While it has certainly felt like OL has been manhandled a few games - we had statistically the best RB in the nation and were somewhere around the top 25 for sacks allowed. What metric do you use to measure OL success or simply eye test?
It wasn't as bad as some thought imo.
It would go a long ways to get better play from the QB and coaching from the OC. Purdy often made it harder on himself and the OL than needed, and Manning has little ability to help the OL. For example, that 3rd and 1 on the first series against Clemson was a handoff to Brock 20 seconds in the making, pulling our guard and having the new freshman OT pickup the Clemson DL. That is on the OC.
Of course, if Kolar's route was not one yard short of the first, we're not even in that spot. That is on the offensive staff too. Purdy acting like a freshmen on the turnovers...just bad details on offense nearly every game