re: AU fans question on 2012 QB

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Pike and this notion he is not suited for Malzahn style O is silly. We need to be clear that what Cam did is not the normal Malzahn style O. It does not rely on the QB to run that much

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This is pretty much the jist of it. Cam ran so much last year because he could. Malzahn's offense really doesn't rely on the QB to run as much as he did, but the fact that he could made the offense that much better. We'll be more than capable with OL and RB's when Pike hits the field, so he's not going to be relied on to run near as much as a guy like Cam was.


Pike will probably be more of a Tebow like runner. Keepers on 3rd and 2 and some zone reads, etc. He's gonna be a big kid when he gets on the field too. Probably somewhere in the 245-250 range.