Why does our o line suck?

Which of the seven different OL lineups did you think sucked the most?

It is both Jimmies and Joes and scheme.

We've struggled in recruiting in the trenches for several years leading to weak, thin o-lines.

On the flip side, our scheme does everything possible to expose them by running long-developing pass plays, relying on a smash-mouth running game, little-to-no tempo HUNH, few RPOs, few quick timing passes (think quick slants, button hooks, and 10 yard out passes), and max protection. While max protect can give the QB more time, it also takes away options to throw the ball to allowing the secondary to double-cover recievers and the linebackers to pin their ears back and rush the passer.

The way to overcome a weak o-line is to run a West Coast offense (2 and 3 step drop passes with short and intermediate routes) out of the shotgun with a healthy dose of zone read, play action, and RPO to boot while also going HUNH to tire out the opposing pass rush.

We supposedly couldn't do the HUNH because key members of the offense couldn't learn the audibles. When the team did run tempo, it worked really well, but they refused to stick with it.

We really didn’t. When we did we looked like a modern offense.

I just posed this question, but I'll post it here as well":


How many blue-chip offensive lineman has LSU signed recently that played tackle in high school? It seems like Miles was recruiting guards to play tackle in a run-oriented offense.