Keys to 10 wins

[Coach34]

Notice I said our O-line is mediocre, not terrible. When you start talking 10 wins, you need to have a really good O-line.

Clausell is decent b/c of his experience and is ok against the pass. He doesn't move people in the run game. Clayborn had limited playing time as a true freshman and now has to replace a draft pick. Day is solid. Beckwith is a former walk-on, he give it his all, but is not a road grader by any means. And we really don't know who our RT is going to be. Some say Malone. That's fine but he is coming off a major injury and has never played tackle before. Hopefully that answers your question. Again, the question was about 10 wins, not 7 or 8. And I didn't even mention depth. One injury would be devastating.

Our OL situation is much better than this is portrayed.

Clausell is one of the 5 best LT's in the SEC
Day is a top 5 Center
Clayborn is our best run-blocker right now- he is Gabe Jackson as a Soph
Beckwith played well at times last year- certainly did down the stretch
Malone has made 7-8 starts as an SEC player. OL players move around all the time- so it's not like we are asking him to go from playing QB to TE

Depth-wise- we have 3 early games that will allow us to get some of these guys experience:

Johnson
Flowers
Senior (who has made 1 career start)
Warren

Losing Day would be the only real bigtime injury that would concern me- but overall- this is probably the best shape we have been in upfront since Mullen arrived