[Goose]

Against a team like Colgate, no offense, we should be able to run a plain vanilla run between the tackles and have the offensive linemen push their defenders back five yards.  That we couldn’t should be a flashing red warning sign.

I don’t think this has anything to do with saving anything in the playbook.  The offensive line couldn’t impose its will on Colgate, and that doesn’t make me optimistic about how it will do with even average PAC-12 defenses. 

BC

I agree with one caveat. If you look at our goal line offense, we pretty much did push Colgate into the end zone. I am not sure we had any "plain vanilla" runs. We seem to always be trying to "do something" and don't. Colgate got guys into our backfield that weren't blocked. They didn't win the battle at the LOS, they avoided it.

[Goose]

Against a team like Colgate, no offense, we should be able to run a plain vanilla run between the tackles and have the offensive linemen push their defenders back five yards.  That we couldn’t should be a flashing red warning sign.

I don’t think this has anything to do with saving anything in the playbook.  The offensive line couldn’t impose its will on Colgate, and that doesn’t make me optimistic about how it will do with even average PAC-12 defenses. 

BC

I agree with one caveat. If you look at our goal line offense, we pretty much did push Colgate into the end zone. I am not sure we had any "plain vanilla" runs. We seem to always be trying to "do something" and don't. Colgate got guys into our backfield that weren't blocked. They didn't win the battle at the LOS, they avoided it.