Well, he is head coach at CMU, so that should answer that question for you.
Likely new OC
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McElwain was the OC at Alabama from 2008-2011 and won two national titles before he took the head coaching job at Colorado State. He actually did win the SEC East twice at Florida but was fired in his third season because he’s just a weird guy who had sex with a shark.
He was the OC at CMU and that’s where that stat comes from
Can be, but I don't think so. Last year at Central Mich, they rushed it 520 time to 420. They had a QB hitting 62%
Really excited about this hire. So thankful we’re going away from the air raid. The last few years were tough to watch offensively. Arnett is building one hell of a staff
Had nothing to do with the system. Had everything to do with the talent gap.
No, it's not the truth. TCU had a total of like 14 four stars and some of those were freshmen. They were never going to compete against the 60 five and 4 stars on UGA with a 12th year starting QB
It wasn't a stingray though, it was a shark...and he was naked.
Why not? It potentially means more YAC and less throws. Unless Will has an NIL deal that pays him per completion, what QB wouldn't want a 40 yard TD over ten 4 yard completions?
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I would expect some problems in changing to a new offense. Personnel being a big one. We have no TEs and not enough RBs. I would expect next year to be a drop off as we attempt to adjust the roster and as the players adjust to the new scheme.
Most efficient passing offenses in college football. Better scoring offense than ours. Simply put, his offenses score points. And it's not like watching flys 17, like we've watched the last three years.
He may want 40 yd completions but unless I've been mixing a drink or visiting the Templeton troughs, I haven't seen Will complete many. He's had some short completions turn into long gains w/ YAC but as far as throwing them 40 yds, not happening unless this new guy is a miracle worker. If a short 3-5 yd pass turns into a 40 yd TD, that makes Wills stats look good but thats not Will
And we wouldn't either running the air raid or any other offense. Only hope is to raise recruiting and bring in some stars. Arnett seems to be really focused on a building outstand defense and recruiting our base. Without the name leach you probably aren't recruiting guys like Robertson or Locke anymore. Only way was to get someone like grimes or lingo. According to everyone we weren't going to get them so might as well go with what fits your recruiting base
Our offense sucked this year. Our defense carried the great Air Raid. We needed a change and we made a good move. We've loaded up on good coaches and recruiters too.
Who was he predicting, I wouldn't follow him if he was the last MSU reporter out there?
Maybe so, but a 40 yard TD doesn't have to equate to a 40 yard pass in the air. Tulu makes a guy miss and takes it to the house on a 10 yard curl. Robinson runs a slant and Will hits him in the chest 15 yards downfield and he takes it to the house.
Point being there are ways to get creative with routes. It just wasn't happening with Leach. The crossers were good for short yardage, but NOBODY was breaking them for big gains. And the guys that were getting open, Will was not seeing in time.
Freeze, Briles, and Kiffin are able to scheme with 2 or 3 WR routes and still get guys running wide open. Dumb the offense down, quick reads, take some of the pressure off the QB and those guys are still putting up crazy numbers. It CAN and HAS been done in the SEC by teams with talent similar to ours.
We're hiring their OC, not DC.
"I enjoyed watching their offense more than ours this year"
I can say that about most any game I watched the last 3 years. Ours put up some wins but damn it was painfully boring to watch
That's only opinion. But we had way more 4 stars on our team than TCU. And largely at the needed Skill positions.
Yeah those schools produce alot of D1 talent, so we definitely should keep the air raid. I did get a good laugh at Lewisburg.
And more will transition. We can not recruit MS only and win. Not happening. Bama is going to pull people and LSU will too. UGA will. That's not going to change.
Ole Miss isn't going away.
Dem negative waves. Moriarty, always with dem negative waves . . . . .
This will be a lot easier to break big pass plays as people have to respect run and won't be playing a lot of Nickel or deep coverage on us. Should open the field more for pass
I feel like some here judge everything by how we perform against national Top 10 defenses.
That sounds like if my Aunt was born with a pen.... well you get the point. No one is saying we are only going to recruit Mississippi but if we heavily recruit Mississippi then air raid is not going to work.
Doesn't matter if it's 5 or 6. The point is Air Raid is growing and not going away. The point is, we are not going to recruit MS alone and win. The point is, no matter the effort of the staff, Bama, LSU and UGA will still get their pound of flesh. Ole Miss will get recruits in state.
FWIW, the App State fans on r/CFB aren't happy he's leaving. I hope that bodes well for us.
Yeah and I am saying the logic is flawed. No matter what system we choose, it's not going to beat Bama, UGA..etc. Only recruiting at a high level at skill positions is going to do that.
Air Raid was working or we would not have won 9 games. Our WR was the best it's ever been. Our QB room was too. That was the draw to this system. WRs want it. QBs want it. Skill positions.
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