[NU Sports] a thought

[Roy Lamberton]

Even Randy Walker's early spread team ran the ball well.

The Cats had a fairly long string of 1,000+ rushers during his tenure, several
are still running around in the NFL.

There's some kind of a disconnect with that style of offense - maybe it's the
O-line - maybe its that our honored opponents in the Big 10 have figured out how
to stop NU's running game. I know that I'd certainly spy a back like Sutton but
I might have been distracted by Kustok and Baz in earlier years.

My kids always want to know what play I'm going to run first in a game. Its
almost always a 31 or 32 dive - its gets the entire line hitting.

If I was the coach, I'd sure look more closely at my game plan. NU always was
50-50 run-pass. While Ross Lane mentioned that in a recent interview, the Cats
are nowhere near that ratio this year.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Brad Wilson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:13 AM
> To: nu list
> Subject: [NU Sports] a thought
> 
> 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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> 
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> 
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