Think maybe because they can actually throw the ball and that might open up some running lanes?
I never said our O-Line was scum, you did. I pointed out that due to a limited passing attack we face more foes in the box play after play. Not only that you negate the fact that Rex was in the top 20 in rushing TD's and had more TD's this year than Helu ever had in a season....but that isn't enough? Sure I'd like more.....but how many redzone attempts did NU have and of those how many were carries / plays to Rex before you can make such a claim as "his" production wasn't good enough?
Clearly your example was a bad one agreed. However again.......lets talk about our team. Who do we currently have that has any more "speed" at RB in the open field much less could even get yards at Rex's current rate with the type of defenses we played against now?
Again, put Rex with their QB, their O-line.......your point is completely invalid as you'll find most will agree Rex's production would go up. Monte Ball's production at NU would've went down compared to his numbers at Wisconsin.
Agreed......I'd personally love to see NU score 5 TD's a game rushing, throwing or rolling into the endzone....I could care less how we do it. We need more scoring...but to base that off of 33 TD's by another guy that was as high of total as Barry Sanders epic season....ludicrous. Compare him to NU's RB's of the last 10 years he is stacking up very, very well.
No, I didn't say our OL was scum. Numerous posters have been grinding that axe for quite some time now.
I'm not sure what/why you are arguing with me. We definitely need better redzone production and more TD's. Better passing, less drops, other 'weapons' to go to, better play-calling, less mistakes...all of these things need to improve. You are arguing with the choir, here.
Your analogy of putting Burkhead behind Wisconsin's OL is only as valid as the converse. Put Ball and Wilson behind our OL last year and, lo and behold, you'd see a lot better stats also, as Wilson/Ball 2011 > Martinez/Burkhead 2011. What's the point of that comparison, other than to try and denigrate our OL performance and somehow claim that Wisconsin is some mythical pinnacle of OL production? As I said, you compare 2010 stats and we are on par or better, and Wisconsin's OL from 2010 was definitely considered "better" than this year's. Too many factors to just say "their OL is great and ours sucks".
You seem to be holding some misconception that I'm trying to run Burkhead down, and you are way off on that.