re: Our philosophy at RB

I love the multiple back system! The reason that LSU tends to use it more in the past years is because the last 2 coaches have liked bigger backs. These guys that are carrying between 225 and 235 cant carry the ball 25-40 times a game and be fresh at the end of a game and at the end of a season. Yeah Steven was a freak last year with his carry total but he is more the exception than the norm. The coaching staff likes to run multiple backs to prevent burnout at the end of games and end of the season. These are the times when your #1 back is the most important and you want him fresh. Also, the multiple backs give a ton of in game reps to underclassmen which helps in future seasons. Also the bowl game was a great example of multiple back schemes working because Ridley was not working we went to Ware and he preformed well. This never would have happened if that was his first carries of the year. The only draw back is that it hurts draft stock. So that means we wont get the super profile backs out of high school because we never really have first round running backs like USC. I think that Les knows what he is doing with this one and I like there philosophy on the running game