Position Group Status After Gasparilla Bowl

He missed last year due to an injury (ACL) he suffered in high school

 

Good idea but it might be better to wait until the week of the CFP Championship. My thinking is this RT spot and a DL are most important going forward verses any other portal needs. The coaching staff is more likely to fill these spots from better teams, i.e. in New Year's bowls or the playoffs, or from P4 schools with coaching changes. Whether we get another kid from Louisville or a lineman from UNC or even an SEC school, these two spots need to be a plug and play type player. Not saying the RT has to start, waiting to see if Manuel is ready, but a RT would be great especially if he has two or more years left.
All that to say, this new thread might have a whole new outlook in mid January.

 

As a former offensive lineman, I can say, without ANY hesitation that any team that has a stout offensive line will always blow other teams away.
That line will KEEP your offense on the field and wear down the opponent's defense.
One can have a decent QB, decent RBs and decent WRs...and that offensive line will still absolutely control the whole game.
Even if our defense is just decent, that offensive line will always always keep moving the chains and not allow the opponent to get their offense on the field.
Now, when we have a top level QB, RBs, Tight Ends and Receivers...
Watch out!

 

Sapp is back?

 

We have to find a portal corner

 

I haven't heard he's going anywhere....I'm sure he is eligible for the no fun league by now.

 

Whoever watched that game and thought “529= good” did NOT watch us play vs LSU or Ole Miss. Those teams will tell you- you can rack up yards and not points and you’ll lose.

you cannot be up 16-0 on fn Tulane and think “this is ok”. Defense gets stop after stop and we don’t score. I’m so tired of this being blamed on player mistakes and missed assignments year after year… while, yes that is a factor- we have DUDES and CBN refuses to find creative ways to get them on the field, make DJ comfy and get them the ball. It really is a simple thought experiment. Take DJ and the WR room of Tank, Abrams, Mizell, Tre, Dallas, Neyshaun, VB3 And a backfield of Jackson, Baugh and KD and pick ANY coordinator in the country you want and tell me we don’t score more than when CBN is calling plays?

 

Red zone offense was very poor in the bowl game.

 

Red zone executions was extremely poor.