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2010 running game: Your thoughts?
Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:07 pm
In 2009 we finished 11th in the SEC in rushing with 123 yards a game, 3.7 YPC. I figure we'll do better in 2010 (we have almost nowhere to go but up), but I'm not confident we'll finish in the upper half of the conference. Shep should help spike the numbers, but Ridley and Murphy are still question marks to me ... and even if Ford is a horse I don't have great confidence in our coaching staff to maximize his ability. Our o-line is another question mark.
How do you think the Tigers' running game will fare in 2010?
How do you think the Tigers' running game will fare in 2010?
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Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:09 pm to Tigerwaffe
None of that shite matters if the o-line doesn't get better. We could have Herschel Walker back there and he'd average 1.4yds a carry. 
Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:12 pm to MightyYat
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None of that shite matters if the o-line doesn't get better. We could have Herschel Walker back there and he'd average 1.4yds
True. I did wonder a couple times last year how well Ingram or Richardson or McCluster or Tebow would've done with a mediocre line in front of them. I'm not sure Ingram would've picked up his Heisman.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:12 pm to MightyYat
Truse dat.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:13 pm to MightyYat
Bo Jackson could get 3.2 ypc. 
Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:20 pm to Tigerwaffe
Our running game is only as good as our O-Line allows it to be. No doubt we have talented running backs, but we need talented lineman to block for them.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 4:25 pm to Tigerwaffe
Rushing Stats
If you really look at it all our backs averaged pretty good on the season, Keiland at 5.3, Scott at 4.7, Ridley at 4.0, Shep at 6.2. The problem goes to JJ and his 1.5. Sacks are calculated in the rushing yards, so to finish in the top half of the sec we will have to cut back on Sacks and quit running designed running plays for JJ, we have better playmakers across the offense and they should be used more effectively, just my opinion though
If you really look at it all our backs averaged pretty good on the season, Keiland at 5.3, Scott at 4.7, Ridley at 4.0, Shep at 6.2. The problem goes to JJ and his 1.5. Sacks are calculated in the rushing yards, so to finish in the top half of the sec we will have to cut back on Sacks and quit running designed running plays for JJ, we have better playmakers across the offense and they should be used more effectively, just my opinion though
This post was edited on 1/14/10 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 1/14/10 at 5:54 pm to TruLsu
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Bo Jackson could get 3.2 ypc.
DOUBLE TRUE DAT!!!
Posted on 1/14/10 at 6:02 pm to Tigerwaffe
Everyone will be witnesses and Murphy is gonna unleash 4 years worth of built up frustration on every opponent we face. 
Posted on 1/14/10 at 6:05 pm to Flatyger
It is not a question of if LSU has the talent on the offensive line. The question is whether Miles is willing to play the best linemen even if the best linemen are underclassmen.
No one will convince me that the LSU running game would not have been better in 2009 had LSU started Blackwell, Lonergan and Hurst over Dworacyck, Hebert and Hitt. When those three guys got a chance to play, the blocking on the interior was much better because they are bigger and more physical than the guys who played ahead of them.
No one will convince me that the LSU running game would not have been better in 2009 had LSU started Blackwell, Lonergan and Hurst over Dworacyck, Hebert and Hitt. When those three guys got a chance to play, the blocking on the interior was much better because they are bigger and more physical than the guys who played ahead of them.
This post was edited on 1/14/10 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 1/14/10 at 9:58 pm to TruLsu
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Sacks are calculated in the rushing yards
Assuming all sacks are QBs's fault? Note rush attempts are 2nd most, like they're forcing pocket passer to be option QB. WIZARD!!!!!
A lot of the neg ydg could be attributed to awful short side option plays(I don't have link to discern pos yds vs neg except 255 yds on 37 sacks). I'm not sure a perfect 0 sack effort would put LSU in top 1/2 of SEC rush stats.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 10:02 pm to Tigerwaffe
Murphy is gunna explode
Posted on 1/15/10 at 5:59 am to Tigerwaffe
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Ridley and Murphy are still question marks to me
wouldn't be the case if not for our oline this year....think we will be fine with all of our backs as long as the line comes around
Posted on 1/15/10 at 6:39 am to Tallboy11
AN offensive coordinator who is committed to nothing. To much in the play book.
Posted on 1/15/10 at 7:00 am to Ethan Martin
I like the confidence people seem to have in Ridley and Murphy. On paper, I guess we have the RB talent to be one of the top five or six rushing teams in the SEC this year. But we did last year, too.
Posted on 1/15/10 at 7:43 am to Tigerwaffe
All SEC teams have RBs capable of putting up big #s. As other posters have pointed out, its the OLine that makes the difference.
It also helps a great deal, when you have a passing attack that the opposing defense has to respect.
We had neither of these. This is especially infuriating when you consider the talent we have @ WR.
It also helps a great deal, when you have a passing attack that the opposing defense has to respect.
We had neither of these. This is especially infuriating when you consider the talent we have @ WR.
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