re: I hope the players see all the "the Tide has turned in the SEC" nonsense from the pundits

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Passing the ball is more efficient than running it.Clemson does fine and maintains physicality on offense running a pass heavy spread. We don't have an identity on offense because Lockskey and Sark don't have identities as playcallers. We started throwing the ball more with Kiffin anyway. Lane has a very clear philosophy on offense though. You spread them out and make them run sideline to sideline until they get tired and then you bring the hammer down on them with a power back running off tackle and vertical passes. RPOs and slants are not an identity. They are plays.

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Well, Locksley and Sark also didn't grow up in this offense - especially Sark (Locks grew up in the spread, but not quite this version of it).

I'm not talking about passing vs running, necessarily. I'm talking about meshing our head coach and program philosophy with what we do on offense. And you mention Clemson, but there aren't very many other places that have figured out how to mesh those two things together. Passing the ball is more efficient when you do it well, and in most parts of the field. But when your entire run offense is geared around plays where the offensive line pass blocks, you aren't going to be as physical. We've added quite a few run specific stuff this year and it shows, IMHO, but it's still different.

Oklahoma - as an example - runs very little RPO. Riley says that almost 80-85% of their runs are called runs with the o-line run blocking. And they maintain a true power running game in addition to their passing.

Said that beautifully and I agree 100%.