Oct 2, 2014
8:28:24am
8:28:24am
This - one football-starved August while I was in grad school I rewatched more
than half of the 2001 season.
I was blown away at how many long scoring runs Luke had where he essentially made no moves and broke no tackles - he just took a perfectly timed pitch from Doman and sprinted past blown containment to the end zone.
This is one part a testament to Luke's incredible speed. It is one part a testament to Doman's insane mastery of the option. It is one part a testament to the fact that we played a bunch of terrible defenses that year. And one part a testament to the fact that even the good defenses we played seemed to have trouble comprehending that QBU was coming at them with a run-heavy option offense.
Luke was a great back and 2001 was an amazing accomplishment - but the fact that his YPC doubled from 2000 to 2001 wasn't all his doing.
I was blown away at how many long scoring runs Luke had where he essentially made no moves and broke no tackles - he just took a perfectly timed pitch from Doman and sprinted past blown containment to the end zone.
This is one part a testament to Luke's incredible speed. It is one part a testament to Doman's insane mastery of the option. It is one part a testament to the fact that we played a bunch of terrible defenses that year. And one part a testament to the fact that even the good defenses we played seemed to have trouble comprehending that QBU was coming at them with a run-heavy option offense.
Luke was a great back and 2001 was an amazing accomplishment - but the fact that his YPC doubled from 2000 to 2001 wasn't all his doing.
Originally posted on Oct 2, 2014 at 8:28:24am
Message modified by oxcoug on Oct 2, 2014 at 8:31:34am
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