Coaches and Maxwell Should be Watching Stanford

I'm watching the Stanford v. Oregon game and in it you can see the point I made in my post-game analysis about running quarterbacks. You have a redshirt freshman, Kevin Hogan, who looks like the next Andrew Luck. His ability to run with the ball has made a difference. The play on which he ran it for a touchdown is a play in which Maxwell would likely have thrown it away. The bottom line, for me, is that football (especially college football) is sloppy. A majority of the time, plays don't unfold as you design them. You gotta be able to adjust, and that's what running helps you do. Maxwell needs to use his legs a whole lot more, or the coaches need to consider putting in someone who can.

Update: Turns out that Oregon's quarterback, Marcus Mariota, is also a redshirt freshman. So there's another successful example of a running quarterback succeeding at an early age. Oh, and why not add Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M to that list.