Run the ball, run the ball, run the ball
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It's pathetic that Woody hasn't gotten many touches? He is a short yardage back and our 4th best back, so imo his touches are inline with where he fits in the offense (Don't get me wrong he is valuable to our offense, but when you have White, SJ and Nealy he doesn't need to get a lot of touches). Now do I think White and Johnson need more touches, yes I do. However in the Texas game and OSU game we had to play catch up so I understand the lack of running there.
Ideal would be 35+ rushs min. I'd love for White to have around 18, Johnson 12, and 5 for Woody. These are all minimums though. Depending on t.o.p. and totally plays run I'd love to see them with more. Jantz shouldn't be asked to carry more than 5 times not including scramble plays.
At the beginning of the year I was sure we'd run 60% of the time based on the 3 RBs we had and the fact both QBs struggled. I don't know if the qb has that much control in the read or if its a coaches decision. Either way at this point in the year our offense has no confidence and the defense is beat down. I would think this wasn't part of the plan and would think the way our offense is run would be re-evaluated. I can't believe we have this poor of talent on offense.
My new stance on promoting from within. Just because Mess is the best guy at making french fries does not mean he is ready to take on the entire burger assembly line. When you loose your burger guy you need another burger guy when you make the fries guy make burger then you get bad burger and bad fries. When you got bad burgers and bad fries you go out of business and turn into a drive through mexican restaraunt. We can't let ISU football turn into a drive through mexican restaraunt!!!!
I'd love to see Shontrelle line up in the slot as the jet guy. White in the backfield with Shontrelle coming in motion would force some honesty from linebackers.
And you can't tell me Shontrelle can play a worse slot in the passing game than Aaron Horne has shown.
And you can't tell me Shontrelle can play a worse slot in the passing game than Aaron Horne has shown.
Shontrelle needs to keep this to himself, but I understand his frustration. Messingham............................you fill in the blank.
God, this is a great idea.
So, like 0% chance of it happening. I don't think Mess knows that jet plays are legal. Like Herman and RB screens.
In fairness, the jet sweep is the worst play in NCAA Football 2012.
That said, most of the people I play against online do a better job adjusting to the looks I toss out than Mess adjusts to our opponents. "Hm, 3rd and 7 here and blitz is likely coming...probably a good time to move the pocket instead of just turning the QB into a sitting duck...Nah, zone read it is! They'll never see it coming!"
Regarding the balance issue, we have passed 51% of the time and rushed 49% of the time. It's hard to get much more evenly split than that.
I did some quick number crunching, and across all BCS teams so far this season the average split is 54% rush, 46% pass. There are 17 teams so far this season that have rush >= 60% of the time (11 are from either the Big10 or SEC). There are both good teams (Alabama, KSU, Oregon) on that list and bad teams (Auburn, Kansas, Temple). Winners of the consistency award so far this year are Georgia Tech (81% rushing plays) and Washington State (28% rushing plays). Looking at conference splits, the Big 12 and PAC-12 are the most pass-happy conferences, each throwing 48% of the time. They are followed closely by the ACC at 47%, then the Big East and SEC at 44% and finally the Big 10 at 43%.
I did some quick number crunching, and across all BCS teams so far this season the average split is 54% rush, 46% pass. There are 17 teams so far this season that have rush >= 60% of the time (11 are from either the Big10 or SEC). There are both good teams (Alabama, KSU, Oregon) on that list and bad teams (Auburn, Kansas, Temple). Winners of the consistency award so far this year are Georgia Tech (81% rushing plays) and Washington State (28% rushing plays). Looking at conference splits, the Big 12 and PAC-12 are the most pass-happy conferences, each throwing 48% of the time. They are followed closely by the ACC at 47%, then the Big East and SEC at 44% and finally the Big 10 at 43%.
I appreciate you putting it in Hawkeye terminology so they can participate in the discussion as well
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