Is it possible to have a QB running game going forwad?

[Kaladin]

In the new era of college football we are entering, where the Big 10 and SEC are NFL Light...how useful is it to have a running QB? How many of these QBs can take a beating every year running the ball? Haarberg is a big kid and he looked like he'd had enough by the Illinois game.

 

[HuskerPAC]

Some can. Depends on how they take hits and avoid hits. Jalen Milroe doesn’t seem to take many big shots, teams know he’s going to run, and he still gets away with it.

 

[Alcaus]

The best teams in the SEC have guys that can run, it’s just not the focus of the offense. There’s a QB running game there it’s just conservative.

I think Bama is the exception, though. Once they started letting Milroe run their offense turned around.

 

[tman87]

The threat that a QB can elude defenders and gain yards and first downs with his feet is very important. But running the QB on very many designed QB runs is asking for injury issues. I think it is important to be able to run a read option, or even a QB draw, at times. But we shouldn't try to hang our hat on any of that. Just gotta show the QB is a true threat the defense has to account for by gaining yards with his feet.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

The best teams in the SEC have guys that can run, it’s just not the focus of the offense. There’s a QB running game there it’s just conservative.

I think Bama is the exception, though. Once they started letting Milroe run their offense turned around.

This, but maybe to a lesser degree until you build your QB room. I think a few designed runs per game is max - not over 5.

But you want someone that when they scramble, they can get you the 1st down. Think Chubba in the Wisconsin game. I realized he housed it, but you need someone who has a feel for the pocket and can bust out if necessary.

 

[Alcaus]

This, but maybe to a lesser degree until you build your QB room. I think a few designed runs per game is max - not over 5.

But you want someone that when they scramble, they can get you the 1st down. Think Chubba in the Wisconsin game. I realized he housed it, but you need someone who has a feel for the pocket and can bust out if necessary.

Yeah, having a QB who possess a secondary weapon in his running ability makes it hard on defenses.

I think it’s the most obvious competitive advantage at a single position in all of college sports outside a 7’6” center.

 

[Stan Raymond]

In the new era of college football we are entering, where the Big 10 and SEC are NFL Light...how useful is it to have a running QB? How many of these QBs can take a beating every year running the ball? Haarberg is a big kid and he looked like he'd had enough by the Illinois game.

Hard to have two QBs ready to go, as backups transfer quickly. Don't want to spend a million plus on a QB to have him injured and not playing.

So yeah, I think you will see less called QB runs in the future. But there will still be some RPOs and Read Options and some Scrambles and some called QB runs in the endzone. But overall I think it will be less, as teams need to keep their QB healthy.

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

Hard to have two QBs ready to go, as backups transfer quickly. Don't want to spend a million plus on a QB to have him injured and not playing.

Yup. And I get wanting to instill a tough mentality, but for the love of god if we get someone decent let them run out of bounds or slide before taking a hit. If you’ve got the first down does an extra yard or 2 really matter? Not if you end your season with a pointless injury.

 

[Herbie]

Honestly I think I can go without designed qb runs being apart of the offense. Just complete a fuckin pass

 

[iruletheskool]

Stop fumbling

 

[Milo-of-Croton]

Just me, but I prefer a pass first, run second quarterback. Scramble to turn nothing into something, slide or get out of bounds. We run the option from time to time, but are not committed to it so it seldom works. Let the running backs carry the load of the running game.

 

[God is a Husker]

YOU FUCKING SWIMTOWN COMMIE FUCK

 

[God is a Husker]

Honestly I think I can go without designed qb runs being apart of the offense. Just complete a fuckin pass

 

[Kaladin]

YOU FUCKING SWIMTOWN COMMIE FUCK

 

[God is a Husker]

 

[Kaladin]

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

I used to like TOs quote about “When you throw the ball only 3 things can happen and 2 of them are bad.”

Those odds now seem more favorable than the results of our QB running the ball.

 

[HCFord1]

I used to like TOs quote about “When you throw the ball only 3 things can happen and 2 of them are bad.”

Those odds now seem more favorable than the results of our QB running the ball.

I've always hated that quote. I know that someone as smart as TO should understand weighted probability and expected value.

 

[HuskerPAC]

I've always hated that quote. I know that someone as smart as TO should understand weighted probability and expected value.

Agreed. Same thing could be said for running the ball.

Good: positive yards

Bad: negative yards or fumble

 

[HerbRedman]

In the new era of college football we are entering, where the Big 10 and SEC are NFL Light...how useful is it to have a running QB? How many of these QBs can take a beating every year running the ball? Haarberg is a big kid and he looked like he'd had enough by the Illinois game.

I don't need it, honestly. QB run game can fuck off AFAIC. Maybe some Russell Wilson-type mini scrambling, that's the maximum of what I'd want.

RE: running QBs - Beyond what you wrote OP, CFB has a bigger problem in that bc if NIL and the transfer portal, NO SCHOOL has a good QB backup anymore. So you can't afford to get your starting QB injured.

Looked at the backup for Cockeye. Even the backup for FSU. Teams cannot afford to have their starting QB out for the season. CFB is in a worse spot than the NFL for this. Blue blood programs used to have a 5* QB as a backup but not anymore.