WVU vs. UNC: Meineke Car Care Bowl

1) I've been watching WVU fairly consistently since about 2003. My opinion is not based off one game. 2) There was a misunderstanding of my "closer to 50-50" comment. I mean this in terms of closer in respect to the 75% of plays and 70% of yardage seasons in Pat White's freshman year as compared to his senior year. I do not mean we will get exactly half and half yardage and play calling. Like any other coach, I expect Rodriguez to increase the percentage of passing as a quarterback develops. That is what I am stating. Even with Pat White, last year WVU's yardage was about 58-42 in favor of the run, dramatically different from 65-35 and 70-30 ratios the previous two years with an underclassman Pat White. 3) If anything you and history supported my opinion that if we had a veteran quarterback, especially a passer (such as your example of Lewis), Rodriguez would run a more balanced (is that better nomenclature for you?) offensive scheme. With Lewis, Rodriguez ran an offense that was 52-48 in favor of the run. And as I said, even Pat White became more balanced under Rodriguez. I'd tie something in about this season's balance, but I feel there are too many circumstances that would have made any offense inept. 4) As far as the differences in offense, I think the x's and o's are similar to a far extent, its the jimmies and joes that is the big difference. I think Stewart bought a little too hard to the thought that White should pass more. Even with that attempt to pass more, play calling for WVU from a rush vs pass standpoint was pretty on par for yardage. They ended the season with a yardage ration of 62-38. Play calling was down to its lowest point in recent WVU history, but most of the games with high numbers of attempts came against Villanova, UNC, and Cinncy. UNC and Cinncy were two close games that WVU was behind in most of the game. UNC was running large chunks of the clock out, WVU had to score quick. Cinncy was just a straight up battle from behind. Villanova is a joke and it was the first game of the season when the "Let Pat Pass" meme was still going strong. If Rodriguez would have stayed at WVU, would we have seen a similar offensive scheme as Stewart ran. No one here, in this thread, said with Pat White we would have run a balanced offense. I don't believe that. No one should. We don't have the OL to support him, much less the WRs. If anything Pat White would have made us more run heavy. This year we ended up around 58% run calls for just a shade over 50% of our actual yardage. But in the long run, of course there are difference in the offenses, but its because of who we have playing, not the system. That was my initial argument (admittedly vague). I digress... To close, I think there was an error in nomenclature you disagreed with me about. If that is not correct, then I think you are wrong, and I hope the above clarifies my opinion on the subject.