that begs the question - who are the power running teams...

by FunkDoctorSpock, Your Nightmares, B* tches, Tuesday, April 07, 2009, 15:22 (6258 days ago) @ Jay

USC, MSU, Pitt, and who else? One of the things that's really going to help ND is that we're gonna be able to play a great deal of base nickel and that plays right into our wheel house

It's a lesson I learned with the OL in 2007. We got a lot of glowing reports about Wenger, Olsen, Carufel, Stewart, etc. I allowed myself to think it was an easy thing to reload a line with three first-time starters (not to mention a still-raw Sam Young). Stupid me.

I look at the prospect of KLM, Hafis, EJ (yeah, even EJ), Fleming, Filer, etc, all starting or having significant playing time, and I have to remind myself that as exciting as the potential is for these players, they are essentially still rookies, and are learning their positions. If there are going to be mistakes anywhere on this team, they will be here.