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re: The offensive line may well scuttle the season...again.

Posted on 8/10/22 at 3:24 pm to
Posted by mmcgrath
Indianapolis
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 8/10/22 at 3:24 pm to
The O-Line finished last year pretty strong as I recall. And they added a decent amount of talent this offseason. Sounds good to me.

As you might recall last year they got a new O-Line coach a month before the season started and had a very inexperienced and not very good OC to help out. Now they have had that same coach (the only position coach returning). I expect that the OL will be the least of our issues this year. Of course that doesn't mean that we will be sack free or be able to run at will as many idiot fans demand.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 8/10/22 at 3:42 pm to
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The O-Line finished last year pretty strong as I recall. And they added a decent amount of talent this offseason. Sounds good to me


LSU ran the ball much better in the second half of the season. But that was as much a byproduct of changing their running game approach moreso than improved OL play.

Still, 3 key, experienced starters from that OL are gone (Deculus, Shanahan, Ingram). What LSU returns are multiple guys who had moments (Wire, Dellinger, Bradford, Martinez, etc), but none who are definite starters going into this season, along with a couple of transfers who had good success...but at a much lower level of competition.

Perhaps LSU's OL will be much, much better than last year. But as a group, there is probably no bigger question mark on the team.
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