Committing to Running the Football

Many of us have read over the years that for a team to have a running game, they must make a commitment to it. What does that mean? Keep pounding the rock. I'm not saying just run run run. But just because we gain a yard or less and give up, like we did, especially the first half of the UCLA game, is demoralizing.

Create three or four running plays, and keep pounding it with them. LSU keeps waiting for a running back savior, and running backs cannot excel if the coach doesn't hammer the offensive lineman into tough, rock-hard trenches over and over again.

Even Clyde needed offensive linemen. Until I see some kind of imagination and commitment to attack, I don't care how good the offensive linemen are, they aren't doing anything if the coaches, namely the Offensive Coordinator, are dumb or stubborn as dirt as it relates to a running scheme. Guess what? We had one, maybe two running plays. That's it. That's weak.