I don't think you can work around the fact that we have DEEP needs defensively in the front seven; you'd have to be blind to see that we had those needs in consecutive classes and largely struck out on Bonnito, a linebacker loss to Ole Miss whose name escapes me, the late loss at DE to MS State when Grantham headed to Starkville among the most obvious and public. Outside of Dorsey have we landed a prep DT in the last two classes? We have immediate playing time availability and it has to be obvious to anybody we are thin. Kentucky used that template to sell some kids in Ohio that opportunity awaited.
...and yet Herron, Jared Casey, Jacob Lacey, perhaps JJ Weaver saw it in technicolor and said no thanks. We HAVE to turn somebody locally in the next month.
I had thought preseason we had some talent on our roster at wide receiver, in a group of running backs that is still young, Becton and Bentley minimally on the offensive line and perhaps Chandler. I thought the same in the secondary. But we aren't even remotely BCS caliber in our front seven. I think what has been demonstrated thus far is for what I think we'd field offensively we're deficient at quarterback and that's a tough thing to just get onboard late.
...and thanks Coach Lolla for giving us a glimmer of hope in the Athletic Department. Maybe you have turned the worm.
...and yet Herron, Jared Casey, Jacob Lacey, perhaps JJ Weaver saw it in technicolor and said no thanks. We HAVE to turn somebody locally in the next month.
I had thought preseason we had some talent on our roster at wide receiver, in a group of running backs that is still young, Becton and Bentley minimally on the offensive line and perhaps Chandler. I thought the same in the secondary. But we aren't even remotely BCS caliber in our front seven. I think what has been demonstrated thus far is for what I think we'd field offensively we're deficient at quarterback and that's a tough thing to just get onboard late.
...and thanks Coach Lolla for giving us a glimmer of hope in the Athletic Department. Maybe you have turned the worm.
