How bad is Auburn's offensive line?

HuskyJW said:

My favorite so far are the 5 star athletes from 3 years ago that can't find the field.

But he's an upgrade.

Fuck me sideways.

Doogles said:

This game is all about heat from the edge. If we can do that Stidham will throw at least two picks.

Just haven't proven we can do that against bigger athletes. This is Bennings game.

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GreenRiverGatorz said:

We know Greg, Levi, and String are all gonna manhandle Auburn's interior OL. But Rice, Benning, Bowman, and Williams all have a great opportunity to assert themselves as well and show us whether or not we actually have an edge pass rush this year. Mathis was good for the half season we actually had him, but this defense hasn't really had a formidable edge rush since Kikaha and Hudson were balling out in 2014.

2014 - 52 Sacks for 297 Yards - 2nd in Conference
2015 - 34 Sacks for 208 Yards - 5th in Conference
2016 - 40 Sacks for 248 Yards - 2nd in Conference
2017 - 39 Sacks for 259 Yards - 2nd in Conference

Our? standing in the conference has been consistent, but overall sack numbers are way down from Kikaha and Hudson.

Push up the middle is great and we? have been amazing at it. But it's clear you need heat from the edge.

Yeah but half those sacks are against Sac State, Wazzu, and the fighting Beavs.

dnc said:

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GreenRiverGatorz said:

We know Greg, Levi, and String are all gonna manhandle Auburn's interior OL. But Rice, Benning, Bowman, and Williams all have a great opportunity to assert themselves as well and show us whether or not we actually have an edge pass rush this year. Mathis was good for the half season we actually had him, but this defense hasn't really had a formidable edge rush since Kikaha and Hudson were balling out in 2014.

But how are we going to replace Feeney and Middleton???

WeakarmCobra said:

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AU2xguy said:

It's the biggest question mark on the team, but the line is loaded with talent. Just lost a lot of experience due to graduation. For example, the starting LT has only been playing football for 3-4 years total (going back to high school). He's just a freak athlete that was originally recruited to play D-line, but got moved the offensive side rather quickly upon seeing his footwork and potential.

The new O-line coach is actually the same guy that coached the line from 2013 - 2015. He's a significant upgrade as far as on field coaching goes.

As for wildcat, AU has run some kind of wildcat package every year under Malzahn. Lindsey also ran some wildcat while he was the OC at Arizona State. I wouldn't read too much into this as it's probably just a new package for matchups.

TLDR on all SEC posters is basically some form of 5 reasons, but being 100% serious. More talent, coaching upgrades since the offseason, the only weak spots aren't actually weak spots because xyz, the only losses they had last year weren't real losses because xyz. Basically every SEC poster is OBK.

Fuck I'm actually going to have to root for UW against these assholes.

@AuburnFan please tell me you went to auburn?

AuburnFan said:

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Doogles said:

This game is all about heat from the edge. If we can do that Stidham will throw at least two picks.

Just haven't proven we can do that against bigger athletes. This is Bennings game.

Umm ... Stidham only threw 6 ints all year.
He won’t be throwing one (unless a lucky tip int)
... much less 2 ints

I’m confident in Tega & Driscoll at LT & RT.
Tega is a freak athlete & started 7 games last year. Driscoll is a Umass Grad who played against MISS ST’s DL (better than UWs) & didn’t give up a sack.

Plus Stidham is sharp in the pocket... watch UGA & Bama highlights from last year.

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AuburnFan said:

Doogles said:

This game is all about heat from the edge. If we can do that Stidham will throw at least two picks.

Just haven't proven we can do that against bigger athletes. This is Bennings game.

Umm ... Stidham only threw 6 ints all year.
He won’t be throwing one (unless a lucky tip int)
... much less 2 ints

I’m confident in Tega & Driscoll at LT & RT.
Tega is a freak athlete & started 7 games last year. Driscoll is a Umass Grad who played against MISS ST’s DL (better than UWs) & didn’t give up a sack.

Plus Stidham is sharp in the pocket... watch UGA & Bama highlights from last year.

https://twitter.com/WestcoastCfb/status/1027327047104847872

SECDAWG said:

They not that good Gary..young and inexperienced..Going to be a helluva gayme. Will come down to the wire. Auburn not as good as advertised. Probably 4th best team in SEC, if not lower.

PurpleBaze said:

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AuburnFan said:

WeakarmCobra said:

ntxduck said:

AU2xguy said:

It's the biggest question mark on the team, but the line is loaded with talent. Just lost a lot of experience due to graduation. For example, the starting LT has only been playing football for 3-4 years total (going back to high school). He's just a freak athlete that was originally recruited to play D-line, but got moved the offensive side rather quickly upon seeing his footwork and potential.

The new O-line coach is actually the same guy that coached the line from 2013 - 2015. He's a significant upgrade as far as on field coaching goes.

As for wildcat, AU has run some kind of wildcat package every year under Malzahn. Lindsey also ran some wildcat while he was the OC at Arizona State. I wouldn't read too much into this as it's probably just a new package for matchups.

TLDR on all SEC posters is basically some form of 5 reasons, but being 100% serious. More talent, coaching upgrades since the offseason, the only weak spots aren't actually weak spots because xyz, the only losses they had last year weren't real losses because xyz. Basically every SEC poster is OBK.

Fuck I'm actually going to have to root for UW against these assholes.

@AuburnFan please tell me you went to auburn?

2004 Grad

Same year I graduated from UW Madison. What a coincidence!

WeakarmCobra said:

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PurpleBaze said:

AuburnFan said:

WeakarmCobra said:

ntxduck said:

AU2xguy said:

It's the biggest question mark on the team, but the line is loaded with talent. Just lost a lot of experience due to graduation. For example, the starting LT has only been playing football for 3-4 years total (going back to high school). He's just a freak athlete that was originally recruited to play D-line, but got moved the offensive side rather quickly upon seeing his footwork and potential.

The new O-line coach is actually the same guy that coached the line from 2013 - 2015. He's a significant upgrade as far as on field coaching goes.

As for wildcat, AU has run some kind of wildcat package every year under Malzahn. Lindsey also ran some wildcat while he was the OC at Arizona State. I wouldn't read too much into this as it's probably just a new package for matchups.

TLDR on all SEC posters is basically some form of 5 reasons, but being 100% serious. More talent, coaching upgrades since the offseason, the only weak spots aren't actually weak spots because xyz, the only losses they had last year weren't real losses because xyz. Basically every SEC poster is OBK.

Fuck I'm actually going to have to root for UW against these assholes.

@AuburnFan please tell me you went to auburn?

2004 Grad

Same year I graduated from UW Madison. What a coincidence!

Sorry I missed this, but why go there out of all the Midwest schools? There were better options