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2012 Offensive Line ( O-Line ) Discussion

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MililaniBuckeye;2256470; said:
If we had this year's OL and Ginn didn't get hurt in the end zone, I dare say we just may have beaten Florida in Glendale...
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That's assuming we were able to stop them on defense. I remember not being able to for one half. The second is blurry and I won't watch any videos.
 
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Here is the thing about the offensive lines from the Tressel era. The players and athletes weren't that bad. Look at all of the guys we had that were ranked extremely high....

Alex Boone, Mike Adams, Kyle Mitchum, Connor Smith, Michael Brewster, JB Shugarts etc

All of these guys under achieved after being ranked extremely high coming out of high school. I'm not saying that high school rankings have everything to do with it, but when you get athletes like this every year not that many should be that disappointing.

The common denominator is Jim Bollman. He took the best lineman in the country and turned them in to average even bad players. Just think what could have happened if Ed Warinner would have had his hand in some of these player careers. Boone, Adams, and Brewster may have all been first or second round picks. May be a stretch as well, but no out of the realm of possibility.
 
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ohiojpaz;2256910; said:
Here is the thing about the offensive lines from the Tressel era. The players and athletes weren't that bad. Look at all of the guys we had that were ranked extremely high....

Alex Boone, Mike Adams, Kyle Mitchum, Connor Smith, Michael Brewster, JB Shugarts etc

All of these guys under achieved after being ranked extremely high coming out of high school. I'm not saying that high school rankings have everything to do with it, but when you get athletes like this every year not that many should be that disappointing.

The common denominator is Jim Bollman. He took the best lineman in the country and turned them in to average even bad players. Just think what could have happened if Ed Warinner would have had his hand in some of these player careers. Boone, Adams, and Brewster may have all been first or second round picks. May be a stretch as well, but no out of the realm of possibility.
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Check out BC this year. 107th in sacks allowed and 118th in rushing offense.
 
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