Now that Luke Joeckel leaving is official

I think the only thing we know for Certain is that the 4 known starters are Jake, Jarvis, Mike and Ced.

Everyone agrees that Jake will most likely slide to the left (Ced could step in there and be fine but Jake is definitely the better player so that should be his landing spot)

The last spot I think comes down to Ifedi/Kimo/Compton/Cheek (we could throw Klinke in there but I just don't see it happening, could be wrong).

Kimo and/or Ifedi could be complete studs, no one really knows; personally I would love for one of them to lock up the starting position at RG just because it would mean that 1) they are better than the rest and 2) we will have a guy with some serious longevity holding down the G position in the future.

Baring one of the Fish coming out and wowing everyone I think it comes down to a few things (that we already discussed CGSC but I will post here for those that weren't reading the Rant thread).

1) Who has a better off season Compton or Cheek?
2) How important is it to have Compton reserved as backup C?
3) Do the coaches want the added disruption of moving Ced out of the G position he played in all year in favor of putting him at RT?

I am inclined to think that Compton will have the better offseason and our starting 5 will be

LT - Jake
LG - Jarvis
C - Mike
RG - Compton
RG - Ced

I am only basing this on what I have heard and seen from Compton from a physical stand point; I have seen several references to him just being one of the most physical guys on the team; you just don't hear much about Cheek.

But at the same time it wouldn't surprise me no matter what happens; despite losing Luke I think we are still insanely talented on the OL.

Would we redshirt all four of our incoming linemen?

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Would we redshirt all four of our incoming linemen?

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Probably not Stuckey, he will provide good depth as a JUCO guy and step in for Matthews when he leaves (or maybe even factor in at RT and let Ced stay at G? who knows)

But for the 3 HS guys it is probably best for them. The Matthews brothers and Luke are the exception, not the rule. There are very few HS OL that are physically mature enough to step in and contribute in major college football. They may have the pure mass but they don't usually have the required muscle or the bulk.

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Kimo and/or Ifedi could be complete studs, no one really knows;

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there is quite a bit of buzz around Germaine Ifedi honestly. Of people that are really in the know that I talk to, he gets mentioned an awful lot.

Pat is a senior though. Again, our Oline was in shambles when Sherman came in so it's not at all surprising that those guys played. Pat probably would have redshirted today. Honestly I'm not sure if Jake Matthews wouldn't. Luke was just a manchild from day one but Jake struggled a bit early on.

You guys are depressing me making me think about how much Fran sucked.

I know ... Fran had an affliction that caused him to completely ignore OL and DL recruiting. The sad thing is those OL were not bad at all for the most part. If they had some good depth behind them they could have been pretty nasty.

To fill the guard position McKinney said that Ifedi is just a mauler and that, while a natural T he won't beat out Ced, but having Harrison and Ifedi at G would be like having two maulers in there but don't sleep on Compton either.

Those were the two most discussed with Kimo and possibly Shav Hatten (possibly moving from DL to OL) mentioned in passing.

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I think the competition for the 2nd spot at guard will come down to Ifedi or Cheek

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I have not heard anyone mention Cheek as a potential Guard. you don't put a 6'7" G when you have a 6'5" T.

If Ced and Cheek are the two best for the right side then I think Cheek plays T and Ced stays at G because he has proven he can play there. If it is Ced and Compton/Ifedi then Ced plays T.