I agree. Kelly often “abandons the run,” but he does so at necessary times. Running the ball is essential but I am old enough to remember the lousy years of Bob Davie. He’d run the ball no matter what. Christ we could have the ball first and goal from the five and Bob would run four plays off the left tackle — each for half a yard.

Running the ball works in most instances, in part, because defensive players think, even for a split second, that a pass could be in the works. We had ten guys within about five yards of the line of scrimmage in the second half last week because we knew Army would not pass against us. Kelly did a fair job of mixing up the play calling. Let’s hope we see more of it against SC.

When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.

That said, this was Army which is, for football purposes, closer to Yale than to Michigan. But, we’re making real progress. We shut down the Utes last week and we dominated Army this week. A win in sunny Los Angeles would be about as nice a way to close the regular season as any we’ve had in a long time. I think we can accomplish this — but it will take a lot of effort, discipline and execution.