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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 720436, member: 297"]
So... I didn't want to say anything at first, but:
 
[I][COLOR=#000000]This  offensive strategy comprised of switching out your record setting offense in redzone situations and going with a heavy personnel of a tight end, an extra tackle, 2 full backs, and one receiver to just run dive plays on the goal line or any time we needed 2-3 yards. We called it The Tank. To anyone that knows football, this is ***ing asinine because it telegraphs what you're gonna run by formation when they're on the field - if its a basic set, they're gonna throw it and only hand it off as a token of "we have to hand it off to make you think we can but we really know we can't." To be fair to the coaching staff, using this strategy didn't become an option until it was evident that we couldn't run the ball by just handing it off; our oline was mediocre and our running backs were lacking until Pugh came back - to them this was a really appealing short-term solution to a long-term problem.[/COLOR][/I]

[I][COLOR=#000000]The Syracuse proto-fan friggin loved it. The Tank's little spark plug thing gave SU fans a real chubber, especially when most of them unnecessarily blamed Ryan Nassib for any Syracuse season disappointments. The Tank became a superstar overnight; SU fans were literally calling for running that instead of other formations for the guy that would throw 26 TDs in a season and win a Big East championship the year before Cool Kid McDonald arrived.[/COLOR][/I]
 
[COLOR=#000000]So, I mean yeah, it kinda broke down at the end there, but I thought it was funny.[/COLOR]
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