re: My thoughts on the Offense and Defense

Since you looked up all that, tell me why we have gone from a mostly two back system, to a completely full on RBBC? The only teams that run a full on committee approach, are the ones who are triple option, have no legit #1 RB or legit 1-2 punch, or pass heavy teams.

A down hill run team with almost zero misdirection, NEVER runs 4 backs almost evenly unless they all suck. A power run team establishes two top backs or one top back.

Even when the pass game was shitty in 2010, we utilized one RB and had a very good run game.

Even in 2011, the only time we truly ran RBBC, we did not do it until Ware was suspended


Check it out:

2011 first 7 games
Spencer Ware - 128 carries
Michael Ford - 67 carries
Alfred Blue - 53 carries

Without even going back, I remember that the first half of games were pretty much Ware with Ford a change of pace. The fourth quarter is when they really fed Blue. A fresh back with good speed.

Let's also go to the pass game against Ole Miss and UGA that year? We threw 8 against Ole Miss (all complete) and we ran for over 300 yards with the RBs all having similar carries. Against UGA, we threw it 13 times (3 complete) yet four RBs ran for 230 yards against the #3 defense in the country.

So to tell you the truth, the pass game is not the problem. If it was, why in 2012, did an offensive line with a true freshman in his first start, a redshirt freshman in his first start, and a true sophomore in his fourth start, have a freshman RB run for 124 yards and 2 TDs against a Clowney led DL? Keep in mind that the QB was 12/25 for 148 yards and an int?