re: RB position next year

Don't forget guys that Blue has only gotten better since he came to LSU and was looking to have a great year earlier in 2012. I look to him to be the leader of running backs and lead the calvalry. Hopefully he hasn't lost a step.

Lacy is relatively predictable, yes, but he's spelled by Yeldon, who can do just about anything, like Hill. Lacy's also harder to bring down than our power runners, so the predictability is offset to a degree (if you can't stop it, it really doesn't matter if you know it's coming).

But you're not seriously suggesting that Ford doesn't almost always run outside every play he's in, that Ware either blocks or runs inside with the occasional reception, that Hilliard and Copeland just ineffectually charge into the line of scrimmage twice a game and that Hill and Blue aren't by far and away the best tandem on the roster, are you?

I love our running game but it's just too predictable. Hill and Blue as a 1-2 tandem would have all we need at running back and not be predictable, either.

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It's nice when you can keep your HBs fresh and not overwork them with carries (both for their effectiveness as runners now, and for their futures in the NFL), but not when you only do one thing with each of them every single time.

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Ever lovin' THIS.

The biggest problem with our run offense is that anyone can predict the play by just observing who is in the game. And that is not to mention that there doesn't seem to be any imagination on blocking schemes.

I'm certainly no offensive genius, but the offense just looks so boring and predictable it makes me wince.

Hill/Blue combo with Hilliard and a side of Ford works for me.

Which, as you noted in the OP, probably means we're getting a heavy dose of Hilliard and Copeland up the middle for 2 yards a play

ETA: What's the word on Magee? I don't know a thing about him. Sounds like he's another good one, but I'd have thought he would see the field at some point this year

will anyone here get upset if the question is asked?


Why did we burn a redshirt on McGee, his frosh year?

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Ford isn't very good. Not sure why people like him. Terrible between the tackles and is BY FAR the worst blocker of all the backs.

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5.8 yards per carry... Second only to Blue.

You are a moron

Hilliard, Blue, Ford, and Hill are all very good backs and each would get the bulk of the carries at almost every other school.

It easy to forget how spoiled we've been at this position over the last few years but when you look at the numbers, you're quickly reminded.

We still have a stable going into next season.

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5.8 yards per carry... Second only to Blue.

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If he ran the inside plays like Ware and Hill it wouldn't be close to that. He's an outside specialist that doesn't have near enough carries up the middle compared to other backs to warrant you bringing up his YPC. He's a change of pace that runs out of bounds.

He is also TERRIBLE at pass protection. Whiffs half the time.

It's Hill, Hill, Hill, and more Hill.

I predict Ford won't be back. What has been frustrating both for the backs and us is that with four or five good ones it is impossible to have enough snaps for all of them. Hill finally broke away from the rest and the outcome was that there were even fewer carries available for Ware, Ford and Hilliard. Just think if Blue had been able to play?

Next year a three man rotation, Hill, Blue and Hilliard will be much easier to handle. I hope they all get a chance early on to show who gets the playing time. Hilliard is still a great back and may fix whatever needed fixing and come back greater than ever.