Bama is a vulnerable team...

[defiantdog]

I have no doubt Alabama will stuff our running game. Our only hope is to have a good passing game to keep from a blow-out loss.

Troy stuffed our running game

[msstate7]

Troy stuffed our running game

Surely we're smart enough to not allow bama to stuff our running game. We need to throw it 40+ against bama

[TUSK]

Surely we're smart enough to not allow bama to stuff our running game. We need to throw it 40+ against bama

Empty backfield with 5 wide... toss in about 6-8 QB draws when down and distance is favorable...

[Thick]

I wouldn't put all of the blame on the OL. I really hope you DVR'd the game so you can go back and look at the holes that were there early, but Shump simply ran into the back of his own lineman. Seriously, Shump would make any OL in the nation look bad with his lack of vision and inability to make the quick cut back against the grain. He could have busted 2-3 early on, for 10+ yards, had he simply cut it back against the grain. Troy had left the back side open, at least a handful of times, but Shump hit it up in there into his linemen and had 0.000000 vision. Sometimes a good RB will make his OL look better by his ability to see the crease and make a quick cut.



DLee has much better vision and had 21 yard on 4 carries before he busted that last long one and ended with 5 carries for 44 yards. He has vision, but needs more reps to get a rhythm. Let's not blame the OL for Mullen not getting the best RB in the game.

Lets break it down as if DLee had been #1 from Snap one, and gotten the 42 carries that Shump has received, which is apparent based on the performances thus far. This paints a much different picture than our OL sucks. It's more as if our Play Calling and Personnel Decisions ultimately suck and shit play is a result.

GP ATT Ru Yards YPC Yards W 42 Carries
Dak Prescott * 6 49 220 4.5
Ashton Shumpert* 6 42 159 3.8
Brandon Holloway* 6 28 146 5.2 219
Malik Dear * 6 5 68 13.6
Nick Fitzgerald* 3 15 93 6.2
Dontavian Lee * 6 13 107 8.2 346
Aeris Williams * 6 15 65 4.3 182

We averaged 233/game last year. We average 155 this year through 5 games. That's not RB as much as getting out played or just being physically out played in the trenches. I've watched every game this year, and outside of poor play calling/personnel issues, the holes have been far and few between. You can bitch all you want about Shump, but CDM still keeps rolling him out there with the same results. There's more to it then just RB and play calling. Any body can run through holes, but if your OL can't open holes then it doesn't matter who is in the backfield.

[defiantdog]

Surely we're smart enough to not allow bama to stuff our running game. We need to throw it 40+ against bama

I bet we still try to establish a run game..... even though all 3 of their linebackers will play on Sundays.