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I should probably leave this to Solo aka Wink Martindale, but I'll give it a go.
How many total rushing yards does Asaph gain over the whole years' scheduled games?

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thats a very racist comment i thought you were better then that
 
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I should probably leave this to Solo aka Wink Martindale, but I'll give it a go.
How many total rushing yards does Asaph gain over the whole years' scheduled games?

Winner gets a hearty oorah, hooah, huzzah or hooya depending upon your service or, if you're a civilian, a Logics lesson from a famous transcendentalist wannabe. Prize receipt is not mandatory.

Can someone please explain to me what this post is referencing? Have I been "nicknamed" Wink Martindale? Does this have some sort of meaning in this forum?
I am not certain I understand the reference to the famous gameshow host. Can anyone explain?
 
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total yards asap will have at the end of the season i wanna say 600
 
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600???.....i highly doubt asaph will average 50 yards a game...ill go with 250
 
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Can someone please explain to me what this post is referencing?

Solo, no offense. Really. It's not an insult. Just a subtly humorous comment. It's my nature.
Wink Martindale. Famous game show host. Probably before your time. Based on the fun, just kidding observation that you like to post poll questions. So I tried one. You can call me Bob Barker in a post if you want. I won't mind.

BTW, 600 yds is not a bad guess. I'm leaning towards maybe a little higher myself.
I think he gets a lot more carries this year. Another one who's all-day-tough.
 
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Solo, no offense. Really. It's not an insult. Just a subtly humorous comment. It's my nature.
Wink Martindale. Famous game show host. Probably before your time. Based on the fun, just kidding observation that you like to post poll questions. So I tried one. You can call me Bob Barker in a post if you want. I won't mind.

BTW, 600 yds is not a bad guess. I'm leaning towards maybe a little higher myself.
I think he gets a lot more carries this year. Another one who's all-day-tough.

Thanks for the explanation. I thought I had possibly made an enemy already and couldn't figure out how or why.

By the way, I remember watching wink on all those gameshows, but just barely!
 
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How can you think asaph is going to gain 600 yards this yr?? He gained only 67 yds last yr and isn't going to get many carries this yr other than short yardage situations. Yes he is a very tough player but running the ball is not his strength and even Charlie said he's not going to get many yards carrying the ball although he definitely will dish out a hit. Can you please explain some reasoning for this guess???
 

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i gotta figure he runs an average of 30-35 yards a game, so...i'll say around 370yds
 

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50 yards a game dosnt sound unreasonable im still picturing this guy pushing 500 plus
 

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"I'll take Notre Dame Football for 600, Alex."

Alex - "OK, here's the question -- How many yards will Asaph Shwapp have during the 2006 season?"

"six hu...er, I mean What is 620, Alex?"

Alex - "Correct and you may select agian."
 
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Okay I want the answer and I'm still not getting one. You have still yet to explain to me why you think asaph is going to go up 543 yards from one season to the next when he's not much of a runner to begin with. I'm sorry but i just think you are being way too unrealistic. We would have to give him almost as much carries as we gave Darius last year considering asaph's 2.5 yards per carry last year. He's not going to be one to break any long ones unless there's an enormous hole, which isn't a bad thing because he was brought here to block and hit people, and that's what he's going to do the majority of the time.
 
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How can you think asaph is going to gain 600 yards this yr?? He gained only 67 yds last yr and isn't going to get many carries this yr other than short yardage situations.

Actually there are very good arguments to be made for 250 yds. and only some good ones for 600 yds. I'll try the latter.

67 yds last year, yes. But true freshman fullbacks don't get the carries to begin with.

Ball security is always a worry with freshman. Another reason he didn't get the carries last year. This will be much improved and he will have thus given Charlie the trust, that Charlie needs, to call his number.

Last year if Charlie needed 1 yard or less, Asaph was on Charlie's play list options.
This year that number jumps to 3 yards or less.

Travis Thomas moves to linebacker. TT's reps, which were mostly off guard blasts anyway, will be Asaph's plays. Darius can't handle all the load himself.

If he starts the season well, gets some blood & guts 3-4 yard runs, doesn't fumble and blasts linebackers backwards on contact, he will continue to get his number called.

In closing, if once a game he can reel off a 15-20 yarder. He might rack up some decent yardage on the year.

There,....that's an argument. Might not be my argument, or even the correct one but it's still a plausible scenario.

Regardless of the above argument, 600+ is probably not going to happen.
I say Asaph will gain......300-400 yds on the ground this year.

Tauwlk amongst ya'selves. Discuss and then call 555-4444, we'll talk. No big whoop.
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Here's my rationale.

1. Second year with CWs system. We know they can throw the ball, and so do the 12 opponents. I'm convinced the playcalling will be just as confusing for teams as it was last year. Keep em guessing. We know there willl be some new wrinkles and I think the fullback will be involved in some of those.

2. I agree with the post about Thomas' move to LB giving Shwapp more carries, which also leads to...

3. Schwapp has a year of experience under his belt, more of a trust level with CW. So....he gets more carries. The more opportunities you have, the better chance of making a couple game changing plays.

You're all going to think I'm crazy, but I believe Schwapp actually breaks the 100 yard mark in a game, maybe 2. That leaves him 10 other games to average 40-45 yards. I think it's possible.

Unless of course we never see 3rd down and 3 or less and I hope it doesn't come to that.
 
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I'd say anywhere from 250 to 300. I think he'll get a lot of carries during mop up duty and accumulate some yards, but he'll mostly be used as a blocker and short yardage guy IMO and a good one at that, Weis seems to like him.
 

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500 plus damn i remmber larry allen benching somthing out of this world in a pre game spot for a pro game any one know how much it was
 

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He'll have a breakout year and double his yards to 134.

He's a beast physically but I didn't see a hint of Larry Conjar (8 straight carries in '65 "Conjar again! Parshegian's using him like a battering ram!) nor The Bus.

This isn't a Holtz offense; the FB doesn't get a lot of carries. The #2 TB by Committee gets the bulk of carries after Darius.

When it comes to mop up time, there's a #2 TB to establish (Darius' heir apparent), 3 QBs that have to be groomed for next year's Starter, a bunch of WRs to groom as Rhema's and Sharks replacements, and a pair of freshman TEs to break in. I see him working with those young guys but not getting the majority of reps as a ball carrier.
 

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He'll get some carries, but he's not the feature-back at all... that's D-Walk's gig. Asaph will be in there to throw his weight around and hit some people, and I have a feeling he'll love every minute of it.

That said, he'll get more carries and more yardage this year. Let's call it 165 yards.
 
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If he gets over 100 yards, the offense will have wasted a lot of carries. This kid exists to block, and that's it. He shouldn't even be trusted in short yardage after his goal line mistake against MSU, or in pass plays after his failure to run out what would have been a TD pass against USC. I trust Darius more in short yardage, especially at the goal line.
 

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...He shouldn't even be trusted in short yardage after his goal line mistake against MSU, or in pass plays after his failure to run out what would have been a TD pass against USC. ...

And you would have never used Tim Brown as a kickoff returner after he let the first one roll through his legs, would you waldo?
 

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And while we're talking about mistakes...how 'bout that "pick six" that Quinn threw in the MSU game. Weis should have benched his overrated ass.

How dare these 18-22 year olds make mistakes.

Ralph, while I'm sure you're perfect in form and function the rest of us mortals are prone to error. When the same error is consistently repeated a problem exists. Ace hasn't done that, he keeps improving. That's all you can ask for.
 
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If he gets over 100 yards, the offense will have wasted a lot of carries. This kid exists to block, and that's it. He shouldn't even be trusted in short yardage after his goal line mistake against MSU, or in pass plays after his failure to run out what would have been a TD pass against USC. I trust Darius more in short yardage, especially at the goal line.

If every player that made very costly mistakes got benched, Quinn (MSU INT), Zibby (hard bites on long play action passes) Shark (dropped passes in Fiesta) Harris (got beat in Fiesta) and many other talented starters would not play any more.

As for wasting carries, under some circumstances, the 3 yard carries are just as important as many 5-10 yard carries. When we need a yard and the line is stacked, I want somebody who can push the pile.
 
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Sorry Guff and Scoop, but you can't let Waldo off so easily by tacitly acknowledging that his point that.....

"He shouldn't even be trusted........in pass plays after his failure to run out what would have been a TD pass against USC."​

is a correct one. It is NOT !

I remember having this discussion on this board very distinctly because it was my very first post on IrishEnvy as the FNG. It was about Brady's ability to throw the touch passes on short square outs, crossing and dump-off patterns. The discussion evolved (devolved?) into whether that missed 3rd and short opportunity was Brady's fault or Asaph's.

I viewed quite quickly from this discussion who knew football and who did not.
(I can hear Waldo and his ilk now...."How dare you judge me, you don't know me !")
I will be so bold this morning to proclaim that anyone who thinks that that pass did not get completed because of Asaph, does not know football.

As for Waldo's tendency, trend, want to immediately attach the worst possible motivation or negative instinct to anyone's action is a topic best left for another day. Perhaps when he's lying down.
 
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