Breece Hall #1 in NCAA rushing yardage

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I’m not sure why you think that we’ve “run the ball well”. Take away Breece’s two big runs, and he carried 18 times for 49 yards. That’s 2.72 ypc, and distinctly not a consistently good rushing attack.

And that’s generally been par for the course for his season—big runs buff up the small holes the OL has opened otherwise.

If you want an answer for that, I’m pretty sure that the simple fact that two of our best three linemen are out has something to do with both the running and passing issues—especially the latter.

Oh, and the fact that by far our single most experienced wide receiver returning, Tarique Milton, has been hurt is a huge factor too. At this stage, he and Xavier Hutchinson would complement one another well.

That’s how the running game works. Chip away at them, then break off big runs. If you took away a RBs big plays and they were still averaging 5 YPC, they’d be averaging a stupid amount like 10+ YPC in total.
 

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I think everyone expecting CMC to run up the score like everyone else in the league against KU are going to be disappointed. It is not in his DNA.

I would love score 50 on them and pad our offensive stats like everyone else, but I don't expect that to happen.

All I really want is a game that's not in doubt going into the 4th quarter.
 

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All I really want is a game that's not in doubt going into the 4th quarter.
If it's not a no doubter to start the 4th, I'll be very disappointed. This is one of the worst teams Kansas has had and that's saying a lot. They're also the worst P-5 team in the nation. There's no reason we shouldn't win this game by 3 scores or more. I'll be a little bit concerned if we don't honestly.
 
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#2 now, just behind UTSA's McCormick. I think it's kind of unfair, as UTSA has not had a bye-week.. So they've played all 7 weeks, while Hall only had 5 games. (don't tell my girlfriend this, she works in football recruiting at UTSA :D)
 
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I’m not sure why you think that we’ve “run the ball well”. Take away Breece’s two big runs, and he carried 18 times for 49 yards. That’s 2.72 ypc, and distinctly not a consistently good rushing attack.

And that’s generally been par for the course for his season—big runs buff up the small holes the OL has opened otherwise.

If you want an answer for that, I’m pretty sure that the simple fact that two of our best three linemen are out has something to do with both the running and passing issues—especially the latter.

Oh, and the fact that by far our single most experienced wide receiver returning, Tarique Milton, has been hurt is a huge factor too. At this stage, he and Xavier Hutchinson would complement one another well.
 

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I am still amazed how bad our passing game looks at times when we run the ball as well as we have. Usually establishing a good running game results in some opportunities to take some shots down field when the defense is stacking the box against the run and we haven't seen a lot of that so far. Even some more play action fakes to throw a deep ball would open up this offense some more.
Pass blocking is horrible. Receivers slow to get out of their progressions. Brock prefers to run. Many things working against the pass game.
 
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I'll admit, I didn't get a good chance to watch the okstate game. But I can't help but wonder was okstate playing heavy pass defense? We often hear about making an opponent 1 dimensional, usually in terms of taking away the run game. Was that okstates game plan, take away the pass? If so, it certainly worked - and probably would work well anytime okstate gets a lead.

(of course there's plenty of blame on our oline and wideouts as well)
 

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If it's not a no doubter to start the 4th, I'll be very disappointed. This is one of the worst teams Kansas has had and that's saying a lot. They're also the worst P-5 team in the nation.

Well, Maryland looks really, really bad also. But then, they did cause one of their players to die. So, Kansas doesn't have that as a factor. But they are equally poor teams, I would say.
 

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Well, Maryland looks really, really bad also. But then, they did cause one of their players to die. So, Kansas doesn't have that as a factor. But they are equally poor teams, I would say.
Maryland very well could be up there, however you're comparing two pieces of crap lol. They're both awful.
 

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I'll admit, I didn't get a good chance to watch the okstate game. But I can't help but wonder was okstate playing heavy pass defense? We often hear about making an opponent 1 dimensional, usually in terms of taking away the run game. Was that okstates game plan, take away the pass? If so, it certainly worked - and probably would work well anytime okstate gets a lead.

(of course there's plenty of blame on our oline and wideouts as well)
They weren't necessarily playing heavy pass defense, rather they were constantly sending different blitz packages at Purdy. Some of the routes we were running couldn't develop and the timing was off due to this pressure. It seemed like Purdy had a guy in his face all day long. I'm not solely blaming the O-Line either.. Our route scheme and route running have to get better.
 

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I think everyone expecting CMC to run up the score like everyone else in the league against KU are going to be disappointed. It is not in his DNA.

I would love score 50 on them and pad our offensive stats like everyone else, but I don't expect that to happen.
Big scores and impressive stats get attention in the media and in the heads of recruits. Everybody knows that. Dabo doesn't take the foot off the gas, and neither will Matt.
 

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Big scores and impressive stats get attention in the media and in the heads of recruits. Everybody knows that. Dabo doesn't take the foot off the gas, and neither will Matt.

When have we actually put the foot on the gas enough to even think about taking the foot off? :jimlad: , kinda.

ULM last year is the only recent one that comes to mind.
 

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When have we actually put the foot on the gas enough to even think about taking the foot off? :jimlad: , kinda.

ULM last year is the only recent one that comes to mind.
2017 against KU. 45-0.
 

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Here's the latest delusional statement from the hokeye message board regarding Breece:

He is a scrawny little back that would be broken in two in the B1G, he wouldn't last three games. But playing in the Texas/Sunbelt league like he does no one can tackle. I would take any of Iowa's three backs.
 

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