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Averaging 80 yd/game rushing does not even get him in the top 50 in rushing. But to break the ND record he would be well over 100 rushing yd/game and his TDs and receiving yds would be impressive too.

So, do you think Freeman gives him more touches to pad his stats for the Heisman, or do they shut him down in the second halves to save him for the Playoffs? Team Glory is the mantra, but winning a Heisman would be huge for ND!

to get close to Derrick Henry's numbers (well in excess of the ND record), but maybe he'd get credit for all purpose yards. So, that doesn't strike me as realistic particularly given the way they are working he and Price into games. And I don't see MF adjusting carries to put him in the top 3 mix. If it happens, it will happen organically.

I do think he can make it into the top 5 with the numbers you suggest plus all purpose yards, which is probably attainable with our remaining schedule.

I noticed the last two games he's doing less acrobatics and he's running with more purpose, so we'll see. His motivation may be more draft status than HT, particularly since I've seen him projected top 10 and as high in some cases as top 5.

(ironically, Price is third in scoring nationally) USC was Love's first big game and it made a lot of noise. I think if he even averages 100+ yards a game and ND is a top 10 team, he will have a shot because he will lead all Power 5 rushers and the face of ND (besides Freeman), and now the consensus BEST RB in the nation.

NOTE: I think Love passes Hardy, because Mizzou will be playing real SEC defenses the rest of the season and last week shows how Hardy will be shut down against SEC opponents. Teams will stop Mizzou's rushing attack and force Pribula to pass.

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Remember how joyously the sports talk people promoted the demise of Bama. DeBoer was the hottest of hot seats just 5 games ago.

If he averages 17-18 carries for the rest of the year he smashes the record and has a few more 150+ games.

Last year after 7 games he was averaging a paltry 11 carries/gm and so far this year he is up to 17.7 carries/gm.

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Chances of running for 150+ or 20+ are slim to none touching the ball 10-13 times a game. That's just common sense

Like BaronVonZemo stated, teams are going to stack the box to take away the easy running yardage. I think last week showed every defensive coordinator out there that playing Cover 2 against us isn't going to work unless you have a defensive line the likes of what tOSU brought / bought last year.

I'm guessing that Aneyas Williams and Nolan James will be taking on a much bigger load to give Love and Price some rest. This is where I really wish Kedren Young were available, since we really could have used a true big man.

I'm OK with this, since we have a viable passing game that can make the teams who play 8 man fronts pay a terrible price, and we'll see more of a downfield passing game.

Also, this way, our RB's will be much healthier than they were last year when the playoffs came around.

Last year, Love was both banged up, and dealing with the flu during the Indiana and Georgia games. Even after he was over the flu against Penn State, he was still hobbled.

Another 200+ game would likely have to happen. I can see that at B.C.

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BYU kept stacking the box with 8, in order to focus on stopping Darius Walker, and the Brady Quinn to Maurice Stovall combination burnt them.

Stovall kept manhandling that much smaller cornerback on those quickouts, and after several big gains on those quickouts, Quinn pump faked to him (Stoval threw his hands up like he was about to catch the ball), and then Stovall burnt the guy on a deep route.

(Happens around 1:09)


Link: https://youtu.be/3tIL33G0yUk?t=8

would be off the charts.