Quote Originally Posted by BB30 View Post
And the difference in being picked 6th or 7th in the SEC this year is any different from the last 8 years? Our OL was not our biggest problem by any stretch of the imagination this past year. Everyone keeps talking about LSU and Bama. They have great defenses year in and year out. We allowed bama to score 51 this year and we allowed an LSU offense that was absolutely atrocious to score 23 most of those came in the 1st half and we dug a hole. Everyone loves Jackie but forgets that our Defense won most of those big games not our OL or offense.

We will never have a truly elite OL we will continue to mask that with a dual threat QB. And as for expectations anyone thinking we can be a program that contends for the SEC year in and year out have lost their minds. It will take years of winning 7-10 games a season before we change perception enough to become a consistent contender. Rome was not built in a day. If we can find a way to win 6-8 games every 2-3 years and contend for the sec every 3-4 years that is a heck of an improvement from where we have been historically.
We have only been picked to finish last in 2009, 2015, and 2016. In 2014- we were picked 4th and considered the dark horse of the West by many The media has actually had decent pulse on us.

We recruit 5 star guys on the DL
We pull in 4-star LB's regularly
We pull 4-star RB's with ease
We recruit well at QB
We keep putting DB's in the NFL
WR recruiting has been spotty

OL recruiting however- hasn't been to the level of the other position groups. That simply can't be denied. Mullen averages 9 points per game vs Bama- NINE after 8 games.

Nobody is saying we can compete for SEC year in and year out. What we are saying is that we will never contend for the SEC until our OL recruiting gets better.