How is this any different than the last 8 years? This is the norm, not the exception these days.
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OL Update and Your Thoughts
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How is this any different than the last 8 years? This is the norm, not the exception these days.
Because you are forgetting our 10 wins no excuses year. Our funk in the trunk year, the intramurals year and my favorite, the game within the game year.
Certainly no guarantees about anyone and you are right that until they actually prove it on the field we don't know. That said Callahan has been healthy and practicing at LT against upper level talent. Irwin spent last year injured and before that worked at guard.
I hope, and pass the kool-aid, that both can be solid contributors. My point is that as a LT Callahan is much less a stretch than Irwin is to think he will be a solid contributor right away.
BlackNGold
Club Member
We heard this about Rippy, that he would be a force. After spring he does not even appear in the conversation at LB. I think we have to let things play out a little bit.
I agree with you, especially considering that at this point Callahan isn't even eligible to play. On the other hand it is okay to be a fan and think about possibilities. And we are due for something to turn out right.
Also I'm not ready to write of Rippy but it certainly looks like at the minimum it's going to take some time for him. He also wasn't on the depth chart of a team that played for the NC.
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Yep. Sefo is too somewhat. But I've been rewatching some of the games and he has a knack for getting rid of the ball the split-second before the defender hits him
...and yet CU was going no huddle spread with him at the helm...truly baffling.
You don't have to have any mobility to play a hurry up spread offense, it just has to be a air raid spread
When I look at 2013, I lot of what I saw was in the realm of avoiding so many negative plays. Not taking sacks, not taking so many non-aggression penalties, not giving up so many field position flippers in the kicking game, and making offenses work for it by not giving up so many big plays.
And while the team also forced some more turnovers, the real progression now has to be maintaining the solid fundamentals while adding more playmaking against the better opponents. We need to see some punt and kickoff returns flip the field. We need to see more sacks and forced turnovers. We need to see more explosive plays (20+ yards) from the offense.
Sefo seems to have that sense of what is happening on the field, not only in the pocket but also downfield. He did get rid of the ball prior to the hit, he also had a lot of plays where he didn't scramble but he moved away from the pressure. He also seemed to know where to look to find the open man.
He still made a lot of mistakes, no surprise as a true frosh but these are some things that some QBs never seem to get. Webb was a good example, Wood was another. Wood was a highly physically talented guy but didn't show that mental side resulting it the things that ended up rattling him and forcing the replacement.
A decent Oline would obviously be huge for this, helping DD have time to get open and give Adkins or Lindsay some big gashes. Aside from the Oline though, the big play guy is the biggest question mark on offense for me. Will a young receiver step up? Will one of the RBs emerge as a true weapon?
We definitely have some guys who can turn on the jets and take it to the house. DD, Ross, Shay, Adkins, TJ and some others. You'll also see guys like Spruce, Bobo, Powell and Keeney have enough speed to make that happen since they have the ability to break an open field tackle.
But none of them are Barry Sanders. As you said, the OL keeping Sefo clean with time to throw is a key here. The OL being able to open some holes in the run game so our RBs are at speed when they're hitting the hole or the 2nd level is key here.
I see pieces that could make this a pretty good offense (i.e., makes some plays, moves the chains and puts around 30 on the board). But there is so much youth and so many questions. Sophomore slumps aren't unheard of from QBs and progression isn't always linear. All I know is that Forman better get the guys to have a great summer and the coaches better be on their games for August/September so that this OL takes a big step forward.
I'm not overly optimistic. There's a chance we could be a bad offense this year. But I do see the potential if the pieces fall into place.
...well then you beter have a cannon and a quick release...equally baffling.
aik
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Graham Harrell for example. Ran close to a 5.1 40 but could sling the short to medium range passes with accuracy to every direction. Helped that he had one of the largest offensive lines I'd ever seen.
