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<blockquote data-quote="EthanM" data-source="post: 1659157" data-attributes="member: 173451"><p>I actually don’t find this reassuring at all. Four guys that can’t break 100 yards in 3 games and we’re on pace for less than 1100 yards RB rushing. That tells me that we have depth but not a stud. It’s like the saying that if you have two quarterbacks you really don’t have one.</p><p></p><p>I know there are a lot of reasons for the low numbers (behind in games, bad OL play) and that the game is different than it was 10 years ago. But Mendenhall rushed for 640 as a sophomore in 2006 and Leshoure for 734 as a sophomore in 2009. Those both outpace Love by almost twice. I mean Leshoure rushed for 330 in a single game against Northwestern. Do you honestly see any of these RBs doing that?</p><p></p><p>How many of these guys would be RB1 or RB2 at any of the ranked teams in the B10? For that matter how many of our skill players? Our talent is still the same as the same as last year, just older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EthanM, post: 1659157, member: 173451"] I actually don’t find this reassuring at all. Four guys that can’t break 100 yards in 3 games and we’re on pace for less than 1100 yards RB rushing. That tells me that we have depth but not a stud. It’s like the saying that if you have two quarterbacks you really don’t have one. I know there are a lot of reasons for the low numbers (behind in games, bad OL play) and that the game is different than it was 10 years ago. But Mendenhall rushed for 640 as a sophomore in 2006 and Leshoure for 734 as a sophomore in 2009. Those both outpace Love by almost twice. I mean Leshoure rushed for 330 in a single game against Northwestern. Do you honestly see any of these RBs doing that? How many of these guys would be RB1 or RB2 at any of the ranked teams in the B10? For that matter how many of our skill players? Our talent is still the same as the same as last year, just older. [/QUOTE]
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