Just left the orange bowl

[monk91384]

My friend and I went to Miami to see Alabama and Oklahoma play at the orange bowl as my friend is a hardcore Alabama fan . He had the tickets and i jumped at the chance to go . But what I noticed most about the game was that the offensive line at Alabama are way bigger and stronger than our guys not just by a little but buy a lot . I believe that Fitzgerald will get our guys there but how long will it take and what did the last strength staff have our linemen doing in the weight room to be so far behind?

 

[C/O]

Apart from Trey Smith and Chance Hall for half of about 2 year ago, we have been using 5 tight ends on the line.

 

[Devo182]

In college football, size matters

Lightest OL in the conference

 

[Manning Up]

What stands out to me is how much larger UCF's OL is compared to the rest of the league. Only USF's line comes close and it's still 5-6 lbs lighter. In some cases their OL is more that 20 lbs heavier than others in the league. Gives you an idea why they are undefeated again.

 

[rocketskates]

Yep. It all starts at the line. They literally have their way with the opposing line on both offense and defense.

I remember last night when they were talking about Bamas stud defensive tackle who’s like 6’3 270 and how he’s “small” for a Bama lineman.

 

[GlockVol]

Secret weapon is cornbread lol

 

[Volatility]

Yep, here’s the top 25 teams based on OLine weight. It’s basically the same teams as the AP top 25. It’s no coincidence that we bad the smallest OLine and finished last in the conference.

The college football Top 25, reranked by average offensive line weight | NCAA.com

 

[MadWorld]

It's because THIS DUDE was our Strength coach... i think.

 

[strkr]

Bummer dudes are using roids. Been that way since cheatnick has been there.

 

[FïreBall]

My friend and I went to Miami to see Alabama and Oklahoma play at the orange bowl as my friend is a hardcore Alabama fan . He had the tickets and i jumped at the chance to go . But what I noticed most about the game was that the offensive line at Alabama are way bigger and stronger than our guys not just by a little but buy a lot . I believe that Fitzgerald will get our guys there but how long will it take and what did the last strength staff have our linemen doing in the weight room to be so far behind?

Unfortunately it takes years of consistency in recruiting.. consistency in development to get to the point where we aren't playing freshman and sophomores as starters but juniors and seniors as starters and two deep. This takes more time than any group it seems, especially in the SEC.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Bummer dudes are using roids. Been that way since cheatnick has been there.

Grow up. This is one tradition that has been around since they put air in the footballs. Tennessee has their all roid players like everyone else.

 

[The Ron Mexico]

Sure, they’re smaller than the rest of the league, but they make up for it by being slow and having bad technique.

 

[BeardedVol]

You can put on .25-.5 pounds of muscle a week with a consistent nutrition and strength training program. Some of these upperclassmen aren't going to put on much more mass while still in the program.

 

[dovervolz]

Grow up. This is one tradition that has been around since they put air in the footballs. Tennessee has their all roid players like everyone else.

What a bummer baby. You just mad cause the truth hurts

 

[LookinUp]

We have a small line because players were recruited to play that sissy high scoring touch football.

 

[Chilmonty]

Pruitt Quote when he got here:

"Where are your Big Guys??"

 

[82_VOL_83]

My friend and I went to Miami to see Alabama and Oklahoma play at the orange bowl as my friend is a hardcore Alabama fan . He had the tickets and i jumped at the chance to go . But what I noticed most about the game was that the offensive line at Alabama are way bigger and stronger than our guys not just by a little but buy a lot . I believe that Fitzgerald will get our guys there but how long will it take and what did the last strength staff have our linemen doing in the weight room to be so far behind?

Watched the game from the armchair...their guys look like men compared to our boys. I think IBJ had them posing for pics instead of lifting.

 

[allvol123]

No offense, but this observation has been known.

 

[82_VOL_83]

No offense, but this observation has been known.

We see what you did there.

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

Grow up. This is one tradition that has been around since they put air in the footballs. Tennessee has their all roid players like everyone else.

Ironic post from a dude who lurks on rivals message boards defending your worhiped Tide's honor. Grow up

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Even our bigger guys didn't get it done. If they did we wouldn't have Jamir Johnson starting at a paltry 285 lbs soaking wet and with a cork in his tail.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Bummer dudes are using roids. Been that way since cheatnick has been there.

And a LOT of BBQ.

 

[volfannbama]

Wash yourself

 

[Roustabout]

My friend and I went to Miami to see Alabama and Oklahoma play at the orange bowl as my friend is a hardcore Alabama fan . He had the tickets and i jumped at the chance to go . But what I noticed most about the game was that the offensive line at Alabama are way bigger and stronger than our guys not just by a little but buy a lot . I believe that Fitzgerald will get our guys there but how long will it take and what did the last strength staff have our linemen doing in the weight room to be so far behind?

You didn’t have to go to Miami to see that.

 

[volfannbama]

In college football, size matters

Lightest OL in the conference

Lol -"Using this extremely subjective and potentially flawed data, I still ended up finding some pretty impressive correlations between size and performance."

Interesting, the team that shut out South Carolina yesterday is an average of 8 lbs lighter on the OL than we are.