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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 232541" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Yes, that's exactly it.</p><p></p><p>The whole O is predicated on a successful dive, especially at 3rd and 3 - 4. If that doesn't work reliably, then neither will anything else. When we ran the ball effectively up the middle - like, say, the Pitt game - the O worked. When we didn't - like, say, the ND game - it didn't. And what we never had was a reliable dive at 3rd and 3 - 4; that's why I said that with Laskey back as a red-shirt senior we'd have won at least 9 games. Almost every game was close last year. Not having that drive up the middle made a huge difference. And, yes, this was largely due to the injuries that forced MM into service; with Allen ready every game and teamed with MM (maybe; would have blown a red-shirt) or MLD (more likely; more experience) we'd have done better too. </p><p></p><p>The difference we have is that I don't think you don't see the O for what it is: a concatenation of parts that all have to function in order for the whole to be successful. This especially pertains to the MLB problem. If we had run the ball all year like we did against Pitt then the whole picture would have been rosier; no problems with downhill MLBs in that game after MM hit a couple of big runs. I'm not saying that all the parts have to be at optimum to make this work. For instance, our BB play in 2011 wasn't all that great, but we did ok in the end. It was top-notch in 2014 and you saw what happened. I hope we get back to at least 2011 levels of BB play next year, no matter who ends up with the ball. If we do, then things will be much better. If not …</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 232541, member: 265"] Yes, that's exactly it. The whole O is predicated on a successful dive, especially at 3rd and 3 - 4. If that doesn't work reliably, then neither will anything else. When we ran the ball effectively up the middle - like, say, the Pitt game - the O worked. When we didn't - like, say, the ND game - it didn't. And what we never had was a reliable dive at 3rd and 3 - 4; that's why I said that with Laskey back as a red-shirt senior we'd have won at least 9 games. Almost every game was close last year. Not having that drive up the middle made a huge difference. And, yes, this was largely due to the injuries that forced MM into service; with Allen ready every game and teamed with MM (maybe; would have blown a red-shirt) or MLD (more likely; more experience) we'd have done better too. The difference we have is that I don't think you don't see the O for what it is: a concatenation of parts that all have to function in order for the whole to be successful. This especially pertains to the MLB problem. If we had run the ball all year like we did against Pitt then the whole picture would have been rosier; no problems with downhill MLBs in that game after MM hit a couple of big runs. I'm not saying that all the parts have to be at optimum to make this work. For instance, our BB play in 2011 wasn't all that great, but we did ok in the end. It was top-notch in 2014 and you saw what happened. I hope we get back to at least 2011 levels of BB play next year, no matter who ends up with the ball. If we do, then things will be much better. If not … [/QUOTE]
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