I know you weren’t around here the last couple years, but I made a bet with Manhattan that the 2022 CU offense would be better on a PPG basis than 2021, solely based off the idea that 2021 was so bad that it literally couldn’t get worse. It did.
That’s what this feels like. We all thought 2022 OL was so bad that it couldn’t get worse…. But it literally got worse in 2023.
You can blame it on scheme or whatever, but having a QB like Shedeur and an OC like Lewis should be covering some warts like poor OL play, but it’s not. That’s how bad that unit is
Man, this is a lot harder playing OL for 2 than Stout or any of the QBs we had recently. No one did anything advanced defensively against CU and still dominated them. It's was a lot easier. Teams are throwing the kitchen sink at CU this year. The ask is far greater for the OL right now. I even heard one of the coaches in the fall camp talk about it.
It's easy to make you look bad when good players are trying their best against you than when they know they got an easy win and just doing whatever.
A lot of this can be easily solved by hitting the portal and getting studs.
This team needs 6 OL in the portal or 5 and a HS OL stud like Sexton.
Tank needs to hit the portal. He can still play P5 football but this scheme needs more athleticism from the LT. He just has no bend. It's a killer.
Guards. We need 3 of them. Brown should be the only one back.
Tackles - we need an smart athletic LT with experience, four or five star transfer LT. We need a couple tackles like Hughley for depth. Keep Jatta, Savion, and Harden and develop them more, especially mentally for Harden and Jatta. Hopefully land Jordan Sexton.
Center - Wells is fine. I like Talan coming in. I am not sold on Hank but I am not put off on him either. I am not sure the portal is the best use for a center right now.
3-4 guards
2-3 tackles
0 Centers should be our portal goals.
We need studs for guards and the LT. We also need a baller to challenge Savion and let the best man win.
Most of these guys need to be cut but keep Brown, Jatta, Savion, Harden, Wells, and possibly Hank.
You gotta have the size and athleticism. You can't be unathletic and weak. That's just not gonna cut it. We can't do no screens. We can't bully. We can't run. We can't do ****!