Bobby Bentley has coached offensive football for a long time. Ellis Johnson has coached defensive football for a long time.
So, when South Carolina’s current running backs coach was chatting with South Carolina’s former defensive coordinator, he decided to pick his brain some.
“I asked him, ‘What makes a good running back?’ ” Bentley said. “He said, ‘When guys make yards they’re not blocked for.’ ”
That’s how “bull yards” were born. That’s the term South Carolina’s running backs use to describe any yards they gain after they reasonably should have been tackled. Running over a defenders counts.