well, I wasn't trying to morph this into a JT sucks thing, I'll reiterate, I like JT, always have. he's had a few clunkers but most people do. but i'll never forget games like MSU 2014 and PSU this year.
FYI I heard barrett had surgery this week? maybe it's something minor like draining fluid or something, but that makes me nervous.
my issue is how we run the offense. and I know I keep getting the stats thrown at me, 550 yards of offense, 4th in points etc, how can you complain? look, it's more than good enough to compete and win the BIG 10 every year. I can't argue against that. But is it good enough to win a national championship? (yes, I don't have dementia, I realize we won a natty, but the last few years we haven't played near as well against ELITE competition offensively)
I'm not complaining per say that it doesn't work, but it's clear, it doesn't always work, and I think it's got as much to do with the coaches as the personnel.
how many times at a press conference have you heard Urban Meyer say "that's not enough carries/touches" for Carlos Hyde, Zeke Elliot, JK Dobbins, M Weber? I've heard it a great number of times.
How many times have you heard Urban Meyer say "we don't like to run our quarterback that much" when talking about JT Barrett as well as Braxton Miller after they get 15-20 carries, typically more carries than our RB. He's said this in pressers more often than I can count.
When does this typically get fixed? the game right after a loss. Prime example is Michigan when Zeke got roughly 30 carries after losing to MSU, or this year when Dobbins/Weber got a ton of carries against MSU after losing to Iowa. but then we slowly start trending away from getting it to our backs.
Now is Urban giving us a load of crap, does he not really believe what he says in press conferences? If he does believe it, then why is he, and offensive genius unable to find more carries for his RBs?
and I'm sure I'll get hit with "you have no idea how the read option works." that's fine, believe that if you want. but I will reiterate, defensive coordinators want our QBs running the ball, they don't want our RBs getting 30 carries. and if Urban can't figure out how to do that more consistently, then his offensive read option play calling whatever you want to call it has a systemic flaw that he doesn't know how to fix. just my 2 cents.
I have fewer complaints about the actual pass game, other than I think we run too much zero backfield pass plays. typically I think the passing game issues are more execution issues.
