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This years team could look the same and his poor play would still be a problem. I'm not on team bench him, but he needs to put it together because he is bringing this offense down. Yes t here are other elements not doing their part, but he has been the most surprising and disappointing part of it so far.

But he's already played against a great Ohio State OL? I don't think it's jumping the gun. There is a lot of season left, but he's been playing well, so far.

I'm not off team Arch, but he definitely needs to figure it out and show it in a game. I'm of the belief he'll get it going and maybe that is when all the other experienced guys get back. But he needs to stop missing easy/simple passes/reads. That is what is killing us right now. I don't want to see him benched, I want to see him work through his issues but it's been the same thing for 3 straight games. We can blame the talent around him but we were told this is a talented roster, top 5 in the country. Not so sure I would agree about the offensive side of the ball. At least not so far. I'm hoping the O can turn it around but my optimism seems to squished every game.

I was listening to the Coaches speak on this yesterday, I think it was. Coach Erwin and Coach Shipley. Both seemed concerned about the OL, which is natural given the performance but the development is a concern, too. Considering we were lead to believe that this was Coach Flood's strong suit.

Thanks for reminding me of that, sometimes I think I should go back and watch these games to job my memory a bit more. Yes losing that does hurt but you'd think the guys we have stepping up would be playing a lot better. Considering 2 of the 3 have a ton of starting snaps. Another saw live action against some tough teams last year, etc. Just my opinions anyway, they don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. I'm still reserving my full judgement till the end of the year but so far they have been inconsistent and unimpressive up front. As for losing Blue, I do agree with you there but doesn't that once again come back to recruiting? Why did Coach Choice and Coach Sark not do a better job there? None of the guys he recruited are speedsters, especially considering you're taking two per class while Choice was here. As you said, we should see steady improvement but I've just noticed the same things over the years. I was trying to be optimistic in game 1 when they played pretty well but the last couple of games against weaker competition they fell apart, wildly. We'll see.

I didn't realize he was a Sr, if he has a great year in 2025, I'd expect he'll flirt with the NFL, as he should.

Really? That's a shame, if he does continue to have a good year, he likely is gone.

We'll see, I'm not sure what he is, a JR or what? Either way, Kenny Baker is a damn wizard. I feel like an idiot worrying about that hire when it first came to light. Sark needs to find someone to do the same at OL lol (sorry i couldn't help myself).

It's part of the whole NIL/transfer portal. Not a fan of how it's set up, but I'm fine with NIL and all that but the free for all it's become is just stupid.

I'm not paying Lagway anything, imo. Dude's not that good of a QB. He just threw 5 picks and has been pretty average to start the year. Miami would be crazy to throw money at him.

I'm not so much worried about our D holding up against their O, as I am about our O sh*tting the bed in that game and moving forward.

I'll wait until Oklahoma plays a team with a pulse before I give them their flowers. They've played Illinois State, a crap Michigan team and Temple.

I'm honestly surprised by how good their OL is, I really underestimated Miami this year.

I didn't really see the OL dominate the LOS in those games, but we ran so much against Texas A&M because Ewers wasn't able to do much in the passing game, if my memory serves me correctly. I also understand this is a relatively new OL but Hutson has started over the previous 3 years, so has Campbell. Stroh is in his 3rd year, so is Goosby. Baker is in his 2nd, so I can excuse him a bit more than the others. Even Neto is in his 4th year like Hutson and Campbell. I'm holding my judgement till the end of the season. Right now I'm just noticing patterns continue to emerge, that's all.

Fair enough, but with the way Coach Flood has recruited/developed the position over his tenure, some questions do need to be asked. I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility, imo. We can point to NFL draft picks but can you tell me our OL's have been dominant? To another posters point that our OL's are better than Herman and Strong's, that is a given. But that is a low bar to set. Also, my bad for coming off a bit d*ckish, I'm just frustrated is all, like I think we all are.

Sorry, I'm not putting Lacey out there, as a true Fr. If Caldwell is good enough to be a game manager and get the ball to WR's and make the easy throws, that is good enough for the season. That is honestly all you need so far, Arch has struggled to just hit guys wide open and yes our WR's are getting open. That 4th& 3 he threw the INT on, he had Livingstone open for the 1st down conversion, was looking right at him and reversed and went back to the other side of the field....for no reason. Endries open on a little TE quick hitch, that you're supposed to get out quick, he see's it, hesitates and it nullifies the ability for the TE to get up field and make any plays. So many passes, not just in this game, that he is just not putting in a spot for a guy to make a play. Look at his last pass to Clark, that is a gimme play...missed it. I honestly don't know what his problem is, but if he's struggling this much against sub-par competition, the teams ahead on our schedule are going to eat him alive.

Why is this the typical response from people? We can't criticize Floods OL, so list your top 3 OL coaches? You're allowed to call out poor play by the OL and the coach that is supposed to be "the best in the business" when you can't even get a push against less competition. When they're missing basic assignments, still making mental errors/mistakes, etc. This isn't a trend just this year. Should he be fired? Probably not. But he definitely deserves criticism for the way his OL's play.

No one forgot how bad those were. Doesn't mean that the last 5 years haven't also been bad. A step up, for certain, but still bad. When was the last time we had our OL just maul people at the LOS and move the pule consistently? When you're struggling to do so against SJSU and UTEP, that is a bad sign. Because the guys you're going to face in the SEC week to week, have much better front 7's than UTEP and SJSU. Even last year they didn't look all that impressive.

Not sure what he's doing, but the guy he passes off is who Baker is supposed to block. The guy Baker breaks off to block, is who Stroh is pulling to block. Mental mistakes.

How does that even happen?

He didn't look like he was running, as much as he was shuffling out there. Then Baker, well I don't know what he was doing.

If you think that is what this is, you're not paying attention. Calling people fairweather fans for being critical of something that has been a consistent problem, lol. Come on man.

I'm watching some of his throws against UTEP and comparing them to these in the video, that are the exact same. It's like night and day. Here makes the throws, against UTEP he misses them (and against OSU and SJSU). It truly is baffling.

He could have this personnel and with the mistakes he's made this year, that would not make a difference.