DAYTONA BEACH Fla.
For much of last season, Bethune-Cookman had the most prolific passing numbers in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
And that made Wildcats coach Alvin Wyatt miserable.
“That’s not what we are,” Wyatt said. “That’s not who we are.”
No, what Wyatt wants to see is a powerful rushing team, one that crisply runs the offense he created and named after himself the ‘Wyattbone,’ which has befuddled opponents for much of the last decade.
So this year, Wyatt says Bethune-Cookman is going back to basics, recommitting itself to the triple-option offense that he prefers.
“We have to run it,” quarterback Jimmie Russell said. “Running the ball controls the game. It speeds the clock. Running the ball gets us back to doing what were really good at doing because we were recruited to run the ball.”
