But, overly relying on QBs in general was not the path to success. Mac is literally the only exception and I covered that as well, Heisman candidate at running back. So, to review, two years as Hurts starter, had to be benched in the championship game. Two years of Tua as starter, actually also got benched in the championship game. Two years of Bryce as a starter, also no championships (receivers got hurt, there was no offense left to speak of). Yes, over-reliance on the pass in two of those cases, over-reliance on the QB in all of those cases and the only time it actually worked was an aberration (you don't usually have three Heisman trophy candidates or bench a QB in a championship game and still win).
But Mac's team IS the exception to what you're talking about, regardless of the quality of RB personnel. We're past the era where there must be a balance number of run attempts to pass attempts. Rather, a team needs to play to its strengths personnel-wise. IF you have top shelf WR's, you're taking touches away from them by giving the ball to ineffective RB's (by comparison). IF you have top shelf RB's, you don't take touches away from them by throwing to less effective WR's. Any way you look at it, our WR group in Mac's year was better than our RB group... as was the case with LSU in 2019. CKD is proving that this age-old philosophy of "balance" doesn't always hold up. What is true is that a team must have an ability to control clock to a degree - otherwise your defense is on the field a lot during games. This is the new age of college football.
