Exactly. It appears Tim Davis has either misjudged what he has or is not as good as we were led to believe. NO WAY can he continue to trot out this current group of starting five.
DJ Burris filled in for Carufel at Northwestern and the team finally ran the ball with success. Burris has five times more career starts that Carufel, was all-freshman All-Big Ten, yet Carufel continues to play (and struggle I might add). No one can tell me that Burris - with 21 career starts - shouldn't be starting somewhere on this very terrible OL that we're fielding now. Carufel has work to do. Just because he went to Notre Dame doesn't mean he automatically should start now. He is not getting it done.
Stommes and Alford have both started games this year. Yet, somehow we continue to play Wills at RT. Wills cannot block Big Ten caliber DEs. Period. He will absolutely get eaten alive by the ends from Iowa, Penn State, and Ohio State. It will get ugly.
I cannot believe Tim Davis is going to put his name on the line with the front five he's sending out there. There are about 85 career starts sitting on the bench! (Burris 21 career starts; Alford 11 career starts; Orton 6 career starts; Tavale 27 starts; Wynn 13 starts; Davis 5 starts). Yes, I know our line wasn't very good last year, but it was better than what is out there right now (and that says something). We lead the league in sacks allowed and last in rushing yards. And, we must lead the league in the famed "QB running for his life" category.
There HAS to be a better combo amongst that group than what we're trotting out there to fail now. There has to be. At a minimum, run some others out there in the game to find out. No possible way can you justify to me Wills playing every snap. It is incomprehensible that an OL coach with the pedigree of Davis does that.