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The O that has had us blaming our O-line for poor performance for four years - despite sending every graduating starter to the NFL.
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It is the O-line, but not the players' fault. There's some disconnect if these guys are highly rated out of high school and can start as rookies in the NFL, but suck here in Columbus. And the only constant has been Bollman, he must go before he [censored]s up the 2004 and 2005 recruiting classes that Fickell and Co. are trying to build.
And the inability to teach the offensive line is why I have to give Tressel a pass on his OC job so far. Does anybody really believe that we would be going 5 wide if we could line up and punch teams in the mouth? Tressel gave Pittman and Joe more playing time once they were healthy, and we saw a bit of improvement. But the gameplan has to be predicated on the strengths of each unit. People want screens to get the ball into the hands of Bam and Teddy, but the line won't allow for those plays to be set up. You can't coach as if Stringer, Bentley, and Pace are on the line. Bollman has to take the fall for this mediocrity, IMO. It'd be one thing if the draftees were projects, but they are starting as rookies.