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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 341571, member: 289"] Thos '87 backfield guys were on the team the previous year, (save for Owens), when we went 5-6. It was the upgrade in the line that made the things they did in '87 possible. A running back and a blocking back is not my idea of a two back offense. I grew up in the Nance/Csonka-Little days. Penn State had Franco Harris and Lydell Mitchell. No, we don't have that talent level but we would have been better off last year with Smith and Moore in there with Bailey and using Bailey as he had been used the previous year- get him in space with the ball while the big guys do the heavy lifting inside. This year, we'd be well served with a comination of Smith/Moore inside and Gulley/Morris on the outside, instead of one guy doing all the running. Having a feature back with 1051 yards and the second best runner had only 134 just doesn't cut it. [/QUOTE]