LSU must not waste the 2017 season on Etling

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  1. BAY0U BENGAL

    BAY0U BENGAL I'm a Chinese Bandit

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    Etling should be benched. Throwing those passes into receivers hands on critical 3rd downs... 2 that I can think of immediately. It's also his fault his line didn't do shit. But, this is LSU. Brennan knows he is the messiah, seeing as how he's #2 on the chart.
     
    BAY0U BENGAL, Sep 17, 2017
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  2. Bayou Tiger

    Bayou Tiger Founding Member

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    Etling was my offensive MVP.
     
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  3. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    It's hard for a QB to achieve better play when he is under a pile of pass rushers
     
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  4. LSU_4_LIFE

    LSU_4_LIFE Founding Member

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    I'd actually be ok with that. We need a running QB with an O Line this bad
     
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  5. 65Grad

    65Grad Maturity is Overrated

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    Read something on Dandy Don by Mike Detellier(sp) awhile back. He said something along the line that the problem on the O-line can be attributed to the way we (Miles) recruited. We recruited guards and converted some to tackles, instead of recruiting true tackles. Hence, we have been trying to compete against the Alabamas of the world with under sized tackles.
     
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  6. TigerSnarl

    TigerSnarl Air Conditioned Gypsy

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    I saw the same thing and it makes sense. Just seems like it will take years to fix through recruiting.
     
    TigerSnarl, Sep 17, 2017
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  7. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    If we had every lineman who flew the coop this offseason, the only one who would be starting is Maea whoever. Brown, Allen, Savage and Stephens were all 3-star recruits. Depth perhaps, but not potential starters.

    The staff really needs to hit the recruiting beat hard for linemen this year. Someone suggested the JUCO route, and while I agree that's not the way to go when building a program, it can keep the ship afloat if you find a couple who can step in right away while you develop the youngsters. We've got two true freshmen starting right now, and that's not a good recipe for a dominating line.
     
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  8. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    I've never been impressed with KJ Malone and he's the starting left tackle for Christ sake.
     
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  9. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Hell, none of our veteran starters on the line impress me. Throw in Teuhema, for that matter. A member who shall be nameless was pumping sunshine about Miles' last 3 recruiting classes, and overall, they were very good. But the o-line recruiting has been suspect, and so far, the 2018 class for linemen is almost non-existent. But hey, we've got some more top DB's coming in.
     
    mctiger, Sep 17, 2017
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  10. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Any of those DB's 6'5" 340?
     
    Bengal B, Sep 17, 2017
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