Brewer had 1500 yards this season where he missed a full game and played the last 6 on a bum ankle because we literally had no one else. Add that to the fact that people put 8 in the box against us because our QBs would have trouble completing passes against a HS defense, those 1500 yards could be the single best rushing year for a RB in the history of football (and our OL is really freaking good) when you consider all things.
I only know what I saw when watching games. IMO, Bowling has a chance at the next level. Most of Brewer's longer runs were over his side and Bowling tended to knock his guy into the next area code on blocks.
Sharing carries makes both running backs better and more productive. Look at last season, as soon as one back got tired on a drive, the other one came in fresh and ate the tired defense’s lunch. If Corey Taylor was healthy, we win the UConn game and SMU game. Can’t wait for Shamari & Corey to kill it next year. Two more Tulsa guys ready to roll!
Flanders and Brewer last year were 2 different styles which is why I think they were extremely effective change-ups for each other. Flanders hit the hole quick and hard and had a little more on him to get past the initial contact. Brewer had the jitter and ability to squeeze through tiny holes. Its only because Brewer missed some time last year with an injury (think he missed most of one game) that we didn't have 2 RBs with 1500 yds each. (Think Brewer had something like 1420 or so). When you consider we also passed for over 3000 yards, the combined 3000 yds rushing last year is a ridiculous stat that gets overlooked a lot.
Why does everybody seem to forget about Frederick when talking about our OL next year.
Because he hasn’t played in two years on campus and wasn’t healthy at all this year. Not sure he suited up even once. That’s why.
This. And Rowdy's injury issue has been hinted at being something that doesn't quite correct itself.
It’s been kept pretty quiet. Not that it’s a secret. But it just hasn’t been something asked about much.
Dickerson. Montgomery recruit. But left the team last year before he killed his baby.
I liked E-Rich. Good guy. But again, we were qualifying it with the word "great". He was a good back, but I wouldn't put him in the "great" category.
