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This is why it’s not ideal to start a 2-star, true freshman LT against a Division 1 opponent week 1 with a redshirt freshman QB who has never taken meaningful snaps. Sometimes this board is straight nuts.

We do. With you there. Entirely correct. This is where we disagree. I think the far simpler explanation is that the guys in front of Zion flat out stink. And if they flat out stink, and can be beaten out by a true freshman, then all our nightmares about the OL were true (poor coaching...

Appreciate the measured response. And I agree with you on most of your points. My position this entire time is that I want the kid to succeed, but I hate the fact that we need him to this year. If I'm wrong, I want everyone in here to come back and force me to eat crow, because it means we got...

It's really not. We can be entirely satisfied with the job Feeley is doing (I am) and still raise concerns that making a 50-pound jump in weight might have some growing pains to go with it. There's so much more to the position than simply weighing a lot. Just my opinion. Are we not allowed to...

It's become a circular argument so I'm going to drop it, but it's relevant because the majority of programs we compete with (or want to compete with) would never have to rely on such a player. Your retort continues to be that guys like me are obsessed with the Bamas and Clemsons of the world...

It's relevant because how a player carries his weight is incredibly, incredibly important to being a competent offensive lineman. He's 290 now. Great. How is his core strength? How about his bend? Does the weight allow him to stand up to a bullrush? Does the added weight give him functional...

1. True freshman. 2. Two-star on Rivals. 3. Weighed 240 pounds six months ago. 4. Next best offer was Appalachian State. Context is everything, my friend. And when looking at this in context, it's worrisome. Doesn't mean Zion's doomed to failure - I just wish we weren't in this position.

No, but OL, more than any other position group in football, isn't a "snap your fingers" overnight turnaround job. Searels poor development really hurt the program. As evidenced by the fact that we are relying on a two-star true freshman to be our starter at left tackle game 1 against UF. I...

You're not wrong, but what is Barry supposed to say? "We have depth issues so Zion is what we have to go with?" I don't know that. I just took issue with your statement that seemingly indicates Zion will be good simply because he goes against a good DL in practice. As for the second point, a...

Because you love criticizing posters and throwing the “these guys suck Bama’s nuts!” line at anybody who disagrees with you. If you read my post, you’d see why Zion (or any true freshman for that matter) winning the job at Bama or Clemson is a far tougher task because of the depth and skill...

How about refuting my point? Bama has recruited SIX top 30 players on OL the last four years. Miami hasn’t come close. That **** matters when comparing freshman at Bama starting v. our freshman this year.

How did it work out with FSU’s OL getting to go against a pretty good DL (including a first round pick) in practice last year? Talent is talent. A two-star starting at LT is a major problem for a team that’s supposed to be competing for ACC titles. If you choose to drink the Kool-Aid, that’s...

Two words: Stacy Searels.

That's a false equivalency. In the last four recruiting classes Alabama has brought in 6 five-stars and 6 four-stars at OL. They have built incredible depth along the offensive line, so if a true freshman is named a starter there, he's beaten out some of the best players in the nation at his...

No. It's because there is very solid evidence that the more experience on the OL a team has, the better the team is. So starting a true freshman who did not have any P5 offers at the most important position against a very good DL on week one is not ideal. Look, I get that it's happened before...

Very true. But not sustainable.

All of those things factor into it being a scary situation. True freshman winning the job means that there's no one ahead of him better, which means development has been lackluster, which means subpar recruiting, which means... In a vacuum, it's fine - may the best man win. But all of the...

A true freshman starting at LT is a very scary thought.