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Look, I am happy with the wins even if the competition has been bad, but "Air Canada" I have yet to see.

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Listen to this dude.

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Total idiot

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Guys like you keep pyramid schemes in business.

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The difference is we've had absolutely no need to throw the ball

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To add to this every time we have thrown the ball its been for big plays. Our Passing game has been among the most efficient in the country so far. It's too soon to say we've reached the promised land but I don't understand the bitching.

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25 passes per game at Pitt in 2017
31 passes per game at NC St in 2016
29 passes per game at NC St in 2015

Gets to LSU and Etling is yet to get out of teens

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Seems as though you struggle with the concept of averages.

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To add to this every time we have thrown the ball its been for big plays. Our Passing game has been among the most efficient in the country so far. It's too soon to say we've reached the promised land but I don't understand the bitching.

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It's completely ridiculous. Anyone that was expecting 30-35 passes against BYU and UTC when we were blowing both of them out in the 3rd quarter is just plain stupid. We also are averaging 13 yards per pass attempt nearly, which is insanely high, you dont need to throw it much when you're gaining on average 13 yards per pass ATTEMPT. You run the football when you have big leads late in games. Period, end of story.

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2. LSU has a much better defense then Pitt and NC State

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This!

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such lame and tired excuses

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Dumbest thing I've read here in weeks. That's an amazing accomplishment.

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but you were insinuating that we could still avg 25+ passes per game, so i explained why that is illogical.

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I'm not insinuating anything. I'll flat out say LSU can still average 25 per game. Will they? Don't know, don't care. There's no magical per game attempts number that equates to a championship.

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DaCajun1 What's up?

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You're dumb, and need to post less.. that's what's up.

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Too much institutional inertia from a decade of running the ball, playing to his players strength, or avoiding players weakness (or both)?

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You suggesting Aleva is calling shots? Lord help us all.

Maybe... just maybe... We've been crushing inferior opponents and have no need to come out with a full force air raid attack when we are up 3 scores and forcing 3 and outs most of the second half.

Passes per game don't mean much without context. Here's the run/pass stats for every season Canada has been an OC:
1997 Butler 33.2 pass (47%) 37.5 Rush (53%)

2003 N. Illinois 28 pass (40.7%) 40.75 rush (59.3%)
-Michael Turner was on this team so they ran a lot

2007 Indiana 34.3 Pass (48.4%) 36.5 Rush (51.6%)

2008 Indiana 29.8 pass (44.5%) 37.1 Rush (55.5%)

2009 Indiana 36.7 pass (54.4%) 30.8 rush (45.6%)

2010 Indiana 42.8 pass (59.6%) 29 Rush (40.4%)

2011 N. Illinois 29.1 pass (40.6%) 42.5 rush (59.4%)
-Leading rusher and passer where the same person so I'm guessing it was an option-based offense.

2012 Wisconsin 29.8 pass (39.6%) 45.4 rush (60.4%)
-Montee Ball was the RB

2013 NC State 35.5 Pass (45.1%) 43.3 rush (54.9%)

2014 NC State 29.3 pass (42.8%) 39.1 rush (57.2%)
-Even with Jacoby Brissett throwing for 2600 yards they still ran way more than passed.

2015 NC State 31.8 pass (43.4%) 41.5 rush (56.6%)
-Brissett again threw for 2600 yards but still a lot more running than throwing.

2016 Pitt 24.9 pass (37.4) 41.7 rush (62.6%)


and just for comparison:

2017 LSU 18 pass (25.9%) 51.5 rush (74.1%)

Takeaway: The total number of pass attempts if irrelevent in my eyes, it's the ratio of run to pass. The 3 years you mentioned those teams still ran the ball 58.8% of the time. He's only had 2 seasons where his offense threw more than rushed and that was at Indiana where I assume they were behind so much they had to throw more.

It's too early to tell anything about our offense yet. When you're up big, you run the ball. But, historically Canada has average 54.7% rushes per game. The outliers are seasons where he either had a stud RB (Turner & Ball) or ran an option offense (2011 NIU). We have a stud RB so I expect us to be around 60% run by season's end.