[NU Sports] Running game

[Jim Leonard]

I was excited to see Trumpy move up there depth chart. I think the coaches are 
trying new schemes to see what works. I very much doubt that they were 
intentionally holding back though. There isn't a coach alive who doesn't want to 
establish an effective running game from the first series of the season. 


I don't expect Trumpy to break the game wide open but if he can even get 70 
yards between the tackles without fumbling it will be a huge improvement. 


Go Cats!
Jim



----- Original Message ----
From: J.R. McCullough <jmccull at insight.rr.com>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 11:15:14 AM
Subject: [NU Sports] Running game

I had a thought today when ruminating on the (lack of) running game. Maybe
Fitz is holding something back. We have seen a lot of sweeps and option
plays that have gone nowhere this year. In the second half against CMU, we
started seeing the sprint draw/zone blocking play that seemed to be a staple
of the offense for the past few years. Is it possible that McCall has been
holding back those plays for the Big Ten season? I'm no expert, but it
looked to me like Trumpy's large gains came on these zone block plays. Could
scheme have played a part in our dismal running game, or am I just imagining
things?



J.R.

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