(09-11-2022 03:46 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(09-11-2022 03:29 PM)ruowls Wrote:  If the DL can overwhelm the OL, then it all becomes moot.

I would go a bit further and say that if the OL cannot overwhelm the DL, then it all becomes moot. And that, of course, is the problem trying to run this play with Rice's personnel. On the flip side, if your OL can constantly overwhelm the DL, you can make any play work. That's how Rice can blow out McNeese but throw 3 pick-sixes against USC.

You really need two things to make pound the rock work--an OL that can overwhelm the DL and a pocket passer who can convert third and eight when the run does not work. Bloomgren has not found or developed either in 5 years.

Agree with all this. Bloomgren should have changed the offense when he saw that he couldn't recruit the personnel to run it effectively. Unfortunately for him, it will end up costing him his job.