Ksquared2015 said:
I think it was different just because of the style of offense we had been running. For the last X(10?) amount of years, our offense was geared to Pro style QBs (Zach (kind of), Weeden, Rudolph, Corn dog) and then it shifted completely once Spencer came in and the whole offensive approach changed to almost run first and QB pass/run was almost an afterthought. RPOs mixed in there but I got the feeling that since Corn dog left, our offensive approach was trying to figure out what may or may not work during games. Not the best plan or even ideal plan but it was a learning as we went approach. We did have Justice and Chuba (LD back up) so Gundy was comfy with the run first.
I think Gundy realized that and that was the reason for the QB coach hire to make sure the most important piece of the offense isn't an afterthought.
I do trust Robert's examination as well because he has that experience to see the changes in all of the QBs that he has watched so "fingers crossed" as I know you are doing the same thing lol
you must watch a different OSU Cowboys team than I watch.... what about Walsh, and Chelf, and that whole string of QBs before, then we didn't have anybody like that available (cause Sanders couldn't get it), and we had to start Corndog?
The ONLY TIMES we "shifted offenses", is when we put in Weeden and then Rudolph, other than that it's been the same lousey offense for the past 15 years. (well, Zach did give us a bit more passing, but he still ran way too much) (I was at that 7 TD game against SMU at Gerald Ford stadium)
We know what works, throw the dang ball down the field, throw it long, throw it short, throw it to the flats, just put somebody in there that can throw it, even if it's a former walkon (Corndog). Sanders was a dang eyelash away from not even beating out Dru Brown, and SS only started last year, IMHO, because COVID kept Illingworth from getting any meaningful time with the playbook and the offense. We have to throw the ball, and I hope SS can get it done.
we had great rushing attacks with Zach, and with Weeden and with Rudolph... it wasn't that bad with Corndog.
the only way we're going to run the ball is force teams to keep 8 men out of the box, and we're not going to do that without throwing the dang ball. The more that SS is a threat to run, the more guys they will keep at the LOS.