fine at RB as well. So what's different? QB and TE. There's your difference. We had difference makers at both. Compounding the issue is our tendency to be VERY predictable on offense. Those things amount to a stifled run game.
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"I think this year's WRs are just as good as last year's"

Respectfully disagree. Not as a whole. Once you get past the first two this year I think we we were deeper last year.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
13 plays with 3 yards to go or less against SMU.

13 runs.

Total of 29 yards on those 13 runs.

This is malpractice.
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Quick, lets put all 22 guys on the field within 3 yards of each other and bang heads to see if we can move the ball 1 yard. How dare we spread the field to make it easier to run?
 
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