We Finally Have Some "milestones":

eulessismore · April 30, 2010

Rivals has an article about offensive "diversification". You'll have to read the article to see how they figured out the whole thing, but North Texas got a first-page mention as among 8 schools to have 6 runners (same player can count more than once) with over 1000 yards/yr. Now, if we could just get one of those 3000 yards/yr passers, and some of those 1000 yards/yr receivers. If anyone wants to give a shout out to their fav running back of the last decade, now would be a good time! Here's the link:

Offensive "diversity" measures.

The Fake Lonnie Finch · April 30, 2010

NO 3,000-YARD PASSERS IN DECADE (37)

ACC (4): Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Big 12 (1): Baylor

Big East (2): Syracuse, West Virginia

Big Ten (4): Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin

Conference USA (2): East Carolina, SMU

Independents (2): Army, Navy

Mid-American (5): Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Temple

Mountain West (5): Air Force, Colorado State, TCU, UNLV, Utah

Pac-10 (2): Oregon, Stanford

SEC (4): Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, South Carolina

Sun Belt (6): Arkansas State, Fla. International, La.-Monroe, La.-Lafayette, Middle Tennessee, North Texas

Admittedly, it's not surprising that we didn't have any 3,000 yard passers under Dickey. But, it does cause you to raise an eyebrow that no 3,000 yard passer emerged in the three years of Dodge/Ford offense...which was supposed to be "wide open."

I like that Alabama is also on this list. And, I will always love that they won the 2009 national title game by throwing just 11 passes. A reliable run game and a stout defense are still very viable gameplans - even in the 21st century.

We've got the making of an excellent run game in 2010. A plethora of starting lineman returning; their backups have experience as well. And, Dunbar.

Our run game will be all the more dangerous, too, with an offense game plan that seeks out the middle of the field as well. I think we'll be fun to watch on offense for the first time in several years.