The Vondrellphant in the Room

Watch out Mack, your couch and wallpaper don't match at all!*

We've got ourselves a mighty pachyderm sitting on the couch in the parlor and it might be time to talk about it. What the heck is going on with last season's favorite backup running back, sophomore Vondrell McGee? What happened to 8 TD's and 4.0 yards/carry? What happened to all the fans calling for McGee to replace the then fumble-prone Jamaal Charles? Where is that 28 yard scamper against ASU in the Holiday Bowl behind a freshman heavy o-line? Why are you getting less and less carries every game when it seems like everyone else is getting more and more?

Possible solutions:

• Only one #2 can be good at any point. Since Sergio Kindle is going nutz this year, Vondrell's powers have been weakened.
  
• Maybe he is suffering from a brutal sophomore slump. Basing that theory on what happened to Colt last season, Vondrell should be leading the Heisman race at this point next year.
• Vondrell is an incredibly generous person, and is allowing Chris Ogbonnaya some time in the limelight before he graduates. If that is the case, I support your sentiment Vondrell!
• John Chiles is making Vondrell McGee curious. These two were quite a team last year, and really fun to watch together in the backfield. As John Chiles turns more and more bi-position-curious, maybe Vondrell is considering a similar path. Remember Vondrell, no matter how fun rolling around on the ground and weeping looked when the OU punter did it, you pull way more girls as a running back. Did that sound gay? Whatever.
  
• Perhaps Vondrell works better under pressure. It may be possible that Vondrell actually rather liked running for his life behind an inexperienced o-line last season, and just doesn't feel challenged enough running behind an o-line that blocks fairly well.

Buck up Vondrell, Google knows who you are and that's way more than most of us can say.

*OT: This is actually an image from an art gallery by one of my favorite artists ever, Banksy.