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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 195296" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>The easy answer is one I've been using over and over again: we never set the dive. "Oh," I hear someone say, "that's because the OL wasn't blocking as well as last year." Let's examine that a moment.</p><p></p><p>Against Miami we rushed for 314 yards, the most in recent games. Why was that? Because Jordan runs the midline better then JT. By running the midline, we opened up the middle of the LOS. Marshall had his best recent game as well; the Miami D didn't know who to hit. And, since we were doing ok up the middle, the edge game all of a sudden got better too and we had two ABs rush for over 60 yards.</p><p></p><p>Now, here's the kicker: <em>all of this was with the very same OL we have been - correctly - blaming for our problems this year</em>.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't da U's D; they've been ok. It was that for the first time in awhile we actually ran the ball like the O is designed to do. And, all of sudden, we could "block".</p><p></p><p>The reason we did so well on the rush last year was, in part, due to Shaq. But it was also due to being almost foolproof on 3rd and 3 because we had two BBs who ran where they were supposed to and got to the mesh really fast. It was also due to those BBs being big and strong enough to run through an initial hit and being good enough runners to find a crease. Because last year all the OL needed to provide to get the O running right was a crease and it didn't have to be there for very long. And, I might add, the pass blocking was better (not great, mind) because the D was back on its heels waiting for the dive.</p><p></p><p>You watch: we cure our BB problems and, all of a sudden, the OL will be blocking better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 195296, member: 265"] The easy answer is one I've been using over and over again: we never set the dive. "Oh," I hear someone say, "that's because the OL wasn't blocking as well as last year." Let's examine that a moment. Against Miami we rushed for 314 yards, the most in recent games. Why was that? Because Jordan runs the midline better then JT. By running the midline, we opened up the middle of the LOS. Marshall had his best recent game as well; the Miami D didn't know who to hit. And, since we were doing ok up the middle, the edge game all of a sudden got better too and we had two ABs rush for over 60 yards. Now, here's the kicker: [I]all of this was with the very same OL we have been - correctly - blaming for our problems this year[/I]. It wasn't da U's D; they've been ok. It was that for the first time in awhile we actually ran the ball like the O is designed to do. And, all of sudden, we could "block". The reason we did so well on the rush last year was, in part, due to Shaq. But it was also due to being almost foolproof on 3rd and 3 because we had two BBs who ran where they were supposed to and got to the mesh really fast. It was also due to those BBs being big and strong enough to run through an initial hit and being good enough runners to find a crease. Because last year all the OL needed to provide to get the O running right was a crease and it didn't have to be there for very long. And, I might add, the pass blocking was better (not great, mind) because the D was back on its heels waiting for the dive. You watch: we cure our BB problems and, all of a sudden, the OL will be blocking better. [/QUOTE]
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