[washingtonismoney]

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.

Well, the offensive line was actually opening up holes for the running game the first three games of the season -- at that point we were more concerned about the passing game. (Specifically the lack of attempts.) Again, things fell off, though I'm not sure it's attributable to injuries -- Tucker was injured in the first half of the UW game, but things weren't exactly strong before then.

The year Fleming was a freshmen was 2011; in that year, Stanford had three new starters, not four. And the returning starters were David DeCastro and Jonathan Martin,  a slightly different situation than Johnny Caspers and Casey Tucker.

[washingtonismoney]

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.

Well, the offensive line was actually opening up holes for the running game the first three games of the season -- at that point we were more concerned about the passing game. (Specifically the lack of attempts.) Again, things fell off, though I'm not sure it's attributable to injuries -- Tucker was injured in the first half of the UW game, but things weren't exactly strong before then.

The year Fleming was a freshmen was 2011; in that year, Stanford had three new starters, not four. And the returning starters were David DeCastro and Jonathan Martin,  a slightly different situation than Johnny Caspers and Casey Tucker.