Florida Running Back Emmanuel Moody To Play Expanded Role

Emmanuel Moody was supposed to be the guy to solve Florida’s running problems and take the burden off of Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin having to put up all the numbers. So far, Moody's number has been two: two games, two carries, two yards. He missed time against Hawaii after turning his ankle, but the coaches chose not to play him against Miami. That’s pretty serious considering how lackluster the Gators’ ground attack was in that game. Coach Urban Meyer says it’s time to get him involved. “We’re expecting a lot out of him," Meyer said. "Yeah, we’re going to get going. “We’re force-feeding (the offense) pretty hard-core to him right now. The thing about this offense, people say it’s complicated, and it is. There’s a lot of stuff to it and it works. It’s not real hard to turn around and hand it off and the tailback runs into big piles. We expect our guys to learn a lot.” One way to interpret that is a swipe at ... (link)