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HotlantaGator (198.246.222.7) on 11/14/2002 - 11:56 a.m. says: ( 168 views )

"DOn't Blame Coaches For All of UF's offensive shortcomings."

This year's UF OL is the the youngest and thinnest UF has had in a while, and compared to the best teasm in the nation doesn't have enough upperclassmen to be a top OL. UF is only playing 7 OL. Out of those 7 1 is a 5th year player (Jorgy) 0 are 4th year players (this reflects fact that UF signed NO OL in 1999) 2 are 3rd year players (Snell and Starks) 3 are 2nd year players (Colon, Michell and Degory) 1 is a 1st yearplayer (Hand) Compare this to UM's OL: 4 of the 2 deep OL are 5th year players 2 are 4th year players 2 are 3rd years 2 are 2nd years Now Oklahomas: 4 of its 2 deep are 5th year players 1 is a 4th year 3 are 3rd years 2 are 2nd years Alos compare thisyear's OL to UF's best teams: In 1995 UF had 4 4th year starters Odom, Green, Mitchell and Young, the starting Ol as a whol;e had over 120 colective starts In 1996 Mitchell and Young returned as 5th years, Mo Collins as a 3rd year redshirt sophomore, and 2 2nd years kalich and Yarbrough..even w/ 2 redshirt freshman starting, this unit had over 70 collective starts This year's Ol has 43, and 23 of those are 1 player, Jorgy, who got the majority of his starts only b/c Zac Zedalis couldn't stay healthy. I don't like how the offense looks or performs any more than you do, but before anyone calls for the coaches heads, realize that the OL is a year or 2 away from being a solid unit. its just too young now.

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