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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel S" data-source="post: 129417190" data-attributes="member: 1754664">Well, Shell is 19th in YPC (4.1) among the 24 Big 12&nbsp; players who average at least 6.25 carries a game. 3 of the 5 behind him are QBs. 12 average a full YPC or more than does Shell.&nbsp; Of the players with as many carries, the only RB with fewer YPC is Gray for Texas and 6 of the 10 average at least a full 1 YPC more.Smallwood is at least in the top 4 in every rushing category, so it's difficult to argue our offense is the primary culprit in Shell's struggles, except maybe insofar as he isn't as well suited for it.&nbsp; I think that leads inexorably to the conclusion that he carries the ball so much because we are really bad at passing the ball, our QB is not a good runner, Smallwood can't physically handle a workhorse load and no one else on the team has performed well enough to take the carries away from Shell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samuel S, post: 129417190, member: 1754664"] Well, Shell is 19th in YPC ([B]4.1) [/B] among the 24 Big 12 players who average at least 6.25 carries a game. 3 of the 5 behind him are QBs. 12 average a full YPC or more than does Shell. Of the players with as many carries, the only RB with fewer YPC is Gray for Texas and 6 of the 10 average at least a full 1 YPC more. Smallwood is at least in the top 4 in every rushing category, so it's difficult to argue our offense is the primary culprit in Shell's struggles, except maybe insofar as he isn't as well suited for it. I think that leads inexorably to the conclusion that he carries the ball so much because we are really bad at passing the ball, our QB is not a good runner, Smallwood can't physically handle a workhorse load and no one else on the team has performed well enough to take the carries away from Shell. [/QUOTE]

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