Hudspeth: Both Haack, Nixon will play at Georgia State

[Turbine]

I don't think we've been skimping. We've had the best o line in the belt for the 3 seasons prior to this one and we have a lot of young lineman on this team that I think will be good.

I think we skimped on the d line last year. Hopefully we double up there this year.

I think most teams skimp on linemen.

[Just1More]

I think most teams skimp on linemen.

It isn't that teams skimp on lineman. It's the one position that has the fastest drop off in talent when you aren't talking about P5 programs. Great linemen are a rare breed. Believe me, our coaches are extremely excited when we have good prospective linemen bobbing the UL cork.

[Turbine]

It isn't that teams skimp on lineman. It's the one position that has the fastest drop off in talent when you aren't talking about P5 programs. Great linemen are a rare breed. Believe me, our coaches are extremely excited when we have good prospective linemen bobbing the UL cork.

I would take more chances on developing linemen instead of just taking readymades.

[cajunhawk]

I would take more chances on developing linemen instead of just taking readymades.

That's pretty much the rub. Building a lineman is much more difficult than building a skill player. It's not all size and speed. It's technique, it's repetition, it's position, it's leverage, etc. All those factors contribute to lineman being the majority of misses on the recruiting trail. Case in point...Sherrod Johnson. Size is not an issue for him. It's all the other aspects that keeps him from being an elite SEC defensive lineman. Sure he has contributed...but a person with this size should be dominating.

[CrappDaddy]

That's pretty much the rub. Building a lineman is much more difficult than building a skill player. It's not all size and speed. It's technique, it's repetition, it's position, it's leverage, etc. All those factors contribute to lineman being the majority of misses on the recruiting trail. Case in point...Sherrod Johnson. Size is not an issue for him. It's all the other aspects that keeps him from being an elite SEC defensive lineman. Sure he has contributed...but a person with this size should be dominating.

Sherrod Johnson is a pretty poor example. Even for us, was recruited as a project.

Jacoby Briscoe is a better example. Had all the physical attributes to be a dominant player and hasn't lived up.

[cajun4life]

Sherrod Johnson is a pretty poor example. Even for us, was recruited as a project.

Jacoby Briscoe is a better example. Had all the physical attributes to be a dominant player and hasn't lived up.

Briscoe is too heavy, he needs to drop about 20-30 pounds to get his quickness back.

[CrappDaddy]

Briscoe is too heavy, he needs to drop about 20-30 pounds to get his quickness back.

Whatever happened to Roderick Stephens? He looked really good last year when he played.

[cajunhawk]

Sherrod Johnson is a pretty poor example. Even for us, was recruited as a project.

Jacoby Briscoe is a better example. Had all the physical attributes to be a dominant player and hasn't lived up.

Sherrod is the prime example of my argument. A guy with tremendous size, with little football background who could not be coached up in the time allotted. You see skill players all the time who have little football background go on to succeed. It's just not feasible for lineman.

[axg8750]

Sherrod is the prime example of my argument. A guy with tremendous size, with little football background who could not be coached up in the time allotted. You see skill players all the time who have little football background go on to succeed. It's just not feasible for lineman.

When the "misses" on these players becomes a trend you can't continue to blame the players. At what point do you decide that it's the coaching staff who can't coach up the talent they get?

[cajunhawk]

When the "misses" on these players becomes a trend you can't continue to blame the players. At what point do you decide that it's the coaching staff who can't coach up the talent they get?

I'm still ____ed our staff passed on surefire guys like Vernon Butler, O'Shea Dugas because they either didn't want to anger current commits, or out of pure stubbornness.

[axg8750]

I'm still ____ed our staff passed on surefire guys like Vernon Butler, O'Shea Dugas because they either didn't want to anger current commits, or out of pure stubbornness.

Any chance bandwagon kings's son wants to transfer in?

Seriously, it would be cool to get an update on how his season is going at the JUCO he went to. Maybe someone can bump one of those insane threads and get BWK's attention?

[basinbear]

I would take more chances on developing linemen instead of just taking readymades.

There are no ready made linemen signing with UL