re: SEC offensive lines in 2013

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We only lose our Center but we replace him with a very good one in Waldrop. We return two very very good tackles in Shell and Robinson along with a couple of experienced Guards and, for the first time I can remember, depth all along the line.

I'm looking at the SEC having some very good OLines across the board next season which is why I've been preaching for a couple of years that, when combined with the DLines returning, the SEC is going to be absolutely brutal in the trenches in 2013. Perhaps the best ever top to bottom.

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Yep losing Johnson will be a big loss, but the OL overall is improving substantially over this year. Johnson had 40 of the OL's 62 career starts beginning this year, with OT's Shell and Robinson never playing OL before, and Patrick being a back-up until this season.

Now we'll return 4 of the 5 starting OL with a full season worth of starts under their belts, plus Gibson and Matulis with some starts as well. Waldrop will be a question mark replacing Johnson at C as a RS freshmen but he has gotten great reviews this year and hopefully will do fine.

For 2013, we'll have only Patrick as a Sr., Cann and Robinson will be RS Jr.s, and Shell will be a RS So. Matulis and Gibson will be the oldest depth as Jrs each (Matulis a true Jr.) and the rest are all sophs and froshs. So I expect in 2014 our OL to be better than the '13 OL will be....