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Article: Gus-Handler Named To Watch List For Rimington Trophy

I can't see him winning it this year, but he could certainly be a finalist with a big year and position himself as a real contender his senior year. It all starts up front. Handler's the key to our OL. Whenever CU's had a great center, we've had a great OL.
 
I can't see him winning it this year, but he could certainly be a finalist with a big year and position himself as a real contender his senior year. It all starts up front. Handler's the key to our OL. Whenever CU's had a great center, we've had a great OL.

whenever we've had a great OL, we've had a very good to great center imo. not sure it's automatic the other way.
 
whenever we've had a great OL, we've had a very good to great center imo. not sure it's automatic the other way.

Which causes which?

Or maybe they're tied together. No center can be a star without a strong OL unit to each side... and no OL can be great if it's got a poor C anchoring the middle.

I think you make a great point. OL has to be thought of as a 5-headed monster. We've seen guys like Solder fail to meet fan expectations because the unit was sub-par.
 
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