The biggest complaint about Fry seems to be one of their OL’s weight, RG Ricky Stromberg.

He was 335lbs in high school his junior year and by senior year he was down to 280. He went down to 260 during the summer due to an acid reflux and sinus issue that made him struggle to eat. He was playing at 277 by end of fall camp and said his goal by the next season was 295.

I don’t think the coaching staff actually wanted him playing at a lower weight. That was the just natural progression of reworking his body plus that illness he experienced. I think it says a lot that they identified him out of high school and still started despite all that crap.

No idea who gets hired for OL coach. Obviously Fry is underwhelming but we would have traded Grimes for almost any human on earth when it became apparent we’re unlikely to sign a HS OT for the 50th season in a row

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Back to his weight, Stromberg accepted as a 6-4, 280-pounder, but was headed toward 260 when he got to campus six months later.
“I got acid reflux,” he said. “I had some trouble with my sinus.”

That’s singular.

“Yeah, I’m weird, I have only one sinus,” he said. “I was having trouble with it when I got here, real bad allergies. And, I just couldn’t eat because of the acid reflux.
“It was awful. I couldn’t swallow. My throat burned down into my chest. I didn’t even want to look at food. I’d cough up stuff after it got stuck.”

Doctors got him straight with some Zantac.
“I didn’t have to take it for long,” Stromberg said. “I had begun gaining back the weight when they weighed me (for the media guide in early July). It was 266 then. I’m at 277 now and I’ll probably be 280 soon. My goal is 295 by next season.”

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This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 1:15 pm