I generally find the way this thread talks about the QB/RB run thing really annoying, but the first paragraph here is right.
Aggies obviously butcher the whole thing, but the point is that Sam had 16/24 rushing TDs last year. He had three times as many as Ingram and Watson combined. It’s not about carries or yards.
The teams we’re fighting for top RBs are talking to them about Heismans and the NFL draft and then pointing out a truth about Herman: a fundamental part of his offensive philosophy is running the QB with the RB as a lead blocker in order to create a numbers advantage. In important moments, that’s Herman’s bread and butter. He’s not going to change that for recruiting. He’ll call whatever plays give us the best chance to put points on the board. For now that means RBs are more likely to block than to get a designed run in short distance and goal line situations
As our OL and RB talent improves, the problem will go away but until then that pitch will be used against us. It’s an easy enough pitch to counter. Bijan shows they can use Zeke Elliot effectively. Herman also knows that he needs to protect Sam so I expect RB red zone carries to go up in non-important games. (Side note: using RPOs instead of zone reads is also a smart adjustment.) But until we see better production from RBs we’re going to hear about it.
Also I haven’t forgotten about D’Onta Foreman. But in the same way that we talk about poor draft results not being Herman’s doing, neither was D’Onta.