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These are the teams left in the Elite 8 of each class, whom I know, run "traditional" offenses and their stats through 12 games

1A- Beechwood (I, Unbalanced, some spread) 3, 788 Rushing/ 1, 122 Passing

2A- Glasgow (I, Wishonbone, Power I, some spread, unbalanced) 3, 100 Rush/ 1339 Pass
Murray (wishbone, unbalanced, some spread) 1, 981 Rush/ 793 Pass

3A- Central (I, Unbalanced, some spread) 3, 159 Rush/ 1, 284 Pass
Belfry (Flexbone/Wing T) 4, 046 Rush/ 715 Rush

5A- John Hardin (Wing T/some spread) 3, 471 Rush/ 1, 494 Pass
Southwestern ( I, some spread) 3, 130 Rush/ 1, 342 Pass

6A- Scott County (Wing T) 3, 220 Rush/ 1,224 Pass
Boone County (Power I, Unbalanced, some spread) 2, 148 Rush/ 1, 433 Pass
Buter (Wishbone, Power I, Unbalanced, some spread) 2, 399/ 1, 635


Of those 10 teams who are still playing (42% of the field remaining mind you), they are only averaging 64-134 yds passing a game. Sounds to me like the whole run the ball down your throat and being able to throw it when you need (because you do need to be able and throw the ball, no doubt about it) is alive and well.

Nice post. While I agree there are plenty of teams still winning with less than a balanced attack my point is a bit more specific that winning. Having a ton of wins and coming up short on winning the championship is the problem several teams in the mountains face. We don't win the big games. I think many folks are starting to realize the fix to that problem likely rests on the playbook.