OSU's O line problems may just cost them a national title when they should be clear favorites. Consequences don't care about excuses.
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they'll continue to be forced to plug in portal guys to start over this fictional multitude of "guys waiting in the wings".
OL is the one place where cohesiveness is paramount. being together for a long time means a lot.
donnie gets a lot of platitudes from the coaching staff while consistently putting out a shit unit & failing to over recruit underperformers.
I believe what I see, not what I hear from the head cheerleader in North Stadium.
"a hole in frost's recruiting"
the only season Frost didn't bring in a single OL was the year he turned that room over to uncle donnie, who 3 years later still failed to land better guys than Frost did prior to him getting here.
this doesn't seem to match the din of your post
wish I was surprised
we are in dire need of both starters and depth at every position along the OL
that unit has been terrible under our longest tenured assistant, Uncle Donnie the mascot
I also very much doubt the accuracy of your quote and would like to see it sourced when you have a moment.
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I dug into this myself today...Nebraska is the ONLY B10 team to not have a RB have a long run of 50+ yards in the past 3 seasons. Not that it is easy to pop these off, but this is embarrassing. We've had a few WR and a QB do it but the backs needs to make plays happen. EJ had the long of 42 this season.
here are all of our explosive plays from last year and this year thru the ohiost game:
might be 1 or 2 to add down the stretch, including EJ's long run.
OL looked better after Dana took over. Smaller playbook probably helped.
Man. I will say it feels good hosting a bunch of dudes from the portal on visits here.
Nebraska is getting a lot of visits. We'll see how many of those visits actually turn into commitments. Given the 105 rule it can't be too many with the incoming freshmen so I hope the coaches are being very selective and getting their top choices.
I sure wish they had some luck getting a good OL transfer from the portal.
I’m don’t view the transfer portal need for O linemen as urgently as most on here. Call me an optimist I guess but Gottula’s performance encourages me. The youngsters on our roster are going to do nothing but get better. An experienced guy or two would be great but I’m not holding my breath.
Opinions may vary on Gottula.
But I don’t think anyone in their right mind could look at the situation at RT and think Nebraska’s okay there.
We don’t know for sure what we’ll get from the young guys after another winter conditioning, spring practices, summer conditioning and fall camp. There’s a lot of guys who don’t get a sense of urgency to their preparation until a starting job is within their grasp. I liked our last two O line recruiting classes a lot so I have to be optimistic. I didn’t expect them to come in and immediately challenge for starting spots. That’s generally an unrealistic expectation.
The thing the transfers give you is video evidence that they could compete in their given system. Make no mistake, IF a kid like Gottula was in the portal, he would be highly sought after. What other young guy will rise to the opportunity line Gottula did? I’m kind of excited to see. One would be great but I’m not going to be all that concerned if we don’t get a transfer OT.
Some have him listed as a LB, some as a safety. He’s 230 lbs and a great athlete. I wonder if they have him penciled in at ILB or as Gifford replacement at Rover?
We have some very good young offensive linemen but that's the thing many don't quite understand, they're young. I expect these young freshmen and sophomore OL to step up next year and the year after and be part of a great resurgence of great Nebraska offensive linemen we have all been clamoring for. Patience is a virtue that not all share as Husker fans and I admit my patience has been tested a lot during these past 10 to 15 years, but I see a something building, maybe not as fast as I would like but it is building. jmo
I don’t have the exact quote, but I believe our OC specifically spoke to the urgency of bringing in a couple guys for the OL during this portal cycle. Think I’ll trust his instincts here.
Rover was my initial thought too. But OU fans seem to think he would fit better at LB.
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