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re: Will O pull scholarship offers in order to bring in more linemen?
Posted on 9/29/17 at 11:07 pm to wildcat81tiger86
Posted on 9/29/17 at 11:07 pm to wildcat81tiger86
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Every year needs at least 5 OL.
Let's assume you're wrong for sake of argument.
If you go 4, EVERY YEAR - and you redshirt every single one, you only have 12 scholarship linemen available for a game, assuming no one goes pro early and you have no attrition.
And if you don't redshirt every single one, then that means you're playing true freshmen on the OL.
So, I think when rational people look at it - you should be taking 5 more years than not. If you don't, you've got problems if guys go pro, you have any attrition or you don't want to play true freshmen.
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 11:25 pm to Ace Midnight
I'd like to see us take too many OT, convert them to G if necessary, instead of the other way around. If you have to choose, and with recruiting you sometimes do, that's the way to go. UGA (and Bama) usually go for 3 OTs a cycle if there's enough with talent out there. And they probably avg around 5 total OL a year, meaning 2 OGs and 3 OTs. It works for them.
Converting OTs to G or C, when you avg. 2 OTs a year is crazy to me.
Problem is, you can only "catch up" so much per year. If you're playing catch up with any group with 3 or more per position it's tough. OL are the toughest, you have 5 and OTs are a specialist. So if we went out and got 8 in '18 we'd be caught with pants down 3-4 yrs from now OR another group would suffer over the same time period, or both.
Converting OTs to G or C, when you avg. 2 OTs a year is crazy to me.
Problem is, you can only "catch up" so much per year. If you're playing catch up with any group with 3 or more per position it's tough. OL are the toughest, you have 5 and OTs are a specialist. So if we went out and got 8 in '18 we'd be caught with pants down 3-4 yrs from now OR another group would suffer over the same time period, or both.
This post was edited on 9/29/17 at 11:28 pm
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