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Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:59 am**

Our man Ramon Flanigan checks in again, this time to offer his thoughts on Bo Levi Mitchell's first performance in his debut last week, and some ideas about what fans can look for when watching the Run-and-Shoot.

http://www.ponyfans.com/features/index.php?id=61

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Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:29 am**

good read

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:46 am**

Brilliant!

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:57 am**

Well written by Ramon. Also good to see him referring to SMU as "we" again after those years at NTSU.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:14 am**

RGV Pony wrote:Well written by Ramon. Also good to see him referring to SMU as "we" again after those years at NTSU.

Wouldn't you?

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:35 am**

Quicker running back hints toward Butler should be playng? If so I agree.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:13 am**

Ramon is an excellent writer and provides salient insights. Let's make sure he keeps providing us his depth of experience and analysis.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:32 am**

Wow, that was excellent.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:18 pm**

Ramon is:

* The greatest Run N Shoot QB I've ever seen.
* Maybe the most exciting player I've ever seen at SMU (got here after Dickerson, et al)
* All over the SMU record book
* An accomplished coach
* Clearly a proud Mustang

Thank you, Ramon, for sharing just a little - so far - of what you know with us, and thank you, PonyFans.com, for getting together this "stable" of great Mustangs.

This is a fantastic additition to what already was the best site out there.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:03 pm**

The RnS he ran is differs greatly from the JJ offense, but his analysis on those plays are spot on. Great contribution to an already great site.

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:16 pm**

kull wrote:The RnS he ran is differs greatly from the JJ offense, but his analysis on those plays are spot on. Great contribution to an already great site.

He was dead on where the safeties are concerned. I paid attention at the Texas State game. It was a little different than Rossley's, but if the safeties drifted outside, BLM's first two progressions were slot receivers. If the safeties were inside, first two progressions were outside. If offset, each side changed progression accordingly. Texas State's secondary scheme was not sophisticated, and their corners were, well, not real good. But it still looked effective, even handicapping for Texas State's talent level.

The key seems to be whether the defense has the talent to pressure and confuse the QB at the same time. If your ends and safeties are studs, the Run/Shoot appears, IMHO, to become the chuck and duck.

Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:25 pm**

Having these expert columnists is an enormous help to the casual fan. Great stuff, PonyFans.com guys. Great stuff.

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