Basically all these guys either suck or probably suck.
The bench is something ugly as sin like:
T - Kaleb McGary (RFr.) G/T - Matt James (RFr.) G/T - Andrew Kirkland (So.) G - Jesse Sosebee (RFr.) G/C - Cory Fuavai (Jr.) G/C - Dane Crane (So.) G/C/T - John Turner (RFr.)
Then you have the freshmen:
T - Trey Adams T - Devin Burleson T - Jared Hilbers G - Henry Roberts
After watching and paying attention in spring, my take is that we basically had 4 total OL on our roster that could be good, but most have caveats:
1. Jesse Sosebee (he's the only guy without a caveat, just young). 2. Kaleb McGary (never played OL before). 3. Devin Burleson (never played football before).
Oh crap, that's just three—worse than I thought.
So, either we're going to take a LOT of growing pains and risk ruining young guys like McGary, Burleson, Adams or Roberts... we're going to have to wait until the jagoffs on our current line are done playing.
The potential change here is that Shelton is so small, he might get moved inside and McGary could take over for him. However, unseating starters is just not tremendously usual and guys like Adams and Roberts (who come in with all the tools and pedigree) are far enough behind in years, they may have to sit for a while; while guys like McGary probably aren't ready to overtake guys like Shelton in practice (if that's the metric).
So, really we're looking at 2017 (which I assume will be special, but it looks more like '18 from this) to get to a point where we have playing talent:
LT - Trey Adams (So.) LG - Henry Roberts (So.) C - Crane/James/Shelton RG - Jesse Sosebee (Jr.) RT - McGary (Jr.)
Basically all these guys either suck or probably suck.
The bench is something ugly as sin like:
T - Kaleb McGary (RFr.) G/T - Matt James (RFr.) G/T - Andrew Kirkland (So.) G - Jesse Sosebee (RFr.) G/C - Cory Fuavai (Jr.) G/C - Dane Crane (So.) G/C/T - John Turner (RFr.)
Then you have the freshmen:
T - Trey Adams T - Devin Burleson T - Jared Hilbers G - Henry Roberts
After watching and paying attention in spring, my take is that we basically had 4 total OL on our roster that could be good, but most have caveats:
1. Jesse Sosebee (he's the only guy without a caveat, just young). 2. Kaleb McGary (never played OL before). 3. Devin Burleson (never played football before).
Oh crap, that's just three—worse than I thought.
So, either we're going to take a LOT of growing pains and risk ruining young guys like McGary, Burleson, Adams or Roberts... we're going to have to wait until the jagoffs on our current line are done playing.
The potential change here is that Shelton is so small, he might get moved inside and McGary could take over for him. However, unseating starters is just not tremendously usual and guys like Adams and Roberts (who come in with all the tools and pedigree) are far enough behind in years, they may have to sit for a while; while guys like McGary probably aren't ready to overtake guys like Shelton in practice (if that's the metric).
So, really we're looking at 2017 (which I assume will be special, but it looks more like '18 from this) to get to a point where we have playing talent:
LT - Trey Adams (So.) LG - Henry Roberts (So.) C - Crane/James/Shelton RG - Jesse Sosebee (Jr.) RT - McGary (Jr.)
Basically all these guys either suck or probably suck.
The bench is something ugly as sin like:
T - Kaleb McGary (RFr.) G/T - Matt James (RFr.) G/T - Andrew Kirkland (So.) G - Jesse Sosebee (RFr.) G/C - Cory Fuavai (Jr.) G/C - Dane Crane (So.) G/C/T - John Turner (RFr.)
Then you have the freshmen:
T - Trey Adams T - Devin Burleson T - Jared Hilbers G - Henry Roberts
After watching and paying attention in spring, my take is that we basically had 4 total OL on our roster that could be good, but most have caveats:
1. Jesse Sosebee (he's the only guy without a caveat, just young). 2. Kaleb McGary (never played OL before). 3. Devin Burleson (never played football before).
Oh crap, that's just three—worse than I thought.
So, either we're going to take a LOT of growing pains and risk ruining young guys like McGary, Burleson, Adams or Roberts... we're going to have to wait until the jagoffs on our current line are done playing.
The potential change here is that Shelton is so small, he might get moved inside and McGary could take over for him. However, unseating starters is just not tremendously usual and guys like Adams and Roberts (who come in with all the tools and pedigree) are far enough behind in years, they may have to sit for a while; while guys like McGary probably aren't ready to overtake guys like Shelton in practice (if that's the metric).
So, really we're looking at 2017 (which I assume will be special, but it looks more like '18 from this) to get to a point where we have playing talent:
LT - Trey Adams (So.) LG - Henry Roberts (So.) C - Crane/James/Shelton RG - Jesse Sosebee (Jr.) RT - McGary (Jr.)
Who was the last stud OL UW had? Kelemete's hype was more based off his athleticism vs being really good. If we go further back, the same was basically true for Khalif Barnes, although he was injured for almost his entire senior year.
You can get away with having one Colin Tanigawa, average OL type starting. You can't get away with 5 of them like UW tried the past 4 or 5 years. Some like to pretend the Riva and Dexter Charles are/were good, but they weren't any better than an average Pac 12 lineman. I won't even go back to the Ty era because they were a disaster then.
Who was the last stud OL UW had? Kelemete's hype was more based off his athleticism vs being really good. If we go further back, the same was basically true for Khalif Barnes, although he was injured for almost his entire senior year.
You can get away with having one Colin Tanigawa, average OL type starting. You can't get away with 5 of them like UW tried the past 4 or 5 years. Some like to pretend the Riva and Dexter Charles are/were good, but they weren't any better than an average Pac 12 lineman. I won't even go back to the Ty era because they were a disaster then.
Our last good offensive lineman was actually a tie: Olson and Kreutz in '97. I can't name a guy since then I would really like to have back.
Also, anyone who pretends Dexter Charles is good should be raped.
Kelemete starting for the Cardinals tells me he was good. Khalif barnes is good by virtue of starting in the nfl as long as he has, however he's not a "holy shit let's anchor our line around him" kinda guy. More of a "he's good enough to work with and the udfa from Cornell behindhim will get abused at this level" kinda guy.
We'll never know how much help Riva could have been. Maybe he springs Dwayne "goat fuck" washington for a few more tds.
Who was the last stud OL UW had? Kelemete's hype was more based off his athleticism vs being really good. If we go further back, the same was basically true for Khalif Barnes, although he was injured for almost his entire senior year.
You can get away with having one Colin Tanigawa, average OL type starting. You can't get away with 5 of them like UW tried the past 4 or 5 years. Some like to pretend the Riva and Dexter Charles are/were good, but they weren't any better than an average Pac 12 lineman. I won't even go back to the Ty era because they were a disaster then.
Our last good offensive lineman was actually a tie: Olson and Kreutz in '97. I can't name a guy since then I would really like to have back.
Also, anyone who pretends Dexter Charles is good should be raped.
Who was the last stud OL UW had? Kelemete's hype was more based off his athleticism vs being really good. If we go further back, the same was basically true for Khalif Barnes, although he was injured for almost his entire senior year.
You can get away with having one Colin Tanigawa, average OL type starting. You can't get away with 5 of them like UW tried the past 4 or 5 years. Some like to pretend the Riva and Dexter Charles are/were good, but they weren't any better than an average Pac 12 lineman. I won't even go back to the Ty era because they were a disaster then.
Our last good offensive lineman was actually a tie: Olson and Kreutz in '97. I can't name a guy since then I would really like to have back.
Also, anyone who pretends Dexter Charles is good should be raped.
Maybe no individual that I'd love to have back, but I'd take the whole 2000 OL wiff a bullet.
Kelemete starting for the Cardinals tells me he was good. Khalif barnes is good by virtue of starting in the nfl as long as he has, however he's not a "holy shit let's anchor our line around him" kinda guy. More of a "he's good enough to work with and the udfa from Cornell behindhim will get abused at this level" kinda guy.
We'll never know how much help Riva could have been. Maybe he springs Dwayne "goat fuck" washington for a few more tds.
He doesn't start for the Cardinals and was cut after his rookie season. But still.
Kelemete starting for the Cardinals tells me he was good. Khalif barnes is good by virtue of starting in the nfl as long as he has, however he's not a "holy shit let's anchor our line around him" kinda guy. More of a "he's good enough to work with and the udfa from Cornell behindhim will get abused at this level" kinda guy.
We'll never know how much help Riva could have been. Maybe he springs Dwayne "goat fuck" washington for a few more tds.
He doesn't start for the Cardinals and was cut after his rookie season. But still.
Who was the last stud OL UW had? Kelemete's hype was more based off his athleticism vs being really good. If we go further back, the same was basically true for Khalif Barnes, although he was injured for almost his entire senior year.
You can get away with having one Colin Tanigawa, average OL type starting. You can't get away with 5 of them like UW tried the past 4 or 5 years. Some like to pretend the Riva and Dexter Charles are/were good, but they weren't any better than an average Pac 12 lineman. I won't even go back to the Ty era because they were a disaster then.
Our last good offensive lineman was actually a tie: Olson and Kreutz in '97. I can't name a guy since then I would really like to have back.
Also, anyone who pretends Dexter Charles is good should be raped.
Maybe no individual that I'd love to have back, but I'd take the whole 2000 OL wiff a bullet.
2000 OL was overrated in my view. Chad Ward was definitely good, though. I suppose he would make it.
The good thing about those dudes is that they played mean, but there was no one who was both mean and had insane talent (see Kreutz and Olson).
Once you get to '97, then we have a slew of players that fit that description.
In the best years of Husky football you had Mike Zandofsky, Lincoln Kennedy, Bern Brostek, Olin Kreutz and everyone like that...
I remember thinking Frank Garcia sucked. Frank Garica would broom-handle rape Dane Crane in a Lander bathroom if he were still on the team.
Alpha Dog Honolulu (Hawaii) Kaiser offensive lineman Michael Eletise did not get a ton of reps on Wednesday but the 6-foot-4, 313-pound guard from Hawaii made the most of his. Eletise was easily the most physical lineman on the day, throwing Antwuan Jackson to the ground on one rep. He keeps his feet moving on the interior and gets a great initial punch to not let the defender into his body.
Alpha Dog Honolulu (Hawaii) Kaiser offensive lineman Michael Eletise did not get a ton of reps on Wednesday but the 6-foot-4, 313-pound guard from Hawaii made the most of his. Eletise was easily the most physical lineman on the day, throwing Antwuan Jackson to the ground on one rep. He keeps his feet moving on the interior and gets a great initial punch to not let the defender into his body.
Jesus Christ my husky football blueballs have been swelling the majority of my life. Be merciful o lord of orgasmic release and let me witness a real team before I die.
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LT: Trey Adams
LG: Henry Roberts
C: Jesse Sosebee
RG: Michael Eletise
RT: Kaleb McGary
So, currently we have something that looks like this (don't avert your gaze, be a man and take it):
LT: Jake Eldrenkamp (Jr.)
LG: Dexter Charles (Sr.)
C: Sifa Tufunga (Sr.)
RG: Shane Brostek (Jr.)
RT: Coleman Shelton (So.)
Basically all these guys either suck or probably suck.
The bench is something ugly as sin like:
T - Kaleb McGary (RFr.)
G/T - Matt James (RFr.)
G/T - Andrew Kirkland (So.)
G - Jesse Sosebee (RFr.)
G/C - Cory Fuavai (Jr.)
G/C - Dane Crane (So.)
G/C/T - John Turner (RFr.)
Then you have the freshmen:
T - Trey Adams
T - Devin Burleson
T - Jared Hilbers
G - Henry Roberts
After watching and paying attention in spring, my take is that we basically had 4 total OL on our roster that could be good, but most have caveats:
1. Jesse Sosebee (he's the only guy without a caveat, just young).
2. Kaleb McGary (never played OL before).
3. Devin Burleson (never played football before).
Oh crap, that's just three—worse than I thought.
So, either we're going to take a LOT of growing pains and risk ruining young guys like McGary, Burleson, Adams or Roberts... we're going to have to wait until the jagoffs on our current line are done playing.
So, in 2016 you might have:
LT: Eldrenkamp (Sr.)
LG: Jesse Sosebee (So.)
C: (Crane/James/Turner)
RG: Brostek (Sr)
RT: Shelton (Jr.)
The potential change here is that Shelton is so small, he might get moved inside and McGary could take over for him. However, unseating starters is just not tremendously usual and guys like Adams and Roberts (who come in with all the tools and pedigree) are far enough behind in years, they may have to sit for a while; while guys like McGary probably aren't ready to overtake guys like Shelton in practice (if that's the metric).
So, really we're looking at 2017 (which I assume will be special, but it looks more like '18 from this) to get to a point where we have playing talent:
LT - Trey Adams (So.)
LG - Henry Roberts (So.)
C - Crane/James/Shelton
RG - Jesse Sosebee (Jr.)
RT - McGary (Jr.)
The line you're talking about is a 2018 line.
I'm shit facedbuzz.Dep re ssing
You can get away with having one Colin Tanigawa, average OL type starting. You can't get away with 5 of them like UW tried the past 4 or 5 years. Some like to pretend the Riva and Dexter Charles are/were good, but they weren't any better than an average Pac 12 lineman. I won't even go back to the Ty era because they were a disaster then.
Also, anyone who pretends Dexter Charles is good should be raped.
We'll never know how much help Riva could have been. Maybe he springs Dwayne "goat fuck" washington for a few more tds.
Willie Hurst and Leon Neal are the most underrated husky backs.
The good thing about those dudes is that they played mean, but there was no one who was both mean and had insane talent (see Kreutz and Olson).
Once you get to '97, then we have a slew of players that fit that description.
In the best years of Husky football you had Mike Zandofsky, Lincoln Kennedy, Bern Brostek, Olin Kreutz and everyone like that...
I remember thinking Frank Garcia sucked. Frank Garica would broom-handle rape Dane Crane in a Lander bathroom if he were still on the team.
Jesus Christ my husky football blueballs have been swelling the majority of my life. Be merciful o lord of orgasmic release and let me witness a real team before I die.