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Buckeye Offensive Line - 2004 (official thread)

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I think we have a pretty good idea of the likely starters everywhere but here. Last year's unit was given a lot of blame for our problems on offense. Do we get better this year? Who starts next to Sims and Mangold... who are the next best five and who among Rehring, Skinner, Mitchum and Person has the best chance of playing time this year?
 
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I have no idea on the starting positions besides Sims & Mangold. I think that'll be sorted out in spring practices.

I think Person has the best chance of playing this year. I think Mitchum maybe could too, but he probably needs to add some weight before hitting the field.

I think Rehring is somewhat of a project, and will probably redshirt. I think Skinner will, too because of his knee.
 
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First of all, the offensive line couldn't get much worse than last year, so I do expect improvement through subtraction.

Basically what I am looking forward to is an offensive line that can get out and block for screens, and sweeps.

I would love to see us use the vercitility that the new linemen should offer us, and not worry about the lack of size and experience.

Although I think Mangold should probably be playing guard, having an experienced center to make calls makes him the most important piece to our offensive line this year. Sims is probably the most talented and should be the most dominant. We just need these guys to hold their own and I think we will be much improved.

A better RB should help too when Haw does start.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
What's really funny is that despite how inconsistent our OL was last year, all four seniors that started will probably get drafted into the NFL.
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It's truly amazing. The analysis was that we were bad in situation blocking. That is when we needed Bishop or Clarke to pull, neither was particularly fast enough to get there and maintain the integrity of the play, or when Stepanovich came back there was kind of a leadership vacuum at times when the line had to read certain stunts, or that only a few were reliable pass blockers - I keep thinking about that debacle at Wisconsin when their middle totally ruined our pass game for three quarters and when we tried to rally for the win. I hope the new guys can play more like a unit so I'm anxious to see some opinions on this board.
 
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I have a sneaking suspicion that Bollman is the heart of the problem. This OL absolutely collapsed more times than not. Meanwhile teams like Iowa and Minnesota are turning unheralded recruits into all-conference OL's. Did anybody see Minny's young center Eslinger completely dominate scUM last year? They ran for 400 something yards.
 
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CleveBucks said:
I have a sneaking suspicion that Bollman is the heart of the problem. This OL absolutely collapsed more times than not. Meanwhile teams like Iowa and Minnesota are turning unheralded recruits into all-conference OL's. Did anybody see Minny's young center Eslinger completely dominate scUM last year? They ran for 400 something yards.
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That's a new theory... I can't wait to see the responses to this post!
 
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Like I've said before about Bollman/Staff: I'll reserve judgement on their teaching/coaching abilities until after the 2005 season. The staff has been recruiting a different breed of lineman than what Cooper brought in. We won't realize what the true results of their efforts are until more of Tressel's players see the field on the O-line. I have the feeling that the new O-line will be quicker than their predecessors, and will do a better job of pulling and trapping.
 
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I have seen the Bollman attacks before. This truely is a conundrum.

The folks we just lost were very highly rated out of HS and now are highly rated entering the NFL - so it is tough to argue the problem was talent. Motivation? These were all Cooper recruiits, but in three years you would think JT could have solved that problem. Poor QB play? Poor RB play? Injuries? Poor offensive game planning?

It could be poor coaching techinque, but this guy didn't just fall of the wagon.

My biggest disappointment is that when we had late season injuries last season it was still Bishop and Kne who got the PT. Neither Coleman, Schafer, or anyone other underclassmen were ready.

But I agree with jbl. This year JT will have his QB and his OL. I will contineu to withold judgement.
 
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Oh8ch said:
I have seen the Bollman attacks before. This truely is a conundrum.

The folks we just lost were very highly rated out of HS and now are highly rated entering the NFL - so it is tough to argue the problem was talent. Motivation? These were all Cooper recruiits, but in three years you would think JT could have solved that problem. Poor QB play? Poor RB play? Injuries? Poor offensive game planning?

It could be poor coaching techinque, but this guy didn't just fall of the wagon.

My biggest disappointment is that when we had late season injuries last season it was still Bishop and Kne who got the PT. Neither Coleman, Schafer, or anyone other underclassmen were ready.

But I agree with jbl. This year JT will have his QB and his OL. I will contineu to withold judgement.
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JT recently talked up Barton. Other players have said they liked Schafer and Coleman's moxy. Could we be looking at Sims, Schafer, Mangold, Coleman and Barton. That is not knowing if Schafer and Coleman fit into a guard's mold and what part Kne will take.
 
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