I've watched our replay several times and was at the game. Clearly Cooley and Haynes were not only harder runners but had that burst of speed. There were a few times where Smith just bounced off guys backwards. It looked like they went with the hot hands and it wasn't Smith as the game wore on. He went back in but was just a decoy in the 4th qtr. Hassan Hall also performed better than him at the beginning of the season last year but he did come on late in the season. If he can get into space he is good. What we're missing is the big back who can just run over people (S Days, Choice, William Bell, Orwin Smith, Zach Laskey, etc). Those guys were 6'1-6'3" and 200 lbs plus. I would like to see us utilize the FB again in goal line situations. UGA and Bama still do. The old I-formation just isn't in 'style' now but it is still effective.
