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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 4012793, member: 874"]
They made adjustments in the second half. You don't think Venebles is going to adjust?

Shrader didn't choose not to run. On the plays against other teams where he made guys miss and busted a run, he wasn't making Clemson guys miss and was throwing the ball away. The plays weren't there to be made on the ground against Clemson the way they had been previously.

I didn't advocate for taking the ball out of Tucker's hands. If he doesn't lose yards on the first down runs, he gets more carries. You mentioned earlier you still think 2nd and 9 is a running down. What about 2 and 12 or 2nd and 10 or 1st and 15?

Tucker got 93 of his yards on two carries in the first half. He had opportunities for those long runs because he was also getting 4 yard gains and 7 yard gains and 8 gains. And Shrader was completing passes to keep drives going and keep Clemson's defense honest. Tucker had his 54 yard run on the first play of a drive. His 39 yard run came on play 9 of a 10 play drive that included 3 pass completions that picked up first downs and smaller runs for positive gains that kept us on schedule and made Clemson's defense play honest. The long run doesn't happen without the pass completions or the smaller positive gains. And neither of those were happening in the second half.

Look at the play by play on espn.com. We didn't just stop giving Tucker the ball in the second. The passing game executed better in the first half and Clemson played better run defense in the second.
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