Offensive Line
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I'm a bit of an offensive line expert, and in my opinion the problem is they don't block well enough.
To keep things in perspective, what we saw today, while it was awful is our ceiling. Virtually no coaching staff in the last 100 years can consistently get us to a bowl game like campbell does. We don't have the recruiting or developmental capabilities to exceed our current state. We are what we are and we should be thankful for our mediocrity.
Pad levels are too high for run blocking, especially for 6 6 tall lineman. We use our hands generally well which is good for pass blocking but not the best for run blocking.
When we had more success during the year, we were pulling blockers but I didn’t see much of that today. When they are sending a lot of players, it is difficult to pull as much with a back like Sama. Sama is not a runner who typically just finds a quick hole and explodes into it (Kstate he did and that is what we need him to do).
Those are just a couple basic things. We need to synch our backs and line better.
Fiesta bowl would argue that the ceiling was higher and not that long ago
Anyone who believes this, I encourage to find a different hobby. It’s clueless and loser mentality.
Yes and what happened that next year with almost everyone back? And what happened with our recruiting after that year? I am sorry to say that our ceiling may be floor 20 in a 100 floor skyscraper.
Bruns will tell us how good they are on Sunday. Hang in there.
This makes me want to drink real hard right now. That defense against the rush is trash and yet Sama couldn’t get to the line of scrimmage without getting his head knocked off
It's not just the o-line. Make no mistake--they're really bad--but it's also the scheme. Literally no one has trouble defending ISU's zone reads.
The KSU game was a product of a foot of snow and not indicative of this squad's capabilities.
You on the other hand should be ashamed by such a bad troll job.
I will say, I’m impressed with what Clanton was able to put together in one year and am excited to see what he can do in year 2 now that he’ll have a year to bring a couple of guys that fit HIS system. Today was a ******* abomination, though.
What? WTF? You completely contradicted yourself.
How?
The offensive line was **** in 2022.
It wasn’t “stab my eyes with a fork” bad in 2023. Games like Kansas State, TCU, Cincinnati, Baylor, and BYU, I thought our offensive line was pretty impressive. The QB was sacked just twice TOTAL the first 6 games of the year.
Today, they were ******* terrible.
I’ve never bought when CW/Bruns/Blum go on their schtick every April-August the last 14 years about how the offensive line will be different next year. But I do believe they grew in one year with Clanton, and that they will grow more in year 2. Clanton is a good coach.
This year wasn’t just bad. It was historically bad for the OL run blocking
We went backwards. Hopefully that represents tearing down things to a foundation, but we’ll have several new starters next year
OLine is ******* awful. Has been for years. Doesn't matter the players or coaches. Amazing what Montgomery and Breece could do.
It’s so obvious the running game has been bailed out by absolutely elite running backs (Breece and Montgomery). The OL has a long way to go.
Honestly Rocco has been excellent in the pocket for most of the year and has bailed them out of sacks the whole season. Can’t imagine how much a QB like Kempt would have struggled this year.
Honestly Rocco has been excellent in the pocket for most of the year and has bailed them out of sacks the whole season. Can’t imagine how much a QB like Kempt would have struggled this year.