I was gonna say 29-10 if they can keep him clean. If they can keep him up right at a level that we don’t see at uk then 33-10
He throws the ball a lot, somebody catches about 64% of the throws. I see your specifics and raise you 2 specifics.
Under appreciated and too harshly judged for the folly of his last days, I've always suspected.
Re Hartline, agree 100%. Hartline now in the college coaching game, recently hired as Passing Game Coordinator at University of Charlotte.
Didn't he suffer an injury in a game against South Carolina?
I suspect scheme alone will have our oline playing much better, then factor in talent with the easier concepts, then one would expect a middling SEC line as the floor. I look forward to a balanced offense, that maybe is less power run reliant, but incorporates a lot more play action and misdirection with enough outside speed to take the top off and a QB with the skills to read down to outlet passes. If they execute to their potential this squad has a decent chance to be top half SEC offense with a top 3 defense with 9-10 wins more likely than 6-7.
On a dead ball hit. No penalty.
I remember a post i wrote defending hartline when he was here. I got BLASTED by the negative Nancy’s to the tune of 3 pages. Hartline was not treated well here. He followed the beloved instate Woodson and fans were brutal of his performances. The old watch what you wish for rings very true. Fans wanted Hartline replaced. He was for the next 15 years our last 3000 yard dude. They wanted something else and they got it.
I'd like to see some passes to our backs. We really haven't had that dimension to our offense since Anthony White.
This sounds reasonable. I am optimistic but there are caveats. I do not doubt that Leary is capable. I do not doubt Leary can adjust to the SEC. And I do not doubt that Liam Coen knows how to manage the situation. It is a question of an improved OL slowing down SEC edge rushers and Leary avoiding injury.
Yeah, anything like that, say 3,600/36/<10 or better and I think we're definitely in business.
Agreed and given how deep our RB room is and we have to exceptional pass catchers there, I suspect your wish will be realized and heavily. If you have a decent oline and an accurate QB who can process above avg then a pro style offense is rather simple. PLay action to draw the LBs up, check if the deep routes are coming open, if not check down to short routes/TEs, then lastly RBs in the flats. If the Oline can give 3+ seconds on avg, Leary will pick defenses apart.
From the highlights I've seen of Leary, he seems to do just that. Our O line will just have to be marginally better for him to have a great season. Without looking, I think Levis was around 2800 yards. He wasn't particularly good at going through his progressions and that was with a really good line 2 seasons ago. If Leary can stay healthy, I see no reason why he can't come close to his numbers he put up at NC State his last full season. Our skill guys are better than what he had to work with then. Going to be an exciting season.
How could I forget about him? Just looked him up on Sports Reference. He caught 131 passes in his 4 years with us.
