Offensive line

[Hoss]

We discuss when they fall short, so we owe the OL coaches and players some applause here. A left tackle playing his first college game, a redshirt freshman left guard, sophomore center and true freshman right tackle kept Hicks upright and opened lanes for almost 200 rush yards. Great job by the big guys.

[AusTxPony]

Absolutely, good pass blocking and the opening holes for the backs. Sorry to hear of the loss of Natour for the season. Good game guys, keep it up.

[Charleston Pony]

Really encouraging to see the young guys play as well as a group as our OL has all season. I'm encouraged about the potential for building a quality 2 deep OL in the very near future. How long has it been since we've been able to say that?

[Roach]

Beau Morris played well. When Levon Levingston gets back, we could have at least three legit tackles with those two and Thomas, and a decent backup in Wilds.

[smusic 00]

We are really missing Livingston this year. But op is right, this was our best showing.

[BUS]

Beau Morris helped a lot and the rest of the O-line stepped up. That and having another back to run. Both together open up the playbook.

[JoeKidd]

I've heard from player's parents in this group that the lack of a coach has been a huge problem and the staff didn't address bringing in another resource to help with coaching until recently.

[PonyKai]

I've heard from player's parents in this group that the lack of a coach has been a huge problem and the staff didn't address bringing in another resource to help with coaching until recently.

That's entirely incorrect. Except for the part about missing a coach hand-picked by the Head Coach to coach an important position group months ago hurting. That's kind of obvious.

[smupony94]

I've heard from player's parents in this group that the lack of a coach has been a huge problem and the staff didn't address bringing in another resource to help with coaching until recently.

Couple of points:

1) No sitting OL coach would have come for a one year stint
2) NCAA limits on the number of coaches you can have and no way we are firing a coach in the hospital
3) They brought in a specialist to deal specifically with a few of the players (no idea how they got around #2)

[Dutch]

they brought in Yenser from Kansas, but he is a consultant so can't be on the field to coach them during the games.

[Dutch]

I've heard from player's parents in this group that the lack of a coach has been a huge problem and the staff didn't address bringing in another resource to help with coaching until recently.

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/colleg ... izes-staff

from august 13. what do you mean didn't bring anyone in 'til recently?

[RGV Pony]

We've had two true freshmen get significant time /make starts at each tackle. No doubt we'd prefer to have our first choice coaching them, but 18 year old kids making starts doesn't happen from being self-taught imo.