FYI - I am not trying to insult or badmouth any of these players, I am just trying to point some things out, I know all these kids are working their butts off and want to succeed, but.....)
F. Thomas - Obviously just not a very good lineman. He is slow and really doesn't seen to be very physical, I think with Murtha getting healthy his PT is going to drop dramatically.
Seppo - This guy has really disappointed me, I know he had to make a position change in the offseason, but he has really not performed very well. He also seems to not like to get very physical and that is not good for a lineman.
B. Koch - Another senior that, has been, well, subpar. I think, from what i saw this was by far his worst game. I can remember at least twice where his man just plain ran him over and put him on his back. I guess i just expect a little more from a guy that is a returning starter.
G. Austin - I have a really hard time being hard on this guy. For all intensive purposes he shouldn't even be playing, the poor guy doesn't even have cartilage in his right knee. I think this fact just shows his heart and what a competetor he is, however, it is pretty evident that if we had some depth this he would probably not be starting.
K. Mann - Our best lineman. I thought he had a very bad game against OU, but over the course of the year has been our most solid. He is a little undersized, but it a pretty good lineman.
L. Murtha - He is young and probably not ready to be starting yet, but is proabaly going to have to. I thought after he got that first mistake :blink: out of the way, he played better thoughout the game. Overall though, with him being injured and not being full speed, basically since he got on campus, to expect him to come in and be the answer just shows our lack of depth.
Like I said, I'm not saying any of this to tear these guys down, they all want to win and perform well more than any of us out here. But this is the weak spot in our team. We really don't have much depth and there is really not a whole lot the coaches or anyone can do about that. All we can hope for is that these guys continue to work hard in practice and improve as the season goes on.
