[NU Sports] a thought

[Brad Wilson]

I have been listening to WGN's archive of the great
games  of the 2000-2005 era to buck myself up after
the last two  debacles, and one things stands out:

The great NU teams ran the ball. Ran it on Wisconsin,
ran it on Michigan, ran it on Ohio State. Ran it down
their throats. 

Sure, Zac and Brett were great QBs and they had
terrific receivers when they did. But that success
came from the ground game.

It seems to me that McGhee has it backward: pass then
run. It needs to be the reverse. I don't know about
Conteh, but Roberson seems like a solid back.
Obviously, Sutton's return would really help, but even
without him, NU has to run the ball better.

This NU team has no prayer of moving the ball in the
Big Ten on those little passes into the flat. NU has
to run the ball: it keeps the defense off the field
(good), sets up the screens and dinky passes and sets
the tempo.

I really think it's just about that simple: run the
damned ball. Spend this week having the OL work on the
run and pound the ball at Michigan.

The great wins of the past came from DA, DA2, Wright,
Herron, Sutton grinding the ball out. Let's get back
to that.

bw 



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