[charlie22]

I haven't watched Brown's offense at TT or anywhere else, but I hope he already knows what Mumme figured out at UK: in order to successfully run the "Air Raid" offense in the SEC you must, absolutely must, be able to throw the ball deep. Otherwise the corners play press coverage and the safeties play up, making it extremely difficult to run the short and middle passing game. The athletes playing in the defensive secondary in the SEC are just too darn talented and athletic to allow them not to have to worry about getting deep.

Why did Mumme start Lorenzen instead of Bonner, when Bonner had lead the SEC the prior year in passing completion, etc. the year before? Because Mumme saw that Bonner did not have the arm strength to throw the ball deep and the SEC defenses adjusted to the dink and dunk passing game. He knew that without the deep ball as a threat, it was going to be more and more difficult to run the short to middle passing game. It was a very difficult and unpopular decision by Mumme and not one made lightly. But he realized the importance of the deep passing game in his O.

Anyone familiar with Brown's O at TT know if he threw the ball deep at least 5-10 times a game?