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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4454219, member: 27"] Let’s talk a bit more about the OL for the BC game. I am going to assume Ellis is not going to be able to play. He looked bad when he came out. I think we will be fortunate if he can return for the bowl game. Guessing we have the same situation with Chris Bleich. Sounds like his hip kept getting worse as the season progressed, to the point where him playing hurt (great respect for that), was actually hurting the offense. So I don’t think he will be back Saturday. Maybe for the bowl game. Thinking Bergeron has a good chance to return for BC. For the purposes of this post, let’s discuss what would happen if Bergeron returns and the other injured guys do not. It is a given that if Bergeron plays, he will play LT. I thought Davis was solid at RG. Had his best game of the year. I think we can write him in there in pen. Then the decisions get harder. I think Enrique Cruz has been good from the point he finally started to get PT and to me, it looks like he gets more comfortable and better each game. I want to say he is going to be the RT. But Vet was serviceable at RT. Everyone is going to remember the hold that cost us a TD but overall, he played well at RT. Probably better than Davis had been doing there. And it was nice to not have 2 or 3 illegal procedure penalties from the center in a game. Like Vet a lot but he was never able to control his bad habits and those unforced error penalties hurt us. Thought overall. Ilaoa probably was a small improvement over Vet at center. I think I would go with Ilaoa at center again, and leave Vet at RT. That leaves the LG position, which Bradford covered quite well in his first real playing time. Don’t have a problem with him there but I think our best lineup for Saturday has Enrique playing LG instead of Jakob. LT Bergeron LG Cruz C Ilaoa RG Davis RT Veterello That looks to me like our best lineup here. As an aside, here is an early prediction for the starters at OL next season. I am going to assume Davis and Vet graduate and are gone. I am going to assume Bergeron decides to head to the NFL and that Bleich decides his body has had enough. This is a worst case, nuclear winter type situation. Hope at least one or two of these guys return. Anyway, if they all go, I think this is what we are looking at….. LT E Cruz LG Bradford C Ilaoa RG J Cruz RT Petry I know many are down on Hoeh, who got a lot of playing time this season filling infor Rhino, and has really struggled. But he is well regarded by the coaching staff and his future is at OG or C. Would not be surprised to see him jump up and take a starting spot. For a long time, I thought it was a lock that we would be taking a transfer at center in this class, be it JUCO or someone from a 4 year school, but Ilaoa played well against Wake and that might change our recruiting strategy. If he starts at center against BC and plays well, maybe we use that scholarship elsewhere? At the least, it would be great to get an experienced player at tackle and and another at guard, where there are also openings and lots of playing time available. [/QUOTE]

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