The OL

[aeromech]

what is an acceptable throw away # of games per season?

for nick saban’s CFP winners, I believe it is zero.

for Phil Jackson, coaching Michael Jordan, 2-3 games at the end of the season.

ponder games where everything works for our opponent, but we are just gonna throw that one away. How many are acceptable to you Double Naught?

that, ma frens, is why double naught calculates exotica, and is dang smart, but is useless …. When he tells us about football.

Saban has some "throw away games", this year it was Texas A&M; but usually he wins his "throw away games". Most seasons he has that one game where fans are commenting 'I wouldn't want to be in practice this week', after a win. In 2019 I think it was after the South Carolina game for example.

 

[aeromech]

In an AJC “five takeaways” article about the game, Gibbs had a quote where he complimented the OL for doing a great job. I guess that could be a “well, what else is he going to say” quote, but I did find it curious given all our discussion of how the OL is the root of a lot of our problems.

JRjr

To be fair, the run blocking against VT was significantly better than what Gibbs has seen since he has been here; but you have remember he has had a game this season where he rushed for -10 yards. Gibbs is probably NFL talent and he rushed for -10 yards, let that sink in.

 

[JoeCakeEater]

Two of the OL starters are transfers and they both played on terrible teams before leaving, Tennessee and Vandy. They shouldn’t accept transfers from losing programs unless there’s legitimate talk of a pro football future.

It was a necessity to take linemen experienced in a more conventional system. What we had the day Collins showed up was a very specialized group that just wasn't going to be able to hold up in pass pro consistently. Transfers were the fastest way to a competent OL. I'd say we are competent now, just not good.

 

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