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[QUOTE="cvilleorange, post: 763624, member: 1765"]
Sorry for the length of this post, but I love talking O line...

Our O line has not seemed to gel quite yet.  We lost a lot of experience and talent (Pugh, Chibane) from the left side of the line and basically moved our right side from last year (Hickey, Trudo) over to the left side.  Foy is our right tackle and started the first few games of the season at right guard last year, but was beat out by Trudo heading into conference play.  Nick Robinson saw limited action last year in our goal line package as an extra blocker.

With the exception of some miscommunications, I think that they have done well in the pass game.  There were a couple of sacks against Penn State (and Northwestern I think..) that we had some people come free and clobber former starting QB Drew Allen.  Obviously I don't know if that is on Drew or on the line based on the protection that was called and if Drew was supposed to recognize that pressure and throw off of it.

I've been pretty underwhelmed with our ability to generate a push in the run game, especially on the right.  It's weird because I would expect that they would be further ahead in the run game.  Makes you wonder if there was some hesitancy with the complexity of the playbook/number of plays in the gameplan.  That being said I saw some improvement against Tulane from the right side (even when compared to the Wagner game).

I honestly don't know what to expect, except that I think Hickey is really, really good.  He has great feet, good technique and is strong as hell.  I am looking forward to watching that battle.  I would like to see Trudo return to form; I really like what he did in the run game last year.  It sounds like he has been a little banged up, so hopefully the week off has helped
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