Many reasons... One being we saw a little improvement in the middle when he played last year. Also they were neck and neck last fall for the starting spot and Lonergran out performed him in the Spring based on reports. Plus Hebert has been in the dog house.
Was'nt Hebert hurt in the spring? The coaches will start whoever they think is better and it may well be Lonergan but it would'nt shock me if it's Hebert.
Given Hebert's 'problems' and CLM's historical attitudes about such players with behavioral issues, it would 't shock me if it took a long time for Hebert to get out of the dog house...aka, I doubt Hebert starts and if Lonergan plays well, I doubt Hebert is first in the rotation this season barring injury, even if he straightens out and flies right on the personal front.
Has Hebert put on any significant weight? Seems like he'd just get run over again this season if he didn't.
T-Bob got hurt 3/4ths of the way through the Spring. Only missed the last week and Spring game and Longeran was running with the 1st team for a majority of the time before the injury.
Here's an article talking about what SEC offensive lines have the most career starts and a discussion of it Experience (and lack of) on the O-line - SEC Blog - ESPN Only five O-linemen in the SEC have more career starts than Barksdale. Career Starts, Individual Offensive Linemen 38 -- Ziemba, Auburn (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 1st Team, Coaches & Media) 37 -- Davis, Georgia 36 -- Boling, Georgia (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 1st Team, Coaches & Media) 31t -- Pugh, Auburn 31t -- Pouncey, Florida (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 1st Team, Coaches & Media) 26 -- Barksdale, LSU (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 2nd Team, Coaches only) 24t -- Love, Arkansas (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 2nd Team, Coaches & Media) 24t -- Brignone, Miss State 24t -- Saulsberry, Miss State 23t -- Grayson, Arkansas 23t -- Jones, Georgia 22t -- Sherrod, Miss State (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 2nd Team, Coaches & Media) 22t -- Johnson, Florida (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 1st Team, Coaches & Media) 22t -- Glenn, Georgia (2010 Pre-Season All-SEC 2nd Team, Coaches only) 21 -- Berry, Auburn 20 -- Dominguez, Arkansas ... Career Starts, Total Offensive Line 127 -- Georgia (Davis 37, Boling 36, Jones 23, Glenn 22, Davis 9) 108 -- Auburn (Ziemba 38, Pugh 31, Berry 21, Isom 18, Mosley 0) 87 -- Arkansas (Love 24, Grayson 23, Dominguez 20, Oxner 13, Cook 7) 82 -- Miss State (Brignone 24, Saulsberry 24, Sherrod 22, Lawrence 12, Smith 0) 79 -- Florida (Pouncey 31, Johnson 22, Gilbert 17, Nixon 5, Wilson 4) 52 -- South Carolina (King 19, Johnson 13, Campbell 11, Nunn 7, Chisolm 2) 42 -- Alabama (Carpenter 14, Jones 14, Vlachos 14, Fluker 0, Warmack 0) 41 -- LSU (Barksdale 26, Dworaczyk 13, Lonergan 2, Blackwell 0, Hurst 0) 27 -- Kentucky (Hines 13, Durham 7, Lanefski 4, Murphy 3, Warford 0) 24 -- Vanderbilt (Fischer 18, Bailey 5, Seymour 1, Cabbagestalk 0, Johnson 0) 22 -- Ole Miss (Sowell 12, Massie 5, Johnson 4, Washington 1, Hawkins 0) 3 -- Tennessee (Shaw 3, James 0, Pope 0, Schofield 0, Thomas 0)
That is an awesome post. Wow. Look at Georgia's line - holy crap. Two three year starters. Now - if they're any good...
Some interesting weight-lifting stats from Lonergan (redshirt sophomore) and Hurst (redshirt sophomore) on their LSU bios... Lonergan -- ... Possesses great strength as he tied the [all-time LSU] school record in the clean with a 374-pound lift during the spring of 2010 ... Squatted 506 pounds for one of the top numbers on the team ... Is a second-generation Tiger as his dad - Pat - played on the offensive line for LSU in the 1970s http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=1382576 Hurst -- ... One of the Tigers' top weight room performers who was outstanding in the spring ... Ranked fifth on the team in the power clean (341 lbs.) and second on the squad in the jerk (374 lbs.) in spring workouts ... Garnered several honors during spring practice, including the Alvin Roy Fourth Quarter Award and Ralph Norwood Performance Award http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=1382570
