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Posted on 11/8/12 at 1:50 pm to TheBiggestSpur
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We need to get some big Ogre arse offensive linemen. We also need to have a clean slate open QB competition this offseason but that's another story.
Wait ... lemme just make sure I am understanding you here.
You want to tell Connor Shaw, who is what, 12-3 as a starter? You want to tell Connor Shaw he is going to have to start all over again?
Or are you simply stating the obvious, stating what Spurrier ALWAYS says in the Spring - every position is wide open to competition and he'll play the best player at that position?
One goes without saying, the other should never be said. You decide which is which.
Posted on 11/14/12 at 4:48 pm to TheBiggestSpur
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We need to get some big Ogre arse offensive linemen. We also need to have a clean slate open QB competition this offseason but that's another story.
We are getting them....I have never been more optimistic about our situation at OL than I am these days. The 2010 and 2011 seasons our OL depth was as thin as it has ever been under Spurrier, with only a 7-man 2-deep for '10, and only 1 OT with any college experience for '11 (and that one guy was lost for most of the season)...
We're going through an inevitable transition from having very experienced OL but little to no depth, to having great depth but less experience. But as we continue to recruit solid OL like we've been doing beginning with the 2010 class, those things will soon balance out where we have great depth PLUS great experience...
We will lose T.J. Johnson for next season, but he's the only one of any note (Also losing Broome, but he was actually a bust for us after being such a highly rated JUCO OL).
We now will have a legitimate 2-deep at OL next season, with Shell, Robinson, Matulis (hopefully), Gibson, Sport, and Stadnick at OT....Cann, Patrick, Waldrop, Stadnick, and Sport can also move over as well at OG, and Harris, Stadnick, and Ford at OC.
We are bringing in one of the best OL classes under Elliott for the 2013 class: King, Park, Knott, and Voneshek are all solid prospects and with the exception of Voneshek who will definitely need a RS year to develop physically, all of them have Div. 1 college-ready bodies. We're also in strong position to add highly-rated Na'Ty Rodgers. But the GREAT thing that we couldn't really say 3-4 seasons ago, was our incoming freshman won't need to be pushed into playing situations before they're ready due to poor depth. They can ALL red-shirt next season, and we'll still have a full 2-deep....
Corey Robinson has made a pleasant surprise for me...I was wondering what the deal was with him when we moved him to the DL when he came in, but never heard much from him there. Then he moved back to OL this off-season, and next thing we know he becomes our regular starter at LT. He's a 3rd-yr. sophomore, and with Shell being a RS-freshman we could have some stability at the OT position for the next 2 years...
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