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fold, in terms of ability. He'll be able to find a whole bunch of completions in the game so we've got to take that into account. "I've never said I wanted to be a run-first (or) pass-first team. I've always said I wanted to be a balanced team. And I think balanced to me is having the ability to do either one. If you throw it 65 percent of the time and run 35 percent and still can do either whenever you need to, that's still some balance. The ability to do whatever is necessary in order to win. The ability to run the ball when you want to run the ball and not just when they give you the numbers. So that (philosophy) hasn't changed. We still want to be balanced, but we're going to go into this offseason with Tom Campbell really our two quarterbacks, because Austin Purdue needs the offensive line to be better in 2014. The interior seems Appleby had really a tremendous season as set, but finding starting tackles is "concerning," Shoop said. well. He's really a different quarterback right Kugler leading it this offseason, I'm pretty sure it's going now than he was in August. to be. Those are the kind of guys you want hanging around. "With those two quarterbacks, I really think we have I'm encouraged. I really am." guys that have the ability to throw an awful lot of compleGold and Black: How much of your struggles were tions so we'll sure take that into account." because of youth or the coaching staff not getting Gold and Black: The offensive line struggled. Was through to some guys, or both? that limiting what you could do? Shoop: "It's never any one thing. But I will say as the Shoop: "I think at times it was. I think the same thing year went along, our message sharpened and became with guys like Jordan Roos and Jason King. While it was clearer. I think the players started to receive it a little bit difficult at times this year, I wouldn't trade it for anything. better as well. We've got to have a lot more production in A lot of programs didn't have to play two freshmen guards both the pass and run game. But, more specifically, we've and we played two freshmen guards a lot. And some of got to have more production running the football. And it's the things that those guys learned, that Danny Etling and not any one thing. It could be anything from a play call, to DeAngelo Yancey learned as freshmen, even B.J. (Knauf) a misread, to coming off the line of scrimmage, to either a and (Cameron) Posey, those things are going to serve lineman or tight end or wide receiver getting their course them well. There are lessons you can't learn watching film (incorrect). I think by the end of the year we got better and or on the practice field. You've got to learn them on the better at those. But we've got to have more production in field. the run game and we've really got to challenge our guys to "Guys like Jason King, I think the last game of the year do so." was his best game. He continued to get better and better Gold and Black: What style do you want the offense and I think his last four or five games of the year were his to be moving forward? You came in wanting it to be best. We've just got to keep that curve going this offseason. run first, but obviously struggled in that area. We've got Kugler coming back, with Roos and King right Shoop: "I think we have to sit back as a staff and study next to him. all our cut-ups. I will say this, I think everybody on our "Another guy, Cameron Cermin, had a great season team has a great deal of confidence in our quarterback's playing four or five different positions. He showed signs ability to pass the football. He's too good of a quarterback of being a force on the O-line, and he is really going to to just be throwing 10 or 12 times. He is certainly above the contribute next year as well. I'm excited about Roos, King 40 IllustrateD volume 24, issue 3 f