HELP WANTED: UNC Running Back for 2008
We have all heard that Defense wins championships ( which is true ) but maybe just as important in football is to have a solid running game. I keep waiting for the year where we can say that "Tailback U" is back....but it nevers shows up.
Perhaps this is the year.
2 good reasons are:
Greg Little and Ryan Houston
Coach Davis and his staff I believe are good judges of talent and they tried many different ways to get the ball the Greg Little last season. He has loads of talent and now that they have locked him in at tailback it will be interesting to see if he can provide a needed spark to the UNC running game. Along with Little is Ryan Houston who seems to be more in the mold of the bruising tailbacks that the Heels had during the Mack Brown era. They could be a terrific 1-2 punch in the upcoming season...Little will just run away from you and Houston will just drag defenders with him into the endzone.
All I ask is that whenever we need 1 or 2 yards that these guys can deliver....we haven't had that in a while and it will make a HUGE difference in keeping drives alive.
Last year it seemed that the Heels never found that "go to" guy to get the needed yard...lots of times they tried to pass their way to first downs. I think we will see a tougher attitude from the Heels in the trenches this upcoming season. Being able to control the line and gain those yards on third down will be a crucial part of team success.
UNC was 10th out of 12 ACC teams last year in rushing offense. Guess which team was dead last in 3rd down conversions? That's right. UNC.
The emergence of Carolina's running game will coincide with the return to winning seasons.
MrTarHeel
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