I think we as fans need to move on from the BB to LB dream. He has two years of eligibility left, and he is what he is... An OK rotational RB who provides decent snaps when needed as a FB/blocking type, and an excellent special teams player.
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2018 Buff offense
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The Ogre
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And a 4.5 100 meter?
The running backs look better as a group, at least potentially. While there are still a lot of undersized guys being offered, there do seem to be more big, three down types getting offers.
If McMillian has a big year, maybe it'll change to more of a back like him going forward. I would prefer that anyway.
Edited. Thanks.
Also, I think the "undersized" thing is way overstated. Fontenot is 6'0" 190. Smith is 6'0" 180. Bisharat is 6'2" 215. McMillian is 6'0" 200. Lee and Evans are short, but they're built like brick ****houses.
Seems to me that we're actually getting bigger at RB from where we had been. Still mixing in some smaller APB types like Broussard at 5'9" 170. But Davis (2019 commit) is 5'10" 180 as a junior. That's hardly a small RB.
Hell, I think you need some APB's in an offense like this. In the red zone i'd like a bigger back to finish drives. McMillan can probably do both so I hope we see that.
What the **** is wrong with you? Speedy was a great Buff.
Sykobuff
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Damn straight, although he seemed to trip himself a lot. Dude had tons of heart and moves.
FLounder
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What the **** is wrong with you, that comment is solely directed at there size. Context snow.
It is more about what they are looking for in RBs than just pure size though.
Fontenot had 91 total carries as a senior. Broussard had 67 total carries as senior. Davis had 900 yards rushing as junior (and the coaching staff offered him after seeing at WR in a 7 on 7 tourney).
Does that scream P5 RB group? Not really.
To be fair, didn't Fontenot get hurt his Senior year? Wasn't he an absolute dude his Junior year with monster stats as the "backup"?
I do not remember if he got injured or not as a senior, but yes he was much better as junior.
iirc from what I read previously, Smith averaged over 10 yards a carry as a junior and was at 9.7 with 156 yards per game as a senior ahead of the mid-season ACL.
Which is fine. Take a chance on him.
But the recruiting as a whole has not been good. Fontenot better be really good (and outplay his recruiting rankings) or we are going to have issues this season and next.
The coaches are probably aware they were fortunate to get through the last two seasons with Lindsay taking pretty much all of the carries. I doubt you can count on being that fortunate going forward. Need at least two guys (ideally three).
I hear you. We're not signing RBs like USC, UW, UCLA, Stanford and Oregon are. Probably also behind UA and ASU. Evaluations better be good because on paper we're in the bottom half of the conference at recruiting the position (maybe bottom 1/4).
I'm convinced, though, that unless you're signing the Top 25 at the position then it's a crap shoot among the 3* guys. I remember thinking that Lindsay was a bad signing. I remember thinking that Patrick Carr was a stud. I remember thinking that it was good when we passed on Adam Muema and let him get away to San Diego State. My track record hasn't been great on RB evaluations.
Which is why I cringe everytime Elway takes one in the top 3 rounds. I'm okay with what we've done with Carr, Bisharat, Fontenot and Smith. All were pretty decently thought of at the time. I don't trust Hagan's eyes to be honest, but Smith could be the stud here.
In the past 2-3 years our running play design has been pathetic, and is telegraphed far too much with little to no fly motion or pulling linemen, and average at best ball handling by the QB. Besides a good QB RPO, our running plays have not been the best, so I am truly looking for better design. If the ball handling is better, and if the WR group plays solid, then that could open up the running game. And of course, our OL has played like crap, so with a solid level of improvement things could get better no matter who the running back is. Honestly, what Lindsay did was amazing, and yet I feel like all he did was just hammer the hole and fight like hell to maximize whatever was there. A dancing bear like BB would have had half as many yards. I have the most optimism for the RB this year and although I love PL, I am looking forward to a fresh situation.
JOEinDenver
National Championship or Bust
What was that you said? /S
ScottyBuff
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Didn't see this posted anywhere else...
Josh Kaiser looks to provide leadership, stability at right tackle
Lists some of the "first team" at offensive line:
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With Lynott out, looks like Middlemiss is getting the reps at RG. Figured Tonz might be getting some looks also at C with first team but haven't seen any reports about LG/C. Based on past comments would lean towards that being Sherman at LG and Pursell at C but is there anyone that has been to any practices or seen notes otherwise?
Josh Kaiser looks to provide leadership, stability at right tackle
Lists some of the "first team" at offensive line:
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| Haigler | Sherman? | Pursell? | Middlemiss | Kaiser |
With Lynott out, looks like Middlemiss is getting the reps at RG. Figured Tonz might be getting some looks also at C with first team but haven't seen any reports about LG/C. Based on past comments would lean towards that being Sherman at LG and Pursell at C but is there anyone that has been to any practices or seen notes otherwise?
Pursell is getting the C1 reps. He was actually better than Huckins last year and MM considered pulling his redshirt after Lynott went down but decided not to since it was so late in the season.
