CSN Log
August 30th, 2011, 03:42 AM
08-29-2011 04:17 AM
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To best understand how far Georgia Southern’s offensive line has come, it’s important to realize where it’s been.
In 2009, the Eagles were 103rd in the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing. Sure, they thought pass first, but the aerial attack on occasion only led them backward. GSU allowed 43 sacks (3.91 a game) that season, ranking 114th among 118 FCS teams.
But Jeff Monken, GSU’s new head coach in 2010, saw something in his inherited linemen. And as if playing a shell game, he shuffled a tackle to center, another tackle to guard, a long snapper to right tackle and added a true freshman to left tackle.
Full story » (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2011/08/29/experience-key-to-gsu-offensive?blog=2#more7539)
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http://savannahnow.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_slideshow_thumb/8604840.jpg
To best understand how far Georgia Southern’s offensive line has come, it’s important to realize where it’s been.
In 2009, the Eagles were 103rd in the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing. Sure, they thought pass first, but the aerial attack on occasion only led them backward. GSU allowed 43 sacks (3.91 a game) that season, ranking 114th among 118 FCS teams.
But Jeff Monken, GSU’s new head coach in 2010, saw something in his inherited linemen. And as if playing a shell game, he shuffled a tackle to center, another tackle to guard, a long snapper to right tackle and added a true freshman to left tackle.
Full story » (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2011/08/29/experience-key-to-gsu-offensive?blog=2#more7539)
More... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2011/08/29/experience-key-to-gsu-offensive?blog=2)