Dienhart: Minnesota #4 OL in the Big Ten

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Great to see this as our strength again!! From the article:

4. Minnesota. With four starters back, the Gophers will be strong along the line. Left tackle Ben Lauer is a young star. Josh Campion is a classic run blocker at 6-5, 326. He engulfs foes. Tommy Olson moved from guard to center last year and excelled. Left guard Zac Epping is the grizzled vet. Line coach Matt Limegrover does a good job with this group.

Go Gophers!!
 

I wonder if we would have been top 3 with Bak, hopefully Pirsig can start and add even more size to a great O-line.
 

This list is exactly why the West is going to be very underrated compared to the East.
 

From what Kill and crew has told us, Jon C. isn't loitering either:cool:
That brutal month of November will be a year from injury for him.
Love to have him around then!
 


I agree with one of the two people who commented on the article - OSU returns one starter, yet has the third-best line? I get they're probably going to be starting previous 4star recruits, but that's just dumb.
 

I have to question putting Michigan ahead of Indiana. Michigan lost their tackles to graduation and they were terrible last year. Indiana had a pretty successful offense last year and would have had a 1000 yard rusher had he not been injured.
 

Flatfoot said:
From what Kill and crew has told us, Jon C. isn't loitering either:cool:
That brutal month of November will be a year from injury for him.
Love to have him around then!
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Saw him on campus last week, certainly not limping or favoring a leg. I'd bet he's ready for fall camp.
We've got to have the most starts among our group in the B1G, not a indicator of greatness, but even guys like Bush, Leinkiwitz, and Bobek have starting experience.
I sincerely am interested in seeing what kind of sustained running game we have this year.
 

EE_Gopher said:
I have to question putting Michigan ahead of Indiana. Michigan lost their tackles to graduation and they were terrible last year. Indiana had a pretty successful offense last year and would have had a 1000 yard rusher had he not been injured.
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Addition by subtraction?

Lewan was a train-wreck in so many ways last year...even the maize and blue crowd was happy he was done there.
 



A lot of Dienhart's explanations don't match his rankings, strange. Pretty obvious bias towards Michigan and Ohio St. (shocker) while a team like Indiana should be higher.

Our O-Line should be an absolute machine this year. Can't wait.
 

jaymil said:
A lot of Dienhart's explanations don't match his rankings, strange. Pretty obvious bias towards Michigan and Ohio St. (shocker) while a team like Indiana should be higher.

Our O-Line should be an absolute machine this year. Can't wait.
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I still have concerns with pass blocking. However, better WR and QB play can aid them.
 


die hard gopher said:
I wonder if we would have been top 3 with Bak, hopefully Pirsig can start and add even more size to a great O-line.
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I'd say no. IA and WI are OL factories. tOSU recruits like no one else in the B1G. 4th is pretty high praise, if you ask me.

I think the talking heads will be a little more apt to give us the benefit of the doubt given our recent history and Kill's track record.
 



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