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Wimbush's main value is as a runner, where he's as good as they get in that respect. Still, I imagine Bry Kelly is gunshy about running Wimbush relentlessly for pretty obvious reasons -- if I had to guess he wants to conserve Wimbush and save his runs for the big games. That might have the effect of making him artificially look worse against weaker opponents. 

I haven't seen und play yet, but the box scores roughly support your thesis of saving his running for the big games. 

He had 19 official carries vs Michigan but 2 sacks, so 17 real carries. Don't know how many were scrambles. 
He had 11 official carries vs Ball State but 4 sacks, so 7 real carries. 

Without sacks he's averaging 3.96 yds/carry, which isn't great but his average is going to be brought down by scrambles that just barely avoid a sack. 
I think he has had one significant long run this season, 22 yards vs Michigan. 

That seems to be a lot of sacks from Ball State - was the und offense sleeping after the Michigan game?

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Wimbush's main value is as a runner, where he's as good as they get in that respect. Still, I imagine Bry Kelly is gunshy about running Wimbush relentlessly for pretty obvious reasons -- if I had to guess he wants to conserve Wimbush and save his runs for the big games. That might have the effect of making him artificially look worse against weaker opponents. 

I haven't seen und play yet, but the box scores roughly support your thesis of saving his running for the big games. 

He had 19 official carries vs Michigan but 2 sacks, so 17 real carries. Don't know how many were scrambles. 
He had 11 official carries vs Ball State but 4 sacks, so 7 real carries. 

Without sacks he's averaging 3.96 yds/carry, which isn't great but his average is going to be brought down by scrambles that just barely avoid a sack. 
I think he has had one significant long run this season, 22 yards vs Michigan. 

That seems to be a lot of sacks from Ball State - was the und offense sleeping after the Michigan game?