Palmetto Proving Grounds

if carson and lattimore dont come back 100% then obviously wilds should stay at rb. i dont think anyone would argue with you on that.

agreed on mike davis. not a shot at him. but i wouldnt argue moving a guy like wilds because of a player who hasnt even had a practice yet.

a full backs yardage expectations are 1-5 at best. basically a 3rd down power back. I'm not at all saying the kid is not athletic but do i think he is in the top 4? no. miles is coming back for a reason and him and the coaches have obviously talked about his roll, my whole point was either redshirt or get into a role where he can get on the field. i saw the florida game, i saw the tennessee game... di you ever think that maybe the o line was giving him 5-6 yards at a time, its a running backs job to hit the holes hard. and when the holes are there... you're SUPPOSED to get those yards, what I'm trying to get across is not negative about the kid. but while he was picking up yards, he dfinately left yards on the field. i understand he was a freshman, and thats all well and good, my main point was he is not a #1 back for Carolina given the talent we have. not now.. in a few years.. maybe, but with davis coming in and latt likely to stay for his senior year...i don't understand that down votes on what I'm saying. go look at the film. how many tackles did he break and go for more yardage that what was expected? and florida and tennessee? really?its been 3 years since their defense could stop a decent offense. I'm not hating on the man, just looking at the reality of it all.

we didn't use a full back after coffee got hurt the same night as marcus because we didn't have a decent one.

Another Dimarco, perhaps.

You have lost your mind.

Just about all RB's get better every year in college. Why would Wilds be the expection*? You must have not been a Gamecock fan last season when he was our RB. If it wasn't for him we don't get to 11wins.

He is a RB PERIOD. He WILL GET BETTER EVERY YEAR, just like any other RB would. RB can add weight and not lose speed or cutting ability. We pay strength coaches a lot of money to keep them from doing this.

So all those reports about Kenny having the best offseason of his career and getting bigger and looking (and testing) faster than ever are just bogus??? He is the same RB that he was 4years ago when he walked on campus???

H*ll NO!!

I'm just thrilled that we've recruited well enough for this thread to exist. How our backfield (for that matter, the entire team) responded last year after Lattimore went down left me speechless. In the happy sort of way!

I've already received enough down votes for this but i don't care, lol. there was a particular play against clemson when a defender "kind of tried to tackle him" , fell in front of them and he just fell over, maybe he was anticipating the hit, maybe he was going too full head of steam to make a jump or juke, i just think he has a lot of work to do before we can ,as fans, assume he's our number 2 back, with the way miles ran the last few games i don't think its logical or fair to put wilds up there with him, even with the catching the balls out of the back field, he had a near 20 yard run, got it called back, and the very next play went out and made up that yardage and got the first. brandon wilds is not a BAD BACK....at all.. but he's not our #2 and unless he's improved a lot this off season with his decision making he either needs to redshirt or accept a fullback position. and as far as clowned being our QB before we try and run the triple option....pfft..... shaw's talents throwing the football against a competitive SEC have yet to be shown. stats wise. not saying the kid can't do it. but...

work with me. every time bruce comes into the wildcat.. you KNOW he's carrying the ball. besides a couple of passes(one in particular to lattimore...miss state game, right before the injury if I'm not mistaken.) he runs the ball every time. to mix it up and throw wilds in there with lattimore w/ bruce in a triple option wildcat could work wonders for the offense. maybe its caused i watched every game and studied it more than the other coaches around the league but every time i saw bruce in there i would've collapsed on the ball with my D. and even if you run a power I with wilds as a fullback you can have him blocking or flanking out to catch a pass while you still have your #1 and #2 back in there as a threat. if that would keep the defense thinking and panicking then i dunno what would. or hell even set him in at tight end to get their gears working.