AZGrizFan said:
Kind of how I see it too, ‘Bama. It’s why the O-line is such a wild card… :|
The no. 1 all-American-quality back, who scored 23 rushing TD's the prior full season is out for season. The prior year's no. 2 back is hurt and hardly plays. The true frosh looks good, but keeps getting hurt and struggles to get healthy. The young transfer back gets hurt. A redshirting small receiver comes off redshirt, becomes a back, and fills the gap pretty well. 498 yards with a long of 28, and 41.5 per game average. The top 2 backs score a total of 6 TD's.
The QB gets injured and keeps getting injured. The no. 2 frosh qb, who has nice potential, struggles at times and plays like a frosh.
The top receiver from the prior year transfers to Nebraska. The other top remaining receiver never hits his stride. Another good receiver gets hurt and has only 9 catches for season.
And, according to some of the resident experts, it's all the o-line's fault. I don't recall the resident egriz experts touting the prior year's o-line when Knight had 25 TD's and set the UM record. In fact, I recall the o-line getting bashed at times by the those experts.
UM brings in several transfers who are immediate studs on the o-line, yet the resident experts complain that UM doesn't have enough true frosh o-line recruits. Hey, o-line experts, with the transfer rules, recruiting o-line has changed. Why look for a lot of frosh, who often takes a couple years to develop, when you can get experienced studs who want playing time right away.