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I'm perplexed. Why is Ollison alternating with James and Hall?

Just because they have some experience doesn't mean they can play as well as last year's line.

Three of them started on last year's line and the fourth would have been a starter on last year's line had he not gotten hurt. These guys aren't just guys who have some experience under their belts. They are, with one exception, the guys who started last year or would have started last year without have gotten injured.

Bisnowaty, 18 starts coming in to this season. Johnson, 16 starts. Rowell, 15 starts. Officer, 10 starts. They aren't just some guys with some experience, they were integral parts of our offensive line the past two seasons.
 
I disagree with this. Teams play their best running back. Look at Pitt. Conner, Graham, Lewis, Shady. Those guys were the feature backs and carried the load. Ollie should be our feature back. James just can't break tackles like Ollie can.
Ollie is Pitt's feature back. But he's just not getting all of the carries. Not meant as a criticism, but to this point I don't think that he's demonstrated that he's conditioned enough to get the number of carries that those other RB's that you referenced got.
 
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