Marcello's article on Ballard brings up a good point.

biguglyjoe

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When we played Auburn last season, we were still trying to figure out who our primary RB was going to be. He was used very little in that game.

<table class="mod-data"><thead><tr class="team-color-strip"><th style="border-right:1px solid #FFF; border-bottom-color: #750018; text-align: left; line-height:25px; font: 700 14px/25px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" colspan="6"><a name="Mississippi State"></a>Mississippi State Rushing</th></tr><tr align="right"><th style="text-align:left" width="125px"></th><th>CAR</th><th>YDS</th><th>AVG</th><th>TD</th><th>LG</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="even" align="right"><td style="text-align:left" nowrap="nowrap">C. Bumphis</td><td>3</td><td>27</td><td>9.0</td><td>0</td><td>16</td></tr><tr class="odd" align="right"><td style="text-align:left" nowrap="nowrap">C. Relf</td><td>14</td><td>26</td><td>1.9</td><td>0</td><td>12</td></tr><tr class="even" align="right"><td style="text-align:left" nowrap="nowrap">P. Hanrahan</td><td>3</td><td>21</td><td>7.0</td><td>0</td><td>13</td></tr><tr class="odd" align="right"><td style="text-align:left" nowrap="nowrap">R. Elliott</td><td>4</td><td>14</td><td>3.5</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr class="even" align="right"><td style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;" nowrap="nowrap">V. Ballard</td><td style="font-weight: bold;">5</td><td style="font-weight: bold;">13</td><td style="font-weight: bold;">2.6</td><td style="font-weight: bold;">1</td><td style="font-weight: bold;">7</td></tr><tr class="odd" align="right"><td style="text-align:left" nowrap="nowrap">L. Perkins</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>3.3</td><td>0</td><td>10</td></tr><tr class="even" align="right"><td style="text-align:left" nowrap="nowrap">S. Hemphill</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>6.0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td></tr><tr class="odd" align="right"><td style="text-align:left" nowrap="nowrap">G. Jackson</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody><thead><tr class="bi even" align="right"><th style="text-align:left">Team</th><th>33</th><th>11</th></tr></thead></table>
 

mstatefan88

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Didn't realize Ballard only had 5 touches either. Ballard will get 17 to 20 carries this time, and should go over 100 for the game. I just don't see Auburn's defense controlling the LOS and stopping Relf and Ballard. They are too good, and our OL is too big for Auburn to do to us what USU did to them.