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Oklahoma State's rushing numbers have been in a steady decline the past several years.  They used to have a pretty competent ground attack under Gundy if I'm remembering correctly, so perhaps Sanders is just what the doctor ordered.

The last time Ok State ran for more yards than they passed on a season was 2009. That a fairly high bar, however, as most teams pass for more yards than run by at least a little. In Ok State's case, most of those years since 2009 the run game made up less than 30% of their rush yards, which is pretty small - about what c.a.l. had last year. However, in their good years Ok State has had a pretty good yds/carry average as they have used the run game as a counter against their dominant pass attack. The last year that was the case was 2012 when they averaged 5.39 yds/carry to tie for 11th. The year before, the year we lost the Fiesta Bowl to them, they had the same average for 10th.

For a back like Sanders who can catch the ball and break big runs there are opportunities available, but he is going to have to beat out some incumbents for the job and won't be getting tons of carries.

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Oklahoma State's rushing numbers have been in a steady decline the past several years.  They used to have a pretty competent ground attack under Gundy if I'm remembering correctly, so perhaps Sanders is just what the doctor ordered.

The last time Ok State ran for more yards than they passed on a season was 2009. That a fairly high bar, however, as most teams pass for more yards than run by at least a little. In Ok State's case, most of those years since 2009 the run game made up less than 30% of their rush yards, which is pretty small - about what c.a.l. had last year. However, in their good years Ok State has had a pretty good yds/carry average as they have used the run game as a counter against their dominant pass attack. The last year that was the case was 2012 when they averaged 5.39 yds/carry to tie for 11th. The year before, the year we lost the Fiesta Bowl to them, they had the same average for 10th.

For a back like Sanders who can catch the ball and break big runs there are opportunities available, but he is going to have to beat out some incumbents for the job and won't be getting tons of carries.