[GK3]

thru 5 games, we are ranked 117th in the country in rushing on 1st down.  

we rocket up to 109th ranking on rushing on 3rd down and less than 3 yards to go.

A jury would convict a coaching staff for being too predictable and stubborn if presented this truly damning data.  How could Stanford's offense do any worse if the defense had the play call sheet, knew the play called, and who was doing what on it, as well as the offense?  Those numbers are the stuff of coaching malpractice, IMO.

I have a group of friends who are convinced we telegraph our plays and everyone knows we do it but us, and everyone knows the tell.  This explanation is a warm and fuzzy way of explaining our dismal offensive efforts running. But I suppose it should not be ignored as a possibility.
It then raises the question is what can we do to run the ball better?  To gain yards you have to move people off the ball and get to your blocks on time, if you don't do that you don't run very well.  Seems to me we should throw most of the time as long as we can pass block as well as we did for all games except ND, and throw out of the usual running formations.  Would it possibly help if we widened our splits along the line?  Would it give our guys better angles?  It seems like our Power game as we run it has gone the way of the single wing.

[GK3]

thru 5 games, we are ranked 117th in the country in rushing on 1st down.  

we rocket up to 109th ranking on rushing on 3rd down and less than 3 yards to go.

A jury would convict a coaching staff for being too predictable and stubborn if presented this truly damning data.  How could Stanford's offense do any worse if the defense had the play call sheet, knew the play called, and who was doing what on it, as well as the offense?  Those numbers are the stuff of coaching malpractice, IMO.

I have a group of friends who are convinced we telegraph our plays and everyone knows we do it but us, and everyone knows the tell.  This explanation is a warm and fuzzy way of explaining our dismal offensive efforts running. But I suppose it should not be ignored as a possibility.
It then raises the question is what can we do to run the ball better?  To gain yards you have to move people off the ball and get to your blocks on time, if you don't do that you don't run very well.  Seems to me we should throw most of the time as long as we can pass block as well as we did for all games except ND, and throw out of the usual running formations.  Would it possibly help if we widened our splits along the line?  Would it give our guys better angles?  It seems like our Power game as we run it has gone the way of the single wing.