Interesting offensive line movement

[Palatine]

From today's Courant article reading between the lines. Once potential scenario has Tommy Hopkins 6-6, 311 at right offenive tackle and Robert Holmes 6-3, 351 at right guard.

The line could be vastly different than what we expect.

 

[huskymedic]

Usual Question At UConn: Can Offensive Line Offer Any Protection?

>>Junior center Ryan Crozier returns after missing the spring while injured. Senior Trey Rutherford is in the mix at left guard after bouncing around last season. Matt Peart spent all of last season at left tackle as a redshirt freshman. There is a chance a couple true freshman could make an impact on this year's line.

Robert Holmes, who has been working at right guard, is an intriguing prospect at 6 feet 3, 351 pounds, though like several players he has been asked to lose weight. The depth at each position could be filled out by inexperienced players. That can be tricky.

"You don't just say, 'Hey, I play on the offensive line,' and then you're a great offensive lineman," Grimes said. "You don't just throw them in the grease and fry them up and use them. You've got to put them in the oven and bake them a while."<<

 

[weyuo]

51 consecutive drives without a touchdown. Man, that is a sentence I would have painted on every offensive lineman's locker and explained to them it stays til they earn it's removal.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Can't put them in the deep fryer, you have to bake them.

What a line!!

 

[UC313]

Usual Question At UConn: Can Offensive Line Offer Any Protection?

>>Junior center Ryan Crozier returns after missing the spring while injured. Senior Trey Rutherford is in the mix at left guard after bouncing around last season. Matt Peart spent all of last season at left tackle as a redshirt freshman. There is a chance a couple true freshman could make an impact on this year's line.

Robert Holmes, who has been working at right guard, is an intriguing prospect at 6 feet 3, 351 pounds, though like several players he has been asked to lose weight. The depth at each position could be filled out by inexperienced players. That can be tricky.

"You don't just say, 'Hey, I play on the offensive line,' and then you're a great offensive lineman," Grimes said. "You don't just throw them in the grease and fry them up and use them. You've got to put them in the oven and bake them a while."<<

Read this aloud in a Micky from Rocky voice. Amazing.

 

[Woof 101]

I'm liking the line that brings back the memories of how JC's basketball teams always got better as the season went on. Not counting the year the star studded team predicted to make the finals crapped out early.
"We'll get them better, fundamentally. If we stay healthy, we'll be better in game four than we are in game one, and we'll be better in game eight than we were in game four."
If we stay healthy the main factor as usual....Here's hoping they give us a good show early and are showing improvement by game four. The same goes for where they are at by game eight, Missouri. Really hope the situation has developed by game eleven. Would love nothing more than to kick BC's butt in what should be our home game after last years Diaco debacle. I hope the team gets rolling and generates interest enough to have more UConn fans at Fenway than BC....

Sad that the last three games are all away but then again should we make it the fourth would be the same.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

From today's Courant article reading between the lines. Once potential scenario has Tommy Hopkins 6-6, 311 at right offenive tackle and Robert Holmes 6-3, 351 at right guard.

The line could be vastly different than what we expect.

Does Holmes weigh 351 or 251? (roster lists him @ 251)

 

[huskymedic]

Does Holmes weigh 351 or 251? (roster lists him @ 251)

I'm going w/ 351 I they are asking him to drop some weight.

Roster still needs some cleaning up.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Getting them in front of somebody, getting them to square up on a defender.

What a concept

 

[metsfan2323]

It's easier to predict next year's starting line than this years. Next year's line left to right will be Peart, Holmes, Crozier, Leone, Degeorge and they will probably be outstanding.

 

[Palatine]

Does Holmes weigh 351 or 251? (roster lists him @ 251)

Since there are no 251 pound offensive guards....

Th worse typo on a roster I have ever seen, the Washington, DC summer college basketball league once listed Dikemba (?) Mutumbo at 6-1. He led the league in blocked shots.

 

[freescooter]

Can't put them in the deep fryer, you have to bake them.

What a line!!

My mancrush on JB Holmes just got even stronger!

 

[huskymedic]

My mancrush on JB Holmes just got even stronger!

Who he be?

 

[Palatine]

J.B. Holmes - Official PGA TOUR Profile

 

[06029]

Can't put them in the deep fryer, you have to bake them.

What a line!!

Are fish cakes fried or baked?

C'mon. You know that thought jumped into your head.

 

[Chin Diesel]

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J.B. Holmes - Official PGA TOUR Profile

Mancrush on JB Holmes is acceptable. He's a big hitter. Right up there with the Lama.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Are fish cakes fried or baked?

C'mon. You know that thought jumped into your head.

I've never touched a fish cake.

Crab cakes are sauteed on a skillet or flat iron.

 

[Kgun7]

Does Holmes weigh 351 or 251? (roster lists him @ 251)

This particular case could very well be a typo.

However ... reported weights during RE1.0 were not always accurate. Was that intentional? I have no idea ... but I do know reported weights could be off by as much as 30 pounds. Reacting to reported weights may not always be very productive.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Since there are no 251 pound offensive guards....

Th worse typo on a roster I have ever seen, the Washington, DC summer college basketball league once listed Dikemba (?) Mutumbo at 6-1. He led the league in blocked shots.

True, in this day any age a 251 lb lineman would be a rarity but there have been more than a few (especially with RE) who came in ~250 or so as true freshman and by the time they made it to the field were 40-50 lbs heavier.

 

[Palatine]

True, in this day any age a 251 lb lineman would be a rarity but there have been more than a few (especially with RE) who came in ~250 or so as true freshman and by the time they made it to the field were 40-50 lbs heavier.

Unless he lost 80 pounds since February....

Robert Holmes OL 6-5 330 Oxbridge Academy

 

[CL82]

Getting them in front of somebody, getting them to square up on a defender.

What a concept

This.

 

[uconnfan68]

From today's Courant article reading between the lines. Once potential scenario has Tommy Hopkins 6-6, 311 at right offenive tackle and Robert Holmes 6-3, 351 at right guard.

The line could be vastly different than what we expect.

See Peart listed as 6'3, 351#. I think both numbers are way off.