Missouri football needs to be more committed to running the football
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Key points
- Roberts has taken the most carries of any running back in college football this season, and — at his best — does some of his most productive work in the second half.
- Missouri getting back to what it does best isn’t necessarily as simple as just doing it more, but there’s some positive correlation here.
- Missouri has averaged 5.6 yards or more per carry three times this year, in wins over Florida, Texas A&M and Arkansas.
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“I think 19 carries for a tailback, especially in that kind of game (against Texas) — we can do more in that run game.” In a 34-20 loss to Texas on Saturday — and in both of Missouri’s other two defeats this season — the ever-reliable run game has struggled.
Additional details
- “I think the first thing we have to do is be more committed to the run,” Drinkwitz said Tuesday.
- “There will be guys who can rotate in with (Roberts)," Drinkwitz said, "but if we're only going to have 19 carries for backs, maybe 22 carries total for the backs, as of right now, I would say he's going to get 19 or 20 of them.” Drinkwitz seemed to indicate that the Tigers want more than between 19-22 carries.
- How well the Tigers are able to run the football, especially in the second half, has been one of the clear indicators of success this season.
- (Eli Drinkwitz) is committed to being stubborn with it,” the Georgia coach said Monday.
- “Talking about a bit before, the biggest thing with run blocking is when you come out of a game and you get 3, 4 yards a carry, that's just the beginning of giving body blows in a fight,” MU center Dominick Giudice said, “and as time goes on in the game, you’d be able to wear teams down.
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