In the spirit of law school, hell, and objectivity, I'm going to play devil's advocate. The Gators cannot run the ball in between the tackles-- at least not with Rainey, Demps, and Harvin. It never works.
Ok, it's worked once or twice, but that was when teams didn't know who Demps or Rainey were. And even then, it only worked with the line spread wider than your girl's stems. Now, teams know. Now, it doesn't work anymore.
But Mullen still calls the play. Sometimes out of a single-back formation! Why? To that question I haven't the faintest idea. But I do know why the plays don't work: The Law of Momentum.
Let's use Jeff Demps as an example. Jeffery Demps is 5-8 and 174 lbs. He may be faster than a speeding bullet, but he's no Superman.
It's a matter of simple physics: when bodies of unequal masses collide, the body with the lesser mass will not transfer its momentum in any appreciable degree to the body with the greater mass. Savvy?
Let's put it in degenerate terms: You're playing pool, and you're drunk so you're playing well. You're about to pocket the 8 and in so doing, have your 9 pitchers, 2 Irish car bombs, and manifold Jagers paid for. When you hit the cue ball (without any english), it strikes the 8 ball, dead on.
What happens? You jump up and call your boy a bitch, naturally. But what happened on the table? The 8 ball moves, the cue ball stops. Ok. Why? Because both balls (ha, he said balls, Beavis) are of equal mass, the momentum of the cue ball transfers into the struck 8 ball with little-to-no energy lost. The 8 ball moves at near the same velocity as the cue ball-- it loses some because of friction and the loss of energy in the form of heat. The cue ball stops moving because it transfers almost all of its momentum into the 8 ball.
Ok, now, what happens when the cue ball and the 8 ball have unequal masses? Imagine the cue ball has its same mass (x) and the 8 ball has a mass 1.5 - 2 times the mass of the cue ball (say, 1.75x). Now, try it again, and call the pocket this time. What's going to happen? You're paying the tab, that's what's going to happen, Fast Eddie. The reason you're buying is because the cue ball would rebound at nearly the same velocity in which it struck the more massive 8 ball (not that kinda of 8-ball). It's called impulse. Almost no momentum from the cue ball transfers into the 8 ball. The cue ball retains almost all of its momentum and goes in the opposite direction at nearly the same velocity with which it struck the 8 ball.
WTF does this all mean? Did I drive here? Are we at Crobar?
It means that since Jeffery Demps weighs 174 lbs., and he runs into, say, a 320-pound lineman, the fact that Demps runs a 7 -second 100 m. will make only a negligible difference in energy transfer. He'll retain that momentum and it will recoil him backwards. This is how people die in car accidents. More importantly, this is how people fumble. People like the 1,2,3 boys: Demps, Rainey, and Harvin. No amount of ball-carrying practice or drills will offset the fundamental laws of energy and momentum.
In short, stop running the fucking ball in between the tackles with Jeffery Demps, Chris Rainey, or Percy Harvin, science is not on your side.
Go Nature.
Go Gators.
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I hear what you are saying but note that Percy's 2 touchdowns in South Carolina, which went for a combined 1000 yards, were in between the tackle counter plays. When they do get to the second level up the middle it's nighty night but it looks so bad the rest of the times (which unfortunately is the majority of the times) when they are just stuffed for 1 or 2 yards up the middle. In all honesty, it's been immeasurably better lately -- remember when that was Kesthan Moore doing that over and over again (I just threw up in my mouth).
I generally agree that you have to get those guys on the perimeter. the 1,2,3 boys need grass like Jay after a hangover (i.e. in the open field they are deadly). But you gotta keep them honest and run the ball up the middle, at the very least it will help set up the outside option play (which i love) and other perimeter runs. Besides, in short yardage Timmy up the middle has been pretty good...Moody up the middle not bad either.
I really don't think we should be criticizing anything that's going on offense right now...we're averaging 50 points a game against top SEC schools loaded with 4 and 5 star recruits. But this is the gator nation -- we do want perfection and we will find something to bitch about. On that note Janoris Jenkins needs to start playing the high passes better...I know he is short but damn homey ... get up a little bit.
1,2,3 boys nice !!!
Grass like Jay after a hangover NICE !!!
RUN MOOOOOOOOOODY!!
Keep the 1,2,3's for the outside runs and short dump-offs.
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