Pinkel added that his offensive line has "done pretty good overall; the whole thing is about consistency - play in, play out, quarter in, quarter out. I think that's certainly where it all starts, not only for us in running the football, get hats on hats and sustaining blocks and in protection, which is certainly a big part of what we do. Our offensive wholesale POLO hatslinemen have to be very athletic, because we ask so much of them."
Said Pinkel: "We have two players (Moore, Lawrence) that are experienced . . . Henry Josey and Marcus Murphy are good young players with great speed. Certainly our running game isn't where we want it to be, but we're working to improve and we've adjusted to that loss (Washington)."
Washington, a senior captain, cheap New era mlb hatswas kicked off the team before the season started after being charged with felony sexual assault. In his place, Pinkel has gone to a tailback-by-committee approach, using two true freshmen (Henry Josey, Marcus Murphy), junior De'Vion Moore and sophomore Kendial Lawrence. None of the foursome is averaging more than 53 yards a game (Josey), but collectively they're contributing to MU's 154.0 ground average.
SO WHO NEEDS TO RUN?Given Mizzou's recent passing success against CU, some might think the Tigers don't need a ground game. But they're a decent running team, even minus Derrick Washingtonwholesale New era mlb hats, who scored 10 rushing TDs last season and would have been MU's top returnee in the run game.
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