Could Zaire beat Rice's 1 season rushing record?

[IrishBlooded]

Was reading an article about possible records that could be beat by the current class. And this was one of them.

Rice in 1989 had 884 yards in the season. Putting that into prospective in the Music City Bowl Zaire had 22 carries for 96 yards. And I don't think that will be the game plan in the regular season this year. To much of a chance to get Zaire hurt. And you don't have Golson on the roster anymore. So say he averages 15 rushes / game. And averages 75 yards / game. That is 900 on the season.

Think it is possible with the current team?

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[twalsh]

Was reading an article about possible records that could be beat by the current class. And this was one of them.

Rice in 1989 had 884 yards in the season. Putting that into prospective in the Music City Bowl Zaire had 22 carries for 96 yards. And I don't think that will be the game plan in the regular season this year. To much of a chance to get Zaire hurt. And you don't have Golson on the roster anymore. So say he averages 15 rushes / game. And averages 75 yards / game. That is 900 on the season.

Think it is possible with the current team?

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Given our offensive weapons, I think that might be a bad omen if he does.

 

[napy2121]

15 carries sounds way too high if we want to keep him healthy. I'd hope it'd be between 4-6 called plays for him, 1-3 option plays where he ends up keeping it, and another 2-3 scrambles per game off pass plays. That would be at most is 12 and at least is 7, and is dependent on flow of the game.

 

[IrishBlooded]

Given our offensive weapons, I think that might be a bad omen if he does.

I don't know about that. In 89 Rice had Mirer as a true freshman behind him. This year Kelly will have both Kizer a (RS) fresh and Wimbush a true Fresh behind Zaire.

Just as much depth. And quality depth at that

 

[napy2121]

If Malik carries the ball 15 times a game, that's a very good sign because it indicates the offensive line is working at a dominate level. I'm excited to see this offense led by a dynamic quarterback. He could break Tony's record.

I couldn't disagree with this more, I think it's the opposite. I don't think you can call 10+ run games in today's college football and keep a ab healthy for 13+ games. And if our oline is dominating, you'd see elevated carries for folston, cj, and Bryant. You set up those guys with a few read options and once you establish the threat of a qb run you run it with your hbs as you begin to dominate. You don't keep running it with your qb.

 

[IrishBlooded]

Just so it is said, I don't think it is possible. Because Kelly wants to throw to much. No matter how good the O Line plays. And if they play really good that just means more jet sweeps, and bubble screens to me.

All I honestly pray for is that not only does he not reduce the number of carries this year, but that he uses them at better times, or tries to disguise them better. For instance for the last 2 years, basically anytime you saw Cam in the back field it was an odds on favorite that it was a pass play unless the QB changed it at the line.

 

[twalsh]

If Malik carries the ball 15 times a game, that's a very good sign because it indicates the offensive line is working at a dominate level. I'm excited to see this offense led by a dynamic quarterback. He could break Tony's record.

If we still had Golson I would be all for that. We have two guys who have never taken a snap in a game behind Zaire. Kelly will have to protect him. It would also be nice if we could maybe blow out an inferior opponent for a change, so we could get Kizer some snaps in real game conditions.