Can someone ask Pete what it feels like having a freshman running back make you look competent.
Petersen and (especially) JSmithFS deserve plenty of criticism, but they get earned some praise for identifying and playing Gaskin more and more. It should have been even more than what we got, but the staff recruited and rode him to several wins.
I liked the hike-to-gaskin play. What they should do is design a GASKIN-RUMBLE play like have two tight ends and nothing but blocking backs in the backfield. When hiked gaskin just runs wherever there is daylihgt. I mean, don't Xs and Os a damn thing. Not even the offense would know where it was supposed to go... nothing but gaskin juking.
I liked the hike-to-gaskin play. What they should do is design a GASKIN-RUMBLE play like have two tight ends and nothing but blocking backs in the backfield. When hiked gaskin just runs wherever there is daylihgt. I mean, don't Xs and Os a damn thing. Not even the offense would know where it was supposed to go... nothing but gaskin juking.
Wonder what Don James would have done with Gaskin. Or Chip Kelly for that matter. Or Saban, Harvbaugh, Meyer Belichick, etc. See the trend here?
Chip had JJ, Snoop, LGB, LaMike, and Barner who were all much better than Gaskin and they were all 1,000 yard backs.
Snoop is in the Pro-Bowl this year, JJ was the best back in the conference as a senior, LGB starts for the best franchise in the NFL, LaMike won the Doak Walker, and Barner was the best back in the conference in his last year.
Oregon has had an elite running back since Reuben Droughns and has one now who is better than Gaskin and will have one as long as Gary Campbell is around.
Gaskin would have gotten a few carries at Oregon this year, but with Tyner back next he'd never see the field. He's a nice back for a .500 program but don't get carried away.
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Snoop is in the Pro-Bowl this year, JJ was the best back in the conference as a senior, LGB starts for the best franchise in the NFL, LaMike won the Doak Walker, and Barner was the best back in the conference in his last year.
Oregon has had an elite running back since Reuben Droughns and has one now who is better than Gaskin and will have one as long as Gary Campbell is around.
Gaskin would have gotten a few carries at Oregon this year, but with Tyner back next he'd never see the field. He's a nice back for a .500 program but don't get carried away.