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Once it became obvious that our run game was dominant and nobody was stopping it then why open up the playbook and give other teams film when we don't have to?

I don't even think it was that. The old saying goes...there are 3 things that can happen when you pass the ball, and only 1 of them is good. If you can completely control the game running the ball, the only need to pass is to keep the defense honest, and even still we didn't really have to do that in a few games.

As has been said, Malzahn is as good as it gets in tailoring his offense around what he has to work with, specifically what type of QB he has. He doesn't try to force a square peg into a round hole. That's one of the beautiful things about his offense and how flexible it is. He can go to a place like Tulsa and put up huge passing #'s, then come to Auburn and put up huge running #'s.

I think the run/pass balance will move more toward pass this year, but we'll still probably be in the 60/40 run/pass range. We were in the 70/30 range last year.

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Posted by FourThreeForty

Member since May 2013

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Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:58 am to CharlieTiger

Yeah I was wondering this for a while. I had heard this occasionally from a few posters on here but I didn't know if there was any overall truth behind it. I imagined it was just wishful thinking.

I'd rather it be more pass than run tbh. GSU came into Tuscaloosa when we had our GOAT defense and ring up 300+ yards rushing. That was more than like half our schedule combined. It was a sight to behold. I hate that offense