Sixth...now seventh...now eighth olineman enters portal
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I have no faith in the ratings. They're just for comparison.
Portal ratings seem quite arbitrary except for the top guys. 86-87 seems to be, meh... we don't really know. 88-89, might have something, 90+ definite something or at least potential.
I do have faith in what I have seen. I watched Peak at NCSU, he's a beast. And Poku at ECU, he's solid. So, I feel good about those two.
This is certainly true.
If I can use an analogy, it's like saying that a Ford Mustang may be fast in some circles, but it's not fast compared to Ferraris and Lamborghinis. But if you were driving a Yugo, a Mustang would be a significant upgrade.
I don't expect our O-line to be one of the best in the SEC next year. But if we have one that is merely average relative to other P4 programs, that would be a significant upgrade from last year's O-line.
Yes. An average OL and we're likely an 8-win team last season.
It will be hard to be worse, so we have that going for us. Having 9 SEC games takes away a gimme win, so we start the season with 2 wins instead of 3. Maybe an average OL can get 6 conference wins.
And if we had the Hoosiers' OL (with all their 3* guys) + their OL coach?
OL is one of those dead horse discussions that recycle, but it's common knowledge that rating OL coming out of HS is lots of misses with a few hits. Those * ratings become irrelevant once the pads go on.
We'll know in about 10 months if our new coaches know what they are doing.
Thank you. Fans like to buy intro every one-liner thrown out, like college OL is tantamount to a manned mission to Mars.
If I’m Beamer, I’d have to answer, “YES!”
Would I personally pay a cent to any player on scholarship, “NO!”
If we have ONE play next year, any play, where 5 guys are hitting 5 defenders at one time, we will have succeded
Setting aside the absurdity of all this stuff, I would agree.
You brought in one elite OL already. Adding Seaton would take our OL from one of the worst in the nation to potentially one of the better ones. The reality is that we have Sellers for one more year, most likely. To maximize his production in that one year, we need the OL to be as strong as possible. We also just added a potentially very good RB from PSU.
The coaches should be doing anything they can do to give Sellers and the RBs every opportunity to succeed.
I believe I heard four out of Vandy's starting five olinemen last season came off the portal so it is possible to make it work.
Yeah, I don't think it's all that big of a deal. If you're bringing in guys who know how to play OL, it shouldn't be that difficult for a good OL coach to produce a quality line.
Can't be true. Experts have spoken....you can't just "plug and play" OL. It takes years to build continuity & unit cohesion in a OL.
