Even as ballcarriers get bigger, more athletic and more elusive, the list of rules to protect them grows longer. (si.com)
Senior Gerald Riggs Jr. will be the Volunteers» primary ballcarrier following a breakthrough season in which he rushed for 1,107 yards, including 182 on only 11 carries against Auburn in the SEC title game. (si.com)
If wide splits were not just the norm, but required by rule and enforced, would that theoretically give ballcarriers coming out of the backfield more of a chance of escape, and thus shave off a substantial margin of bone - rattling hits? (sbnation.com)