Defense mechanisms will need to be in place after first loss......Also, I have not had ANY alcohol tonight....I'm just :eek4wd:weird:eek4wd:. Midwest weird!
COLUMN: My nightmares about ISU's O-Line in 2016
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Defense mechanisms will need to be in place after first loss......Also, I have not had ANY alcohol tonight....I'm just :eek4wd:weird:eek4wd:. Midwest weird!
I predict a phalanx of protectors, with beer raised high in salute as well as in defense of his person, will surround tolfbfan when ever he might choose to make an appearance at an ISU football festivity. He has so warmed the cockles of our hearts (wait a second, I've got to look up "cockles" to make sure it's an appropriate word . . . yep, it's good) that he has become, in the view of so many, a full-fledged Cyclone partisan.
He's not unlike Winston Churchill, born of an American mother and an English father. Tolfbfan is part Toledo Rocket and ISU Cyclone, a fine mixture.
Do I have status needed to be President???? I was thinking of being a "WALK ON" candidate at the Republican Convention. It's short drive this year and I have a "PLAN".
phalanx: Don't know what it means, but I hope it means many.:th_Jttesur:
when ever he might choose to make an appearance at an ISU football festivity: Does that mean free beer and brats???? If so, It's only a 12 hour drive.
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Phalanx is an ancient Greek battle tactic where shields are formed at a near impenetrable outer shell.
We take our brats pretty seriously up here.
Scoggins better than Lalk? No. They wanted Scoggins to execute at C so Lalk could play G and pull. Scoggins never played so how would you compare anyway?! Lalk was forced to play C because Scoggins couldn't snap, then got hurt,
I agree. It's funny reading through this thread the amount of revisionist history that is in here. That coupled with the hope that is being placed on coach Manning to produce a miracle this year. I can get on board with the hope people, but I don't understand the lack of honest evaluation of players sometimes.
I would add that I think that last year's unit was adequate to good at times in the rushing game, relative to our competition, and poor to very poor in the passing game. The strength was clearly run blocking and yet we were trying to force fit Mangino's Kansas short drop passing game the first half of the year to mixed to poor results.
We improved when we began to play more to the unit's strengths. The OL has been a mess for most of the previous regime, so just about anything will be an improvement in coaching, teaching and scheming.
It's one of the big storylines for Spring and heading into Fall camp. We desperately needed a grad transfer and a couple of Spring JUCOs and we only got 1 of the 3 (at this point). We may yet get a grad transfer, so that could help a lot. I don't want to have to rely on redshirt freshmen for anything beyond spot duty - that's screams of massive problems.
Playing Oline and playing it well is 90% technique and about 10% size. All these guys are over 280 so...size doesn't really matter. You can have a 250 LB stud DE whose technique is stellar just destroy a 320 Lb, strong, Tackle. That's why I'm not as worried as some. What worries me is lack of playing time. But a really good Oline coach can fundamentally change a bad, inexperienced Oline into at least a serviceable Oline.
Define improved. Yards per play went down, total offense went down, scoring offense went down. Don't get me wrong, I liked the change but the results weren't great
I agree about technique being key but weight helps(it isn't most important). 280 is not big enough. It simply isn't. Tom Farniok would tell you he was too small his first two years. He was excited his Jr year to be playing at a stronger 295. Rather than 285-290. Jake Campos increasing his upper body strength will help him immensely. Love hearing the staff say this has been a plus of the hip injury.
To say weight doesn't matter is silly really. iSu plays in the Big 12. You need size and technique. If I were to give you one player weighing 285 who had great technique and mobility and a player weighing 300 with great technique and mobility, which would you take?
Rushing average improved immensely. We were actually competitive and should have won more games. We blew a few games we should have won. Overall we were much better when we ran more of a ball control offense and Lanning at QB. Not much doubt about it.
The only thing worse that the starting offensive line is if any of those guys get hurt! You think the starters give you nightmares now? What do you think happens if they get hurt?
