Are you sure about the more with less? Is their O line better than our O Line? Is their QB better than ours? How bout the defensive players compared to ours? Do they have more depth and experience? Below is their starting offense. Looks to me like a very experienced unit loaded with upper classmen. Their O line is 4 RS seniors and 1 RS junior. The Defense of theirs is similar but they do have one freshman starting at NT I believe. Let’s see how great Dykes does with a less experienced roster. Maybe he is the next great coach and they will go undefeated or lose a game here or there for the next decade. I am guessing this is their “year that everything fell in place” and he goes back to being the 3-5 loss a year coach he was at Cal and SMU.
Once again, I am not saying Sark is the answer and will be great here. He probably flames out in another 2 years based on what we have seen, but we are starting and playing way too many true freshman or RS freshman which shows how shitty the roster was that was left to him. In 2 years our OL will be mostly juniors with tons of experience and they will be dominant so whomever is coaching the team then will have the advantage of being able to pound the football with the run and get good pass protection which will lead to a really good offense. It all starts in the trenches.
WR-X
1
Johnston, Quentin JR
00
Conwright, Blair RS JR
6
Jackson, Chase RS FR
WR-Z
18
Williams, Savion JR
87
Nowell, Blake RS SO
7
Hudson, Jordan FR
WR-Y
12
Spivey, Geor'Quarius RS SR/TR
80
Rogers, D'Andre RS FR
81
Curtis, Chase SR/TR
WR-H
4
Barber, Taye SR
11
Davis, Derius SR
27
Henderson, Gunnar SR/TR
LT
77
Coleman, Brandon RS JR/TR
71
Williams, Marcus RS JR
55
Rochester, Robby SO/TR
LG
79
Avila, Steve RS SR
76
Hayes, Garrett RS SO
58
Barlow, Altrique RS SO
75
Brown, Brannon RS JR
OC
56
Ali, Alan RS SR/TR
52
Dotson-Oyetade, Ezra RS FR/TR
RG
53
Lanz, John RS SR
78
Harris, Wes RS SR
66
Bolticoff, Noah RS FR
RT
74
Coker, Andrew RS JR
68
Nichols, Michael RS SO
72
Lott, Jasper RS FR
TE
19
Wiley, Jared SR/TR
84
DiNunzio, Dominic RS JR
47
Ware, Carter RS SR
QB
15
Duggan, Max SR
2
Morris, Chandler RS SO/TR
16
Jackson, Sam RS FR
RB
33
Miller, Kendre JR
3
Demercado, Emari RS SR/TR
17
Battle, Trent RS FR
9
Bailey, Emani JR/TR
21