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Originally Posted by damaniac
Yes, but also our running game got going a little bit at the end. A lot of it was running pitches out of the I with the shuffling fullback, of all things. We actually had the last TD drive with Sheridan, although all he did was handoff/pitch.
Schembechler Football Building, Thursday before the Miami (Not That One) game, 9:42 p.m.
RichRod: Dammit, Calvin, we don't have a single rushing play that we can count on for a three yard gain.
McGee: 'fraid you're right, coach. What we gonna do bout that?
RichRod: Hmm. Lemme think.
{GhostofLloyd}: (whispers) Use the Force, Luke
RichRod: Dude. Wait, what?
{GhostofLloyd}: (whispers) er ... Use the Fullback Shuffle, Rich
RichRod: Fullback? What's a fullback? Calvin. Gimme some tape.
McGee: Here you go, coach. I looked it up - a fullback is this blocker thing used in a medieval offensive structure called the "I Formation".
RichRod: The "I Formation"? How quaint.
{GhostofLloyd}: (whispers) defenses
never pick up on the Fullback Shuffle
RichRod: (views tape)
RichRod: Calvin, why do you suppose that there are always seven guys piling on the ballcarrier on these Fullback Shuffle plays?
RichRod: (burns with the intensity of one hundred firey suns)
{GhostofLloyd}: (shrivels up and blows away like a puff of smoke)
RichRod: Aww, hell, what do we have to lose? It's not like we've blown anybody off the line so far, maybe these guys can drive block. We'll put it in tomorrow - fullback shuffle left, fullback shuffle right.
{end scene}
Hey, maybe next week the playbook will have *2* I formation plays!
In all seriousness, I was glad to see a couple runs out of the I, even though the FB shuffle should have tipped off everyone in three states as to which way the play was going.
Ugly but a win.