RUN RUN RUN

Picked this up from espn.com. Not my favorite site but found this article interesting.

Rushing to national championships
January, 29, 2013
Jan 293:20PM ETBy Chris Low | ESPN.com

We hear all the time how important running the ball is in the SEC, especially if you’re going to compete for championships.

Alabama was second in the SEC this past season and 16th nationally in rushing offense. The Crimson Tide averaged 227.5 yards per game.

In fact, they’re the sixth straight national champion to average at least 214 rushing yards per game.

During the SEC’s streak of seven straight national championships, the only team that didn’t average more than 200 rushing yards per game was Florida the very first year in 2006. The Gators averaged 160 yards on the ground that season and finished 38th nationally in rushing offense.

From that point on, every national champion has averaged at least 214 rushing yards and finished in the top 20 nationally in rushing offense.

The moral of the story: You better be able to run the football at a very high level if you’re going to navigate your way through the SEC and win a national title.

Below is a quick breakdown:
•2012 – Alabama, 227.5 yards per game, ranked 16th nationally
•2011 – Alabama, 214.5 yards per game, ranked 16th nationally
•2010 – Auburn, 284.8 yards per game, ranked 5th nationally
•2009 – Alabama, 215.1 yards per game, ranked 12th nationally
•2008 – Florida, 231.1 yards per game, ranked 10th nationally
•2007 – LSU, 214.1 yards per game, ranked 11th nationally
•2006 – Florida, 160 yards per game, ranked 38th nationally

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I personally believe we need to run the ball even more. I also believe we need to recruit better & more O-lineman to make this happen.

What do you guys think?

Gooooooose.....glad to see your posts.


Imo, running the ball sets up everything.....but.....we need to keep improving our OL to get to the promise land.

Agee, you could have the best back in the country and if you don't have the big ugly's opening holes he not going no where but the turf

GooseDawg78 wrote:
I personally believe we need to run the ball even more. I also believe we need to recruit better & more O-lineman to make this happen.

What do you guys think?

I've been saying it for years.

Remember the run and shoot offense from the NFL? Put up tons of points and yardage setting all sorts of records, but how many teams ever won a championship running it?

I'll answer that... NONE.. EVER

I believe the Dawgs last year touched on just how good the offense and its running game can be and with a little tweeking it should be even better this year. That being said ,and at the risk of repeating what is common knowledge, if we don't do something to stop the run it will be nip and tuck in every game that we manage to hang on and still be in the game. I really think we have the peices in place to be very good on both sides of the ball if we just coach em up. Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!!

growl wrote: I believe the Dawgs last year touched on just how good the offense and its running game can be and with a little tweeking it should be even better this year. That being said ,and at the risk of repeating what is common knowledge, if we don't do something to stop the run it will be nip and tuck in every game that we manage to hang on and still be in the game. I really think we have the peices in place to be very good on both sides of the ball if we just coach em up. Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!!

This so much. I don't think we need to run the ball 200+ yards. I think the offense is really well balanced keeping everyone on their toes. We do however need to stop the run. Our run D was atrocious. We fix that and we would be close to unstoppable.