During the last Grid Iron Club Zoom meeting Coach Brown said UMass would be a "run first" offense. The Minutemen objective is to do "conflict running" to put pressure on the defense. The run offense would have motion, quarterback runs maybe some option or jet sweeps.
I took this to mean we would look something like what our old friend Dave Clawson is running at Wake Forest.
During the Spring game it looked to me we were trying more quarterback runs. As usual, defense was ahead of the offense in the Spring, but we did look quicker out of the backfield.
JUCO transfer Gino Campiotti is 6-2 215 and looks ripped. In that style of offense, he could be a favorite to start. His passes looked like they had a lot of zip and a flat trajectory. Zamar Wise's 6-2 190 passes looked better and he is an excellent athlete. Garrett Druzo 5-11 200 was not in pads for the Spring game.
And speaking of the running game, Coach Brown inferred (he is not allowed to comment on player not yet signed) UMass could be the destination for former Indiana RB Tim Baldwin. See the timeline in Baldwin's 247Sports page. Baldwin's Indiana bio here.
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