re: Per Ben Love: Fournett's camp is starting to have issues with his carry count.

Fournette is being managed quite nicely if you look at it objectively.

He's getting enough to keep in front of the Heisman race but getting plenty of rest too. Ben Love can suck a fat D

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I think rotating them in and out over three quarters would be great, then hand the 4th quarter to Fournett once the opposing D is exhausted.

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Yep let him start and play the first couple of series of the game to get his feet wet, then let him rotate a bit in the 3rd QT and let him go full blast in the 4th.

My camp has issues with poor water pressure and field mice.

26 touches per game for 14 games just gets you into the top 50 all-time for most used in a season. These numbers also don't include bowl games for the older guys or kick returns. I see a few NFL Hall-of-Famers in this list.

Rank Player Plays Season School

1. Kevin Smith* 474 2007 Central Florida
2. Marcus Allen* 467 1981 Southern California
3. Lorenzo White* 425 1985 Michigan State
4. Shawn Faulkner 423 1983 Western Michigan
5. Javon Ringer* 418 2008 Michigan State
6. Troy Davis 415 1996 Iowa State
7. Le'Veon Bell* 414 2012 Michigan State
Darnell Autry* 414 1995 Northwestern
9. Craig Heyward* 409 1987 Pittsburgh
O.J. Simpson* 409 1968 Southern California
11. Bobby Rainey 405 2011 Western Kentucky
Ray Rice* 405 2007 Rutgers
13. Steve Bartalo 402 1986 Colorado State
14. Brian Calhoun* 401 2005 Wisconsin
15. Herschel Walker 399 1981 Georgia
16. Jay Ajayi* 397 2014 Boise State
Stefphon Jefferson* 397 2012 Nevada
18. Charles White* 396 1978 Southern California
19. Steven Jackson* 394 2003 Oregon State
20. Matt Forte 393 2007 Tulane
Vaughn Dunbar* 393 1991 Indiana
Anthony Thompson 393 1989 Indiana
23. Billy Smith 390 1991 Central Michigan
24. Ricky Bell* 389 1975 Southern California
25. Donald Brown* 388 2008 Connecticut
26. Anthony Thompson* 386 1988 Indiana
27. Ricky Williams 385 1998 Texas
28. Marcus Allen 384 1980 Southern California
29. Chris Perry* 382 2003 Michigan
Anthony Sherrell 382 2003 Eastern Michigan
31. LaDainian Tomlinson* 379 2000 Texas Christian
32. Steve Bartalo 378 1985 Colorado State
Keith Byars* 378 1984 Ohio State
Tony Dorsett 378 1976 Pittsburgh
35. Travis Prentice 376 1998 Miami (OH)
Wasean Tait 376 1995 Toledo
37. Ka'Deem Carey* 375 2013 Arizona
Eddie George* 375 1995 Ohio State
Don McCauley* 375 1970 North Carolina
40. Trevor Cobb 374 1991 Rice
Ernest Anderson 374 1982 Oklahoma State
42. Travis Prentice 373 1999 Miami (OH)
43. Steve Morgan* 372 1984 Toledo
44. Bobby Rainey 369 2010 Western Kentucky
Lorenzo White* 369 1987 Michigan State
46. Gerald Willhite* 367 1981 San Jose State
Steve Owens 367 1968 Oklahoma
48. Montee Ball* 366 2012 Wisconsin
49. Stepfan Taylor* 363 2012 Stanford
Barry Sanders 363 1988 Oklahoma State

What's been Fournette's average # of carries this season? For his career?

Not buying this at all.

he's carried 30 times a game maybe once in his career...

I know that this will be an on going conversation especially next year. It will put les in an impossible position that he will not get right.

They have good reason to care IMO. Throw the ball more.

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I know that this will be an on going conversation especially next year.

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Right, because the media can't just keep talking about how good he is and expect to keep viewers and readers tuned in. They have to pull shite out of thin air and essentially put words in Fournette's mouth - mind you, with absolutely no repercussions. The fascination the media has with building up and then proceeding to tear down idols is particularly disturbing as well.