HeretoBeatmyChest
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Before the injury: 63 carries 239 yards, (3.8 ypc & 3 TD) with long runs of 12,11,11 and 9.
After the injury: 69 carries 458 yards (6.64 ypc & 6 TD) with long runs of 68, 66, 60 and 18.
The only bad game after the injury was the bowl game which could be an aberration as the whole team sucked donkey dick.
As far as competition, he did nothing against Stanford & Oregon but had an okay game against Cal (12 for 53). The competition at the end of the season was actually more difficult than at the start. Both WSU & OSU according to SRS were less terrible than the 4 non-conference teams which DW didn't do much against. Maybe chalk it up to loss of Johnny Nansen?
Anyway, DW clearly improved after the injury. He had a very nice TD run against UCLA and I recall saying he looked like a real tailback. Then he hit multiple home runs against weak teams & Arizona before not doing much in the bowl game.
A reasonable goal for DW should be to average 100 yards/game against the 7 or 8 worst teams in the schedule. He should definitely surpass 100 against the likes of Sac St, Utah St, WSU, OSU. I don't know who will have mediocre defenses, maybe include Cal, Arizona, USC. Its a conference of weak defenses aside from Stanford.
He had 700 yards last year in 12 games with minimal time against Stanford and Oregon. So 1000 yards is a good expectation. That was only his first full year as a running back. He has two years left and there is no reason he shouldn't be more productive.
The key is for him to really show up in the games that are somewhat winnable or 50-50.....Arizona, Cal and Utah....all at home. Can he run for 100 on those guys? His performance was huge at Arizona last year. Can he do that in multiple games this upcoming season? If he runs for 400 yards against those 3 teams, I don't care if he goes 13 for 25 against Stanford.
After the injury: 69 carries 458 yards (6.64 ypc & 6 TD) with long runs of 68, 66, 60 and 18.
The only bad game after the injury was the bowl game which could be an aberration as the whole team sucked donkey dick.
As far as competition, he did nothing against Stanford & Oregon but had an okay game against Cal (12 for 53). The competition at the end of the season was actually more difficult than at the start. Both WSU & OSU according to SRS were less terrible than the 4 non-conference teams which DW didn't do much against. Maybe chalk it up to loss of Johnny Nansen?
Anyway, DW clearly improved after the injury. He had a very nice TD run against UCLA and I recall saying he looked like a real tailback. Then he hit multiple home runs against weak teams & Arizona before not doing much in the bowl game.
A reasonable goal for DW should be to average 100 yards/game against the 7 or 8 worst teams in the schedule. He should definitely surpass 100 against the likes of Sac St, Utah St, WSU, OSU. I don't know who will have mediocre defenses, maybe include Cal, Arizona, USC. Its a conference of weak defenses aside from Stanford.
He had 700 yards last year in 12 games with minimal time against Stanford and Oregon. So 1000 yards is a good expectation. That was only his first full year as a running back. He has two years left and there is no reason he shouldn't be more productive.
The key is for him to really show up in the games that are somewhat winnable or 50-50.....Arizona, Cal and Utah....all at home. Can he run for 100 on those guys? His performance was huge at Arizona last year. Can he do that in multiple games this upcoming season? If he runs for 400 yards against those 3 teams, I don't care if he goes 13 for 25 against Stanford.