I always love Jay's articles, keep it up!
I've completely agreed with him on ISU's offense under CMC. Up until now it has mostly been an offense with running between the tackles, and deep throws to the outside in the passing game, with next to nothing over the middle or to the TE's. Which, when you have Montgomery and Butler (and Lazard before him) I guess made sense. Monty was usually best between the tackles, and then we threw it up to Butler and Lazard deep down the sidelines.
But like Jay says.... I think this year you need to flip that script, at least I HOPE so! As Jay says, I think in the running game we'll attack more on the edges, and then with guys like Milton, Jones, and Akers, I think we might see more underneath stuff and trying to get these guys the ball quickly and in space. And on top of that, we'll also see a lot more of the passing game to the TE's, especially over the middle.
This has bugged me every year since CMC has arrived, but with the personnel we had, maybe it was the best strategy? I'm just hoping to see us attack the edges more this year, utilize the speed of guys like Milton, Jones, and Akers in the short quick passing game, and the TE's over the middle too. In years past, we usually had no answer for teams that blitzed us, but I'm hoping we will this year.