Even as college football offenses increasingly do most of their damage through the air, there's always room for an effective, ground-based attack.
As any frustrated fan has been liable to say at some point while watching their team on a given fall Saturday, it's never a bad idea to just "run the dang ball."
A stable and reliable run game is important to the fortunes of any team with even a faint hope of competing for a national championship. A good group of backs, and a strong contingent of linemen blocking for them, can pick up needed yards in critical moments, control the clock and, if a unit's really having its way, break the will of an opposing defense.
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