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per Sid:
And if you take the word of offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover, one of the strengths for the Gophers is going to be their offensive line, which has true depth at multiple positions.
“We’ve got Jonah Pirsig at right tackle, who really came on strong and had a good second half last year and got comfortable,” Limegrover said. “He had been splitting time with Ben Lauer and then took over that right tackle spot himself and did a great job. Josh Campion, who is literally and figuratively the graybeard of the group, he has been a three-year starter for us, started at right tackle and last year at left tackle and for the foreseeable future we’re going to move him down inside to guard. Jon Christenson is back off of his devastating leg injury and the broken leg, and he is feeling great and moving around. Joe Bjorklund, who started most of the last probably two-thirds of the season for us at guard is back.
“Ben Lauer, who was a freshman All-American at left tackle [in 2013] and got snake bit with the injury situation last year between a high ankle sprain and then mono at the end of the year, [it was] kind of a lost year for him; he is back and healthy and doing some great things in the offseason. … Connor Mayes, a young pup who played as a freshman for us, and when we went back and watched film, he really did a nice job in the time he was in there. Brian Bobek is another guy that injuries have really had the best of him most of his career, he is healthy and got through spring and did some good things. We finally have some depth and are going to have some tremendous competition there this fall.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-should-benefit-from-offensive-line-depth/311530431/
Go Gophers!!
And if you take the word of offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover, one of the strengths for the Gophers is going to be their offensive line, which has true depth at multiple positions.
“We’ve got Jonah Pirsig at right tackle, who really came on strong and had a good second half last year and got comfortable,” Limegrover said. “He had been splitting time with Ben Lauer and then took over that right tackle spot himself and did a great job. Josh Campion, who is literally and figuratively the graybeard of the group, he has been a three-year starter for us, started at right tackle and last year at left tackle and for the foreseeable future we’re going to move him down inside to guard. Jon Christenson is back off of his devastating leg injury and the broken leg, and he is feeling great and moving around. Joe Bjorklund, who started most of the last probably two-thirds of the season for us at guard is back.
“Ben Lauer, who was a freshman All-American at left tackle [in 2013] and got snake bit with the injury situation last year between a high ankle sprain and then mono at the end of the year, [it was] kind of a lost year for him; he is back and healthy and doing some great things in the offseason. … Connor Mayes, a young pup who played as a freshman for us, and when we went back and watched film, he really did a nice job in the time he was in there. Brian Bobek is another guy that injuries have really had the best of him most of his career, he is healthy and got through spring and did some good things. We finally have some depth and are going to have some tremendous competition there this fall.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-should-benefit-from-offensive-line-depth/311530431/
Go Gophers!!