Palmetto Proving Grounds

Only thing I could offer would be that it would probably be better to have another player more capable and stronger absorbing the hard licks that could happen on a designed delay between the tackles.

I think it just gives us a change of pace. Bruce is quicker and more elusive plus takes some hits off of Connor. I actually wish we ran it a little more.

It doesn't seem that we've had a lot of sucess with it this season. I think it is a fading fad among college teams. JMO

Not sure. It hasn't been especially effective.

13 attempts over 100 yards (can't remember what I just looked up-I'm gonna be toast at 60 yrs old-) 7.8 yards per carry and 1 touchdown. Not too bad. We need to use it more IMO.

you run it as a change of pace. since, in our offense, its not really a change of pace i dont see much good coming from it.

now, if we throw back to connor shaw on the play & he tosses it downfield out of the formation, that would be a wrinkle. not a change of pace

i fully expect something out of the ordinary from sos. the wildcock or cat will not suffice. or will the genius finally forego gimmicks & just run run run run take a down or two

If Lattimore ran for 204 yards on 26 carries and broke 2 for long td runs, would you say the same?

Ellington has the speed to break the long runs. Give him enough carries throughout the season in the wildcat and see if he can add that change of pace that we need. I think between him/wilds/shaw, that's 3 capable options running the ball to win our next 2 games. In my opinion I don't think Shaw and Wilds can do it all alone. Gotta have a change of pace. Hell I don't care if it sweeps to Byrd. We don't have a dominant enough of an o-line to expect to dominate a very good team we'll face in the bowl game if we handle business against Clemson.

The difference is it is usually a run play where the RB gets the direct snap. However because the QB is in the formation they don't pull a DB for another LB. And yes, it does help if the QB is a receiving threat but not required.

I'd like to see us utilize more of the wildcat-style misdirection off the sweep in other shotgun/pistol formations, but with Shaw getting the snap. Spurrier has run a sweep followed by a fake sweep (or vice versa) a few times before (trying to recall the specific game). I'd love to see Byrd or Sanders come across the middle to create confusion.

Then again, I'd be happy to see us run it for 250/300 yards off read options and I-form plays Saturday. Whatever works for the win!

I hear those touchdowns only count as four points.

It is the same thing. 204 yards on 26 snaps is a fantastic ypp for a formation that is almost entirely runs.