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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 598986" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>All true. OL blocking has become like Italian soccer; everybody - players, coaches, and refs - are doing everything they can to avoid enforcing the rules. And the reason is simple: the rules have become so lax that trying to enforce them in the middle of an often desperate (ever notice how holding seems to be enforced more strictly when one team gets an insurmountable lead?) contest is almost impossible. This, of course, is why OLs have been converted into giant pillars of fat; it's as if all offensive lines are made up of reincarnations of Sherman Plunkett. (Google him and you'll see what I mean.) </p><p></p><p>I'm an old OL and it pains me to watch the way OLs waddle around the field these days. One of the things I liked about the spread option is that the OLs were made up of lean, mean fighting machines who actually, you know, <em>hit people</em>. Hard. Opposing teams always said that their games with Tech were the most physical they had to play every year. I can only hope that this part of the OL training goes on; a bunch of bigger guys who hit people would be fun to watch. But I fear that Red and Stech are right and we'll see push-and-dance blocking return with a vengeance. </p><p></p><p>I don't blame the coaches or the players for this, btw. It's the <em>fans</em> who did it. We wanted more passing, more "excitement", and we got it when the pros and then the NCAA changed the rules to allow OLs to hold on every play. Me, I like to watch OLs hit, not pussyfoot around pushing people. But I've been overruled and I can't blame the coaches for using every advantage allowed them by the refs. Too bad, so sad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 598986, member: 265"] All true. OL blocking has become like Italian soccer; everybody - players, coaches, and refs - are doing everything they can to avoid enforcing the rules. And the reason is simple: the rules have become so lax that trying to enforce them in the middle of an often desperate (ever notice how holding seems to be enforced more strictly when one team gets an insurmountable lead?) contest is almost impossible. This, of course, is why OLs have been converted into giant pillars of fat; it's as if all offensive lines are made up of reincarnations of Sherman Plunkett. (Google him and you'll see what I mean.) I'm an old OL and it pains me to watch the way OLs waddle around the field these days. One of the things I liked about the spread option is that the OLs were made up of lean, mean fighting machines who actually, you know, [I]hit people[/I]. Hard. Opposing teams always said that their games with Tech were the most physical they had to play every year. I can only hope that this part of the OL training goes on; a bunch of bigger guys who hit people would be fun to watch. But I fear that Red and Stech are right and we'll see push-and-dance blocking return with a vengeance. I don't blame the coaches or the players for this, btw. It's the [I]fans[/I] who did it. We wanted more passing, more "excitement", and we got it when the pros and then the NCAA changed the rules to allow OLs to hold on every play. Me, I like to watch OLs hit, not pussyfoot around pushing people. But I've been overruled and I can't blame the coaches for using every advantage allowed them by the refs. Too bad, so sad. [/QUOTE]
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