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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 1563494, member: 1423"]
Unfortunately, there's a reason why we run those plays: we don't have an OL that can support a conventional ground attack against most of the D lines we face in conference. So we use triple O to get outside the box and give our QB some options. If the DE/LB bites on the QB he pitches. Or if the safeties come up, he can throw over the coverage. It's a survival strategy that can be effective with our (limited) personnel.

Bubble screens don't work for us most of the time ... we struggle to block. Our ball carriers can't get to the edge, are not big enough to shed tacklers and/or aren't fast enough to run by defenders unless they have a good lead. Yet other teams routinely bubble screen us for chunk plays. They have bigger, faster receivers that are good blockers on the boundary, RB's that are bigger and can break tackles and outrun our defense. We played our hearts out against Virginia, Pitt, FSU and Clemson but came up short... and those were the successes. We looked silly against USF, LV and NCState.

There's a simple answer to all this that has nothing to do with coaches or scheme -- bring in better players. Bigger, faster WR's and running backs is a minimum. And our lines on both sides of the ball, while some talent is sprinkled in (e.g., Clark on D), are paper thin and struggle in the aCC. All this hubub about "tackling" is a mirage ... the players we're trying to tackle are bigger and faster. Of course we can't tackle them.
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