[Football24_7]

we only had ONE returning O-lineman just like next years Tigers, and everyone was saying that same things they are saying now, we did fine...but once they get some experience they will be fine...

I'd say it has more to do with how well they're doing in the OFF-SEASON weight program.

Do you know how each one of those potential linemen are doing in the weight room so far? As I said previously, I heard the numbers in the weight room are WAY down and that the strength program isn't being "pushed" like it was in the recent past.

If you don't MAKE kids lift hard, they pretty much won't.

...and if you're going to count on a bunch of Frosh and Soph linemen, they'd BETTER be lifting HARDER than everyone else so they can make up in strength what they're losing in OL/DL experience to other teams.

I'm getting word on these boards that some of the teams around here that didn't push the weights hard back in the days you're talking about ARE now...comparing what happened even as recent as 2003 may be comparing apples to oranges!

just my opinion...I hope I'm wrong...but I guess we'll see by the middle of the season next year on those kids.