Purdy has to run the ball enough to keep the defense honest if we are to win games and be competitive. If he gets hurt he gets hurt. I watched game after game yesterday and see QB's running the ball left and right on zone reads, but not us.
Last year we started with Purdy refusing to hand the ball off, and everyone was flowing to him. Yesterday was the exact opposite, instead of riding the mesh point and keeping it around the corner, he gave it to hall every time but once.
There were at least 3 times running to the left Purdy would have got large gains just by keeping the ball and turning the corner.
Manning needs to sit down today and watch some college games and see how they use jet motion, and shifting to confuse the defense, and get favorable matchups for the offense. I loved the game plan by Coastal Florida last night against KU, wonder if the OC would be willing to join ISU next season and we fire Manning.