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No offensive lineman on Central Florida rated higher than 3 stars

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Let some fans tell it Miami has absolutely 0 talent on the o-line and golden didn't recruit any worthwhile linemen his entire time here.
 
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Umfuture said:
They are an effective line with no outstanding talent. Many of their players are lower three star recruits and even some two stars. One kid from South Dade was recruited at 6-5 and 260 pounds is now a couple years later 306 pounds. It has to be coaching no other way to explain this.

https://247sports.com/Team/UCF-Knights-Football-103/Roster/
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UCF former Oline coach was Greg Austin and he coached under Jeff Stoutland with Eagles for 3 years. We all know coach Stoutland can coach his butt off. (This is why I wanted Miami to go after Eagles Asst OL Eugne Chung.)

UCF's oline was coached up beyond their skill level, an combined with a system that helps to mask poor oline play and you have an offense that avg's 45+ points per game easily.



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It's no secret. The reason these up tempo, spread/air raid offenses were created was because most schools can't sign a whole bunch of NFL caliber linemen required to run a pro-style system. Most teams don't have the horses to just line up and run the ball at the opponent anymore. You're better off spreading everybody out and trying to create mismatches with numbers and space.
 
Let’s not forget that TCU and UTAH dominated until they got into a power 5 conference so it is hard for me to get that excited for all of their players. Hard to play top comp every week.
 
DTP said:
It's no secret. The reason these up tempo, spread/air raid offenses were created was because most schools can't sign a whole bunch of NFL caliber linemen required to run a pro-style system. Most teams don't have the horses to just line up and run the ball at the opponent anymore. You're better off spreading everybody out and trying to create mismatches with numbers and space.
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You got it homes, by now B would be well on his way to having another mini NFL team, while Mork can't even figure out who the quarterback is lol, no comparing these two cats imo
 
omaha said:
Let’s not forget that TCU and UTAH dominated until they got into a power 5 conference so it is hard for me to get that excited for all of their players. Hard to play top comp every week.
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I thought Utaw was winning PAC 12 ?? Their side at least
 
4-5 Star O-Linemen are the toughest to find of any position, and they take some time to develop in college. So much of it is based on potential (no stats like skill positions), because many of these guys have only recently grown into that frame.

Recruiters see a 6'5" guy with a great reach, maybe 3-bills in HS and lots of teams will take a chance. They figure they get him on the weights and his upper body strength will improve, they get on his foot work, and just maybe... Doesn't matter if he hasn't shown the intensity or killer instinct like is important for the D-Line guys; he looks good on HS field. Then when he get's to camp he doesn't look so good going against 330 pounders who can dunk a basketball.

I played on a small college O-line and the other OT was 6'8" 285 - he played only one year of HS ball, started in college the next. We ran a quick toss, and he could get out in front (4.9 40) and he rode that to being a small college All American. He had a shot with the Chiefs, but didn't have the upper body strength. It's all relative.
 
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omaha said:
Let’s not forget that TCU and UTAH dominated until they got into a power 5 conference so it is hard for me to get that excited for all of their players. Hard to play top comp every week.
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TCU didn't switch to an air raid system until after they had already joined the big XII. While they've been bad this year, they've generally been one of the better teams in that conference since making the switch in offense.
 
Silver King said:
4-5 Star O-Linemen are the toughest to find of any position, and they take some time to develop in college. So much of it is based on potential (no stats like skill positions), because many of these guys have only recently grown into that frame.

Recruiters see a 6'5" guy with a great reach, maybe 3-bills in HS and lots of teams will take a chance. They figure they get him on the weights and his upper body strength will improve, they get on his foot work, and just maybe... Doesn't matter if he hasn't shown the intensity or killer instinct like is important for the D-Line guys; he looks good on HS field. Then when he get's to camp he doesn't look so good going against 330 pounders who can dunk a basketball.

I played on a small college O-line and the other OT was 6'8" 285 - he played only one year of HS ball, started in college the next. We ran a quick toss, and he could get out in front (4.9 40) and he rode that to being a small college All American. He had a shot with the Chiefs, but didn't have the upper body strength. It's all relative.
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100% agree. high school O-linemen can be so hard to project. Most of the huge guys dominate simply because they're bigger than 95% of the guys they go up against. Some guys don't fully grow into their bodies until they're 19-20 years old or older. I'm glad I don't have to scout linemen in high school because it's almost a guessing game which ones will blossom and which ones hit their peak at 17.
 
RiDLer80 said:
There are countless examples of other schools fielding very good offenses without blue chip players.

The pathetic displays we see week-in and week-out are purely coaching and development.
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What this man just said!!
 
DTP said:
It's no secret. The reason these up tempo, spread/air raid offenses were created was because most schools can't sign a whole bunch of NFL caliber linemen required to run a pro-style system. Most teams don't have the horses to just line up and run the ball at the opponent anymore. You're better off spreading everybody out and trying to create mismatches with numbers and space.
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Here is article that supports the above in greater detail.
https://www.underdogdynasty.com/201...ffensive-line-play-alignment-formation-scheme

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