re: SEC OLine comparison - 2 deep

Doing God's work here.

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You are only telling half the story. For good measure, you also need to show years in a college program. I'd take a 3* who has started for 2-3 years in the SEC over a true freshman 4-5*

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I've already done that for the starting 5. They are above average in experience and seniority compared to other schools. Search my posts

I like this analysis. Can we take it one step further and for every year on campus multiply it and see what the scores are

1st year x1 2nd year x2

Your obvious skimming over the details is telling....one of the other "starters" is a true freshmen —Ingram

And yeah...I expect two true freshmen to have a tough go against two experienced DL for even Troy...

See that wasn't so hard...

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So, you agree there is a major talent/depth problem? Why were you pretending that wasn't the case?

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There is 100% not a talent or experience problem in the oline compared to other SEC teams.

You play 5 guys at a time. Olimemen don't rotate much at ALL.

Our starting oline are just as talented and more experience that most SEC teams. We have plenty of depth for the position.

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They don't know there blocking assignments...ever considered that possibility? Two starting on the right side are true freshmen...think about that....maybe they are not up to speed on their blocking assignments... The center....has never played Center...maybe he doesn't understand all his responsibilities...

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Yea I did consider that. And all those issues relate to coaching. Orgeron has been with the team for almost 3 years and he has had his sights set on this job. Why didn't he see these issues coming? He has had ample time to deal with them all off season, he has had an advantage most new coaches never get

Do you think we are the only team with freshman on the Oline? Did you consider that?

I agree with you...I have no idea why those two freshmen are starting

I know you're putting a lot of work into these charts, but they're completely useless.

It doesn't matter if the individuals are talented or not if they don't know what they're supposed to be doing on every play and not working together as a unit. Also, the protection and blocking breakdowns aren't limited to the offensive lineman. Running backs not picking up blitzes and F backs missing assignments have been prevalent as well.

Some of this needs to be attributed to youth, but the majority is on the coaches. If the young guys simply aren't ready, then stop running them out there. You lose the ability to blame youth, when you have them playing in front of guys that at least have a little experience (Magee and Cushenberry), in my opinion.

It was really telling to read Malone say that some guys don't know the offense yet and not everyone has bought in. That's 100% on the coaching, from Orgeron to Canada to Grimes.

Just my .02. I hope they can get this turned around so we can at least be respectable, but even a hopeless optimist like myself is about out of hope.

Not sure why I'm still trying to convince people...but I updated the original to include 2 deep...for 'depth' purposes. __________________________________________________________________

Same reason PERRY MASON kept on cross examining/Same reason LSU fans quit being cows and made "Help Mac Pac" bumper stickers in the 70s . . . we either FIGHT now, or let the program slip so far these highly skilled players start TRANSFERRING OUT.