[qwerty49]

Have they done away with the scholarship limit or something?  I like linemen as much as the next person, but you can't have 1/3 to 1/2 of your class every year be offensive and defensive linemen.  We need linebackers, DB's and skill players too.

Well, at least in our base packages, 8 of the starting 22 are OL or DL. That's 36% of the lineup.
So, I guess we could have 1/3 of our class every year be offensive or defensive linemen.

We need kickers too.  And you have to account for different packages.  We never use more than 3 DL, but we sometimes use 5 and even 6 DB, so you are going to need more DB's than is accounted for at the base.  We sometimes use a fullback, use two and even three tight end sets, and three wide receiver sets (and also six OL).

The other thing is that one tackle can back-up both tackle spots, and one guard can typically back-up both guard spots, and you can sometimes move players between guard and tackle (Hamilton, for example).

BC

Gosh, you're in a quibbling mood.  I would simply observe that we rotate our entire 2-deep DL every game.  Not so for the DBs.  And if you think one tackle can effectively back up both spots, feel free -- but AT Hall has started at both LT and RT, and how has that worked out?  

I would stand with the point both CTCard and I made that 1/3 of our recruits can be linemen and we would not be missing anywhere else.

[qwerty49]

Have they done away with the scholarship limit or something?  I like linemen as much as the next person, but you can't have 1/3 to 1/2 of your class every year be offensive and defensive linemen.  We need linebackers, DB's and skill players too.

Well, at least in our base packages, 8 of the starting 22 are OL or DL. That's 36% of the lineup.
So, I guess we could have 1/3 of our class every year be offensive or defensive linemen.

We need kickers too.  And you have to account for different packages.  We never use more than 3 DL, but we sometimes use 5 and even 6 DB, so you are going to need more DB's than is accounted for at the base.  We sometimes use a fullback, use two and even three tight end sets, and three wide receiver sets (and also six OL).

The other thing is that one tackle can back-up both tackle spots, and one guard can typically back-up both guard spots, and you can sometimes move players between guard and tackle (Hamilton, for example).

BC

Gosh, you're in a quibbling mood.  I would simply observe that we rotate our entire 2-deep DL every game.  Not so for the DBs.  And if you think one tackle can effectively back up both spots, feel free -- but AT Hall has started at both LT and RT, and how has that worked out?  

I would stand with the point both CTCard and I made that 1/3 of our recruits can be linemen and we would not be missing anywhere else.