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IMO, the problem with our offense is not the offensive line. We line up in the same formation for almost every play. CPJ sends in a play and it looks like we run it as called almost all the time.
More and more I see good defensive teams stunting to disrupt our option flow. They don't telegraph what they are doing.
We are becoming very predictable.
And true, we don't have a problem against teams without solid defenses, but we have lost a lot of games over the past two years because our offense has not been able to move the ball and eat the clock to put the ballgame away - VA Tech, Miami, Clemson, UGA, etc.
And, I will admit that not having a stud QB like Josh to get the two or three yards when we need them has been a big part of the problem with running ball control offense.
But, if you don't have that guy, you need to go to something that doesn't need him.
What scheme do you want to go to which will be more successful against a top 15 defense without star play-makers? Only FSU, Georgie and SCar scored as many against Clemson as we did this year. We scored over 30 against everyone except VPI, BYU and Pitt (two top 5, top 10 D's and our 8th straight FBS game). Last year we scored 30 or more against everybody except VPI, BYU, Georgie, FSU, and USC (and MTSU).
Do you really believe that you can change the offensive scheme to something else that will be more successful against top 25 teams without special play-makers? Over the last 3 years, after most of the 2007 class was gone, we've still averaged a top 25 offense and the #17 offense for the three years combined.
Here are the offenses better than us over the last 3 yrs:
Bay, A&M, Bama, Ore, Wisc, Georgie, OKSt, LSU, Miami, Stanf, Clem, ND, OK, FSU, tOSU, Mich.
Which of them is bringing in talent comparable to ours to show that their scheme is better than ours? (I think Baylor is the only one)