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Bell, Cooper, and Mauigoa are all absolutely ruining people.

I don't really have any complaints at LG, I think ultimately Samson takes that spot but it's just not overwhelmingly great right now like the other 3 are.

And Brockermeyer has actually been blocking fine, from what I've seen, obviously the snaps are concerning.

But I think 3/5 of the line are as good as any players at their positions in the country right now.

It takes me a while to come around to things that are insanely positive for this program, just because I'm conditioned to not be able to have anything nice, ever, but as the weeks are going by, I really am starting to think that Miami actually does have the best OL/DL combination in the country. And if you want to get absolutely ******* insane, there's a conversation to be had here that Miami has the singular best OL AND the singular best DL at this point. Which is wild to even say, considering we watched Middle Tennessee State run through us like **** through a tin horn not THAT long ago.....but I'm starting to come around to the idea that it might be genuine.

If we don't have the #1 OL and #1 DL, we're certainly in a class where it doesn't take long to call roll.

And as I and many others here have said for months now, if you have a truly great OL and DL, it's very difficult to not be a very good football team. We have a great OL and DL, and we have a very, very good football team. Keep it rolling. Winning? Actually fun!
 
Selfishly, I was thinking we could lure him back next year due to the jr college rule, but he's playing himself into a day2 pick (or better who knows).
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Bell, Cooper, and Mauigoa are all absolutely ruining people.

I don't really have any complaints at LG, I think ultimately Samson takes that spot but it's just not overwhelmingly great right now like the other 3 are.

And Brockermeyer has actually been blocking fine, from what I've seen, obviously the snaps are concerning.

But I think 3/5 of the line are as good as any players at their positions in the country right now.

It takes me a while to come around to things that are insanely positive for this program, just because I'm conditioned to not be able to have anything nice, ever, but as the weeks are going by, I really am starting to think that Miami actually does have the best OL/DL combination in the country. And if you want to get absolutely ******* insane, there's a conversation to be had here that Miami has the singular best OL AND the singular best DL at this point. Which is wild to even say, considering we watched Middle Tennessee State run through us like **** through a tin horn not THAT long ago.....but I'm starting to come around to the idea that it might be genuine.

If we don't have the #1 OL and #1 DL, we're certainly in a class where it doesn't take long to call roll.

And as I and many others here have said for months now, if you have a truly great OL and DL, it's very difficult to not be a very good football team. We have a great OL and DL, and we have a very, very good football team. Keep it rolling. Winning? Actually fun!
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I think Samson has played better than Bell personally
 
If you want something or someone to complain about, you could look at Mauigoa's pass protection. He gave up the only sack (pause) Saturday night. Yes, St. Francis of the Roadgrade is fallible. Now, this doesn't mean he's not a first rounder, but it is factually true that his pass blocking isn't at the same level his run blocking is.

Samson has played VERY well this year. Better than Bell? I'm not sure it's possible to say given that Samson doesn't get much/any reps at LT. If Samson sticks around another year (or two), he will be the LT and will be a first round pick. I think he's been way better than McCoy thus far, but tha's not to say McCoy has been bad.

Cooper is just fun to watch. He loves kicking azs and talking smack. Brockermeyer is fine. He just needs to stop having ticks and seizures before he snaps the ball.
 
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QuattroCane said:
I mean quite honestly, any o-lineman that we are recruiting that doesn’t come here it’s probably a good thing cause they’re clearly not very smart.
The staff is the o-line whispers.
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And playing in the NFL and getting a good education are low on their list of priorities for college.
Hence your point about not being very smart.
 
BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
If you want something or someone to complain about, you could look at Mauigoa's pass protection. He gave up the only sack (pause) Saturday night. Yes, St. Francis of the Roadgrade is fallible. Now, this doesn't mean he's not a first rounder, but it is factually true that his pass blocking isn't at the same level his run blocking is.

Samson has played VERY well this year. Better than Bell? I'm not sure it's possible to say given that Samson doesn't get much/any reps at LT. If Samson sticks around another year (or two), he will be the LT and will be a first round pick. I think he's been way better than McCoy thus far, but tha's not to say McCoy has been bad.

Cooper is just fun to watch. He loves kicking azs and talking smack. Brockermeyer is fine. He just needs to stop having ticks and seizures before he snaps the ball.
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Watch the play. He didn't give up ****. He had the dude stonewalled, the back came over and chipped and knocked him right into Beck. This is why all these grades are taken with a massive grain of salt. There are exactly zero point zero coaches, scouts, or execs who watch that film and say that sack is on Mauigoa. But I assume his PFF grade says it is? Bull****.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Watch the play. He didn't give up ****. He had the dude stonewalled, the back came over and chipped and knocked him right into Beck. This is why all these grades are taken with a massive grain of salt. There are exactly zero point zero coaches, scouts, or execs who watch that film and say that sack is on Mauigoa. But I assume his PFF grade says it is? Bull****.
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I rewatched that play several times because of how much of a pinball UF Dlineman looked on that play, but it worked to his favor. He was in front of CiCi one second and beside him the next. I think he was even surprised.
 
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