12-17-2021, 01:33 PM
There was an OL gap in 2019. Junior Walker Little was hurt in the opening game against Northwestern and was replaced by true freshman Walter Rouse. And as more of the starters got hurt, they were replaced by other true freshmen: Branson Bragg (only played one game), Barrett Miller, Jake Hornibrook. I think they set some kind of record--a not-so-desired record--for most true frosh OL starters in a season.
But a recruiting gap to me isn't just about quantity. It's also quality. If one player in a position group excels, but the other healthy players in the same group, who have access to the same coaching, conditioning, etc., never improve, that tells me that maybe the primary issue is recruiting.
But a recruiting gap to me isn't just about quantity. It's also quality. If one player in a position group excels, but the other healthy players in the same group, who have access to the same coaching, conditioning, etc., never improve, that tells me that maybe the primary issue is recruiting.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)