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Do we have a good source somewhere for a demonstrated solid improvement in our running game that I can throw in the faces of idiots when they attempt to claim that there’s been “no improvement” since the Weis era?
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 Matt Q. (DMQ)
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Gray’s on pace to set ND rushing records. Follow Heisler and Hardin on Twitter, and you’ll have all the amo you need.
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 SDI
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About 40 yards per game and 1.8 yards per carry better than the best year under Weis.
season yd/game yd/carry
2011 173 5.7
2010 126 4.0
2009 128 3.8
2008 109 3.3
2007 75 2.1
2006 125 3.9
2005 135 3.6
based on espn stats
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SDI
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Plus ND has had runs of 55 (Wood), 79 (Hendrix), 78 (Gray) yards this year alone. In his entire 5 year tenure, Weis only had one run for more than 45 yards–Brady Quinn’s 60 yarder against USC.
Notre Dame ranks eighth in the nation in rushing yards per carry. The 5.8 yards per carry by the Irish is on pace to break the modern school record of 5.6 yards per carry set in 1992.
Junior running back Cierre Wood and senior Jonas Grayboth rank in the top 95 in the FBS in rushing yards per game. Notre Dame is one of seven schools to have two running backs in the top 95.
Among the top 100 players in rushing yards per game, senior running back Jonas Gray has the third-best yards per carry average. Gray’s 8.5 yards per carry average is on pace to break George Gipp’s school record of 8.1 yards per carry set in 1920.
source: http://notredame.247sports.com/Article/Countdown-To-Kickoff-Navy-October-29-46343
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