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With Sorgatz, Neal and Watman graduating and our offensive line performing sub par the entire season this player's visit may be what we need next year:

http://easternmichigan.scout.com/a.z?s=3...id=5858656
Sorry, if we're looking for a true freshman to come in and bail out our o-line, then our season is already shot.
(11-26-2012 03:53 AM)emu79 Wrote: [ -> ]With Sorgatz, Neal and Watman graduating and our offensive line performing sub par the entire season this player's visit may be what we need next year:

http://easternmichigan.scout.com/a.z?s=3...id=5858656

Perhaps I have been silent too long.

The point that emu79 has made is that our OL performed sub par for the entire season. And isn't that a self evident fact? Sure, we lost our starting LT for half a season and Sorgatz was out of football for a good chunk of last summer due to a serious illness, but emu79 has simply stated as fact the obvious need to blame the OL. Our OL should have won more games for us, given the soft schedule we had in '12 compared to '11. Well, actually, we played 10 bowl eligible teams in '12, several of which were ranked at some point in the season, but still the performance of our OL was sub par, all season long. I mean, just look at the stats, for heaven's sake! In '11 our rushing attempts averaged 4.6 yards gained, whereas in '12 (admittedly, against tougher opponents on average) that number dropped to 4.7... OK, maybe that is not a good example. Besides, what does the ability of the OL have to do with average yards per rush anyway? And the yards lost on rushing plays dramatically changed in '12; that surely shows how inept our OL was throughout the entire season. Ya, yards lost on rush plays in '11 was 337 but in '12 the total loss was 273. Hmmm, actually that change is an improvement. But still. The obvious fact is that we were unable to move the ball in '12 at all like we did in '11, even if the competition in '12 was maybe a wee bit stiffer and even if we had some injury issues. The OL clearly failed us: in '11 our total offense was 4140 yards and we only managed to achieve that because our OL in '11 played so much better than in '12. In '12 we clearly did not move the ball as well; ok, well, the total offence yards in '12 was 4159 but if that is not a sub par performance compared to '11 then I don't know what the heck I am talking about.

Clearly we need to blame the OL; when you look at injuries and strength of schedule and stats it is obvious, isn't it? The simple fact is they were sub par all year long. Those guys should be criticized loudly by their loyal fans. We should get rid of all of 'em, along with the OL coach, the OC, the DC, the head coach, the AD, the university prez, and that guy on the dance team! Ya, let's start over.
Lets see our QBs were running for their lives against Illinois State and other teams, our running game production was down. The facts are we had experienced backups who had starting experience so really injuries aren't an excuse. And the only starter we graduated was Buche. Looking at where we ranked last year in rushing and compare it to this year. You want to send the offensive line flowers and candy go right ahead. But they share a large portion of not producing as expected.

The defensive line was sad but also had much more experience graduated so the drop off was to be expected.

Madler, at this point with a 2-9 record we need all the help we can find either true freshmen or JUCOS.
(11-26-2012 08:58 AM)emu79 Wrote: [ -> ]Lets see our QBs were running for their lives against Illinois State and other teams, our running game production was down. The facts are we had experienced backups who had starting experience so really injuries aren't an excuse. And the only starter we graduated was Buche. Looking at where we ranked last year in rushing and compare it to this year. You want to send the offensive line flowers and candy go right ahead. But they share a large portion of not producing as expected.

The defensive line was sad but also had much more experience graduated so the drop off was to be expected.

Madler, at this point with a 2-9 record we need all the help we can find either true freshmen or JUCOS.

I agree. Our QB's were running for their lives, and that had nothing to do with our schedule and everything to do with our sub par performing OL. Just because we passed more in '12 doesn't explain why our running totals were down. OK, maybe it does. But still. Our OL sucks and that's why our total offense was, well, up from '11. And the fact that we had experienced backups is key, for sure. Heck, all kinds of teams play 3 Sophomores on the OL throughout a good chunk of the season, right? I mean, if you want experienced players starting games with a tough schedule, you can't do much better than three sophomores. I think we should jump all over those guys if they didn't deliver! And we had great stability on the OL this year, too, great opportunity for them to gel and to work together as a unit. In fact we had the same guys start at all 5 positions throughout the year, didn't we? Well, actually, the starting lineup changed 6 times in 12 games, but that's true of most successful OL's, right? At every position we saw stability throughout the year. Let's see, 3 different guys started at LT, 3 at LG, 2 at C, 2 at RG, 2 at RT.... OK, so maybe not a perfect situation for three Sophomores but still. Let's not be giving these guys (or any of our players) any flowers, for sure. Heck, we're not here to support them! Let's start over.
Dude, clearly everyone in here supports the school, since we are talking about a 2-10 MAC team on a message board. That doesn't mean we can't call a spade a spade. They didn't, for the most part, play well this year, and they weren't the only unit that underperformed. But in games where they blocked exceptionally well (Army, Toledo), we had MONSTER offensive performances. Sure, our schedule was absolutely brutal this year, but you can only use that as a crutch for so long. They need to be better next year, just like the d-line, LBs, DBs, WRs, RBs, QBs, and STs. Again, that doesn't mean no one supports the team because they recognize subpar play when they see it. This is FBS football, after all.
I agree the schedule was tougher this year but last year we had two non Div I teams, the real discussion should be on the number of MAC games we won. Last year it was 4 and this year it was 1. Yes we lost some close ones and so did the previous coach which was the explanation as to why he was fired by our current AD.

I agree with Eagle Sam every single area of the team regressed this year performance wise compared to last year with the exception of punting and placekicking. About 90% of the people on this board thought there was a chance for EMU to be bowl eligible this year and instead we got a single MAC win and a win over a bad Army team.
It's hard for the offense, including the OL, to look good when the defense knows what's coming. Predictable play calling is a key contributor to offensive struggles.
Truth.

I'd love to have an OC who utilizes Bronson Hill the same way Kent does with Dri Archer. Get him in space! Karcher did it only a couple times and it worked. He's a fantastic talent, and we should consider ourselves lucky that he flew under the radar, for whatever reason. But we can't keep shoving him up the middle and run predictable counter plays...something Karcher just loved.
And it just doesn't work if you don't have a staunch defense that can allow your offense to play at a slow pace. We are trying to put a square peg in a round hole with a pro style offense in the MAC.
Actually it worked last year and not this year. That's what is puzzling, we played ram it down the throat football last year on offense and this year the opposition was ready for it and it didn't work so we needed to go to a passing game with mixed results.
Our D was MUCH better last year. Losing Ohrman, Slater, and Westerman hurt a lot more than I thought it would. Same with LT and Willie Williams. Pollard's injury didn't help either.
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