[Langdude]

But even when our OL was healthy, they were not blowing guys off the ball like we have in the past. I realize we have breakdowns in other areas. But I think that we can withstand some of those with a good OL. The question is what has happened there; to be honest, I am not sure. I don't think the answer is only recruiting because we've had less- or evenly-touted lines do better. Maybe it is inexperience, but I remember when we had four new starters (the year Fleming was a freshman) and we did fine. I realize we are down a Tucker and Marx; seems Harrell did well last year, and I wonder if Reagan Williams is not as good as we thought?

It's probably a lot of things - not enough talent, not enough experience, not enough moxy... I dunno.

-m.

[Langdude]

But even when our OL was healthy, they were not blowing guys off the ball like we have in the past. I realize we have breakdowns in other areas. But I think that we can withstand some of those with a good OL. The question is what has happened there; to be honest, I am not sure. I don't think the answer is only recruiting because we've had less- or evenly-touted lines do better. Maybe it is inexperience, but I remember when we had four new starters (the year Fleming was a freshman) and we did fine. I realize we are down a Tucker and Marx; seems Harrell did well last year, and I wonder if Reagan Williams is not as good as we thought?

It's probably a lot of things - not enough talent, not enough experience, not enough moxy... I dunno.

-m.