Ehh. He isn't really a fullback. He's a power RB. I think once he is gone we just eliminate his "position". He's a good player and we use him because we have him.
Huh? Whether you want to call him a fullback or not, are you serious that you don't think we need a big, short yardage back once Woody is gone?
Huh? Whether you want to call him a fullback or not, are you serious that you don't think we need a big, short yardage back once Woody is gone?
But the value of big, bruising backs in our offense is easily seen by our recruiting efforts to get one. We have never given a scholarship out of high school to one. Woody was a walk on and happened to just be phenomenal at that role.
We don't use a fullback and handing the ball off to a slow bruiser out of the spread is a disaster. How many short yardage situations did Woody actually convert this year? Not saying it is Woody's fault but handing him the ball in the zone read doesn't really work.
So no I'm not worried about Woody's replacement.
Often this year, we didn't really use Woody to run north/south. For instance, we had him stepping sideways in the endzone and then he gets caught for the safety against Tulsa. Seems like we did this a lot with him this year.
It seemed like he had a more vital role in the previous year, such as against Okie State and at the end against Rutgers.
I don't think they were, but correct me if I'm wrong, those runs in the okie st game weren't zone reads, Woody does best running downhill, life Weisman for iowa. Woody didn't get many Carries this year, maybe injuries were worse then publicized, but i don't think they force someone into his role unless the right player comes along. Continue to use quicker backs that can catch.
We don't use a fullback and handing the ball off to a slow bruiser out of the spread is a disaster. How many short yardage situations did Woody actually convert this year? Not saying it is Woody's fault but handing him the ball in the zone read doesn't really work.
So no I'm not worried about Woody's replacement.