Goat Holder
04-22-2013, 11:52 AM
Not for next year or the year after......the OL will actually be a strength this year and next. But in 2015 it's looking a little scary if the path we're taking now continues into tomorrow. Justin Malone will be the lone Sr. and Justin Senior will be a Jr. Those are our only known commodities at this time (evidence for Senior is that he's on the 2-deep). Things could certainly change, but we don't know if Desper and Carter can play at this time. Same with Clayborn, Thomas and Flowers from the most recent class. Still that's only 4 upperclassmen in 2015 assuming the freshmen redshirt which they will, with our current depth. Yeah we have some walk-ons but I'm not counting them. The one walk-on who has proven he can play is Beckwith, and he'll be a Sr. in 2014.
The defections (for whatever reason) of Lawson, Knox and Maiden are killing us in that regard. Not that they can or can't play, that's just 3 OL spots we don't have. Even if we sign 4-5 OLs in this 2014 class, they will still be at best true Jrs. or RSo. in 2015. I guess that's OK for backups, but like I said, the guys before them haven't proven they can play. Looks like we better get lucky with the guys we have or we better be hitting up the JUCO ranks early this year and next for OL.
Let's face it, MSU + OL issues = 3-9. Remember, 2015 is when we go to Hattiesburg for the next 20 years of imaginary bragging rights....we really need to be able to run over them.
The defections (for whatever reason) of Lawson, Knox and Maiden are killing us in that regard. Not that they can or can't play, that's just 3 OL spots we don't have. Even if we sign 4-5 OLs in this 2014 class, they will still be at best true Jrs. or RSo. in 2015. I guess that's OK for backups, but like I said, the guys before them haven't proven they can play. Looks like we better get lucky with the guys we have or we better be hitting up the JUCO ranks early this year and next for OL.
Let's face it, MSU + OL issues = 3-9. Remember, 2015 is when we go to Hattiesburg for the next 20 years of imaginary bragging rights....we really need to be able to run over them.