About the Oline

[crazed_stallion]

Anthony got benched. Birmingham will be out maybe for the season.

[kyleboone]

@Oklahombre

I am not sure why the narrative is that the young starters were the problem, when the main issue on the Oline is depth. The starters were only together for one drive. That drive was 76 yards and resulted in 3 points. That is 27.4% of the total OSU yards on one drive. Birmingham was in for that drive, the one play where Spencer fumbled and then one play of the third drive before getting injured. So really, just one drive. After that, we started shuffling in backups. Then Anthony was injured before halftime. Only when the Tulsa D got tired, did the revamped line get any traction. Ongoing, it could be rough and it is unfortunate that we didn’t really get to see what the starters could do. Birmingham never got beat and he is getting heat for his play? Sad.

I think this is a pretty good post @Oklahombre. There were a lot of unfair knee-jerk reactions to the offensive line struggles, but we gotta keep in mind how much shuffling was going on up front. Gundy called it “musical chairs.”

We have to hope that the offensive line didn’t get further depleted, because it sounds like Cole Birmingham, the redshirt freshman who I really like and who really stood out in camp, ended up getting dinged pretty good. Hopefully, it’s not long-term.