Trivia for the day: When was the last time...

I'm not worried about the run game. I was speaking more to the fact that we now seemingly have a passing game we can rely on.

The team avg. 4.5 per carry, and Hill avg. 8.3 per touch.

I just think it's awesome that the backs may not have to carry it as many times, and they might have fresh legs later in the year.

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Net Rushing
UAB = 160 yds
LSU = 152 yds

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That's distorted by 1 play - OBJ returned a FG for TD. That took away a clock killing drive that would have been run heavy.

Here's another question - when was the last time LSU's passing yardage effectively doubled the rushing yardage (293-152)? On relatively balanced playcalling 20 passes/34 runs, but would have been closer to 45/55 during the competitive period of the game.

When you pass as well as we did, and get 5 TDs through the air, the running yardage suffers. Now, we lost the TOP battle, and not insignificantly, 33:30 to 26:30. That doesn't really matter in the long run because we played lots of young kids and got out without any significant injuries.

Also, another stat to look at: Hilliard, Hill and Brazil all averaged 5 ypc (Hill actually 8.3), and combined for 19/114. The rushing stars of last week were less effective, but even Mett's 3 scrambles averaged 5.7 ypc. The WR combo reminds me of Swann and Stallworth on the 1970s era Pittsburgh Steelers, with OBJ as John Stallworth and Landry as Lynn Swann.

*sigh* - I'm old.