Quote Originally Posted by engie View Post
Muniz and Beckwith both practiced center and looked passable...

We're actually deeper on the OL overall than we've been at any other time under Mullen as of today IMO. That's not to say that we're in good shape -- we still aren't where we'd like to be. But the OL is different than other positions on the field -- in that NO team has more than 8 or so that are ready -- regardless of how many stars they had...

We've got at least 3 -- likely to be 4 -- tackles that are game ready. We haven't had that before. The fact that Senior hasn't seen one damn snap at right tackle to the best of my knowledge tells us all we need to know about how Mullen feels about the position. He was already our 2nd best tackle by the end of last year. And that isn't even including the 5th yr SR that is likely to be around for depth purposes only...
It depends on your definition of deep. And this board's confidence in our O-line is higher than mine. We are laughing at Ole Miss for their RT issues while at the same time this board has Malone penciled in as the starter despite Zero Playing time or Practice time at RT. We also hope/think Clayborn is going to be good but he wasn't good last year albeit as a true freshman. Some argued Beckwith was the weak link last year and now he is back and we call RG solid? And Clausell has never been particularly good as a run blocker. Senior hasn't moved to RT b/c you can't be 280 pounds and play RT in the SEC. Day is an above average Center due to all of the playing time, but his injury has been rumored to be somewhat serious. This is the unit that may prevent us from hitting our high expectations.