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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 74110, member: 289"] I mean using the pass to spread the defense open to set up both runs and passes. I'm sure that would involve passing on first down but it's not about the downs. Doug's last team in New Orleans, (with similar personel in that he had a scatback-like runner in Reggie Bush and a passing quarterback in Drew Brees), ran the ball 398 times and passed it 636 times (61.5%) of the time. This year's Syracuse team has run the ball 321 times and apassed it 348 times, (52.0%). Much of the year it's been less than 50% and in the first three possessions Friday night we ran the ball 13 times and passed it 5 times, (with one sack). That's just not tayloring the strategy to the personnel. [/QUOTE]