We will struggle if our OL doesn't proudce, not due to a lack of a quality RB(s). Plain and simple. MB3, TT and Maroney would have had a tough time getting yards behind the last two versions of Brewster's OL. Stommes, Wills and Carufel lack PT but must be better than the 07 incumbents now mired in the two deep. The OL is just one of many ??? with this squad.
Said that, I don't look for great things from our running game this Fall as I believe our OL is a year away from being a quality OL.
Brewster has yet to show the ability to bring in a top RB in his first two classes and, thus far, that may be the case with the 2010 verbals to date. Lipscomb may have been the guy but we all know how that risk ended.
More importantly, Mason's RB recruiting sucked air as the best he could do his last three years, other than Bennett, was Sherrer, Callender and oft injured Thomas. It hurts to have no veteran and seasoned JR & Sr. RB's on the field. But that is better than the crappy job of recruiting OL's. The OL performance severly hampered us mainly due to poor 2005 OL recruiting (Hudson, Seekinger, Tavale) and 2004 (none) by Mason. DeGeest did end up at tackle eventually.
The absence of Jr. & Sr. in the OL and at RB is often overlooked in our failures the past two seasons. Thanks to the Grinster.