First game shows plenty of holes in Randle El switch

It won't work.\nLee Corso says so. So do I.\nMoving Antwaan Randle El to wide receiver seemed like a good idea. He'd keep defenses on their toes. They wouldn't know what to expect when he switched from receiver to quarterback and back to receiver.\nBut North Carolina State knew exactly what to expect Thursday.\nThe Randle El experiment failed, and it failed early.\nCorso's analysis after one quarter:\n"From what I see right now, next week, Randle El is back at quarterback. I'm tellin' ya right now, in the first quarter, it's not gonna work."\nIt's not gonna work.\nSurely those aren't the words coach Cam Cameron wants to hear one game into the season. The Hoosiers spent the past five months preparing this plan.\nBut Corso's telling the truth. Randle El proved ineffective at both positions against the Wolfpack. Corso and Co. talked all game about the drawbacks of the position change. Randle El wasn't getting the ball enough, they said. He caught only four passes and ran the ball seven times for 37 yards. And when he went under center, the Wolfpack knew what was coming -- the option. Kirk Herbstreit pointed that one out, adding that IU needed other receivers to step up so defenses couldn't key on Randle El.\nThose are just a couple of flaws in Cameron's big plan.\nHere are a couple more:\n•Tommy Jones can't get a rhythm going when he's pulled every other play. Randle El found a rhythm several years ago, but Jones doesn't have the experience Randle El has. Jones has started one collegiate game now. He needs to stay in or he won't be effective.\n•Randle El isn't as effective when he has to know the playbook as both a quarterback and a receiver. He looked tired at times, dropping balls he should catch and not gaining as many yards on the ground as he used to.\nThe Randle El issue aside, IU didn't do much else to impress the guys at ESPN.\nThe punting game was horrible.\nRyan Hamre takes too long to punt the ball, which resulted in two blocked punts on his first two attempts. And who knows why he could only manage 12 yards on his third kick. After Randle El punted one for 36 yards, an announcer said it was the best punt of the night because it passed the line of scrimmage.\nThe Hoosiers couldn't catch a break, either. NC State fumbled and NC State recovered. IU fumbled and N.C. State recovered. In short, nothing went IU's way.\nSo here we are one game into the season, and things look about like they did last year.\nThe Hoosiers had a chance to show a national audience how much they've improved. Instead, they showed why the Randle El experiment won't work.\nCorso said it again in the fourth quarter, that Randle El has to move back to quarterback full-time and that IU "cannot win many games with this offensive system."\nLate in the game, when the Hoosiers got on the board and trailed 35-7, one of Corso's cohorts asked if an onside kick recovery and another touchdown would do any good for the Hoosiers.\nCorso's answer -- and the theme behind IU's season opener:\n"No. They know that they got the crap kicked out of 'em"