Is it me or does 6-7 guys playing guard seem kind of tall?  I just think you need a more low center of gravity guy, 6-3 to 6-4, maybe 6-5 max, 330# wide body road grader.  Yes 6-7 guys with long arms all day at tackles.

I don’t believe that combo will be your guards in 2026 one bit. 

Brooks will stick around, based off what I’m hearing. But portal help is the expectation at guard. 

6 7?

Brooks needs to be groomed to take over for Goosby or Baker and we need new SEC quality portal starters at LG, C and RG. Think DT the past two offseasons. We need war daddy’s if we want to go into this Ohio State game in austin in 9 months with a chance to get that monkey off our back. 

Edited December 4, 2025Dec 4 by drag worm

We need 2 OGs in the portal. Brooks a backup at OT. Kibble some reps in the spring and fall to see if he can be in the rotation at OG. Can Cruz be a backup C that can play if Roberson goes down? 

Stroh just isnt good enough

Stroh’s lateral movement in pass protection just isn’t what it needs to be for this level. Unless he’s going north and south in the run game i wouldn’t want him on the field. 

Brooks needs to be at OT full time and Stroh needs to be at UTSA.

38 minutes ago, JMarquette said:

6 7?

 

I don't think it's too big, but neither of those guys are built for the G spot. Stroh doesn't have that mauler mentality and Brooks does but he's more suited to T than G. I'd assume they'll bring in 3-4 guys on the IOL and we might see some attrition from guys already here. 

3 minutes ago, AusMOJO said:

but neither of those guys are built for the G spot

You don't think either of these guys could man up and lick that G spot? 

4 minutes ago, Red Five said:

You don't think either of these guys could man up and lick that G spot? 

Stroh needs to go.

1 hour ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

Stroh’s lateral movement in pass protection just isn’t what it needs to be for this level. Unless he’s going north and south in the run game i wouldn’t want him on the field. 

Stroh to portal is my guess.

1 hour ago, ThatHornsGuy87 said:

 

Thats all of the dads of school age kids right now lol

3 minutes ago, Tim Longoria said:

Thats all of the dads of school age kids right now lol

As the father of a 11 and 14 year old.. I know see why pops was easily agitated lol

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

You don't think either of these guys could man up and lick that G spot? 

It’s apparently harder for Flood to find than the C spot.

Who is our center next year?

3 hours ago, Califashorn75 said:

Who is our center next year?

Connor Robertson if he decides to come back. I'm sure Daniel Cruz will compete for the job

16 hours ago, JMarquette said:

6 7?

I don’t think the fan base would be to happy if Stroh and Brooks were our starting guards…😭😭

3 minutes ago, Shmatt said:

I don’t think the fan base would be to happy if Stroh and Brooks were our starting guards…😭😭

If that happened, the fan base would make Jan 6 look like a picnic.

Check out the rg and lg starters at penn state. Both  starters and backups are portal eligible. They are familiar with each other and would  be a plug and play situation. Also no head coach yet.

 

Sarks -Brandon Harris got this covered!  We are taking 3 interior guys !  1 of 3 can play OT in a pinch… all 3 can play center!  
 

Our OL was a f or d grad 1rst 5 games….no ability to give Arch any life in his transition. ( yes he couldnt hit the broadside of barn at times)…. 

OL never allowed us to lean into run game… giving Arch a breather….nor did we have our full Wr - Te Endries at full steam! 
 

Im thankful for Sarks coaching… his staff… 

we simply had no run … and no pass protection w no fully operational Wr  first 6 games!

we are lucky to have Arch and Sark n Staff!

Edited December 4, 2025Dec 4 by Joe Naural

30 minutes ago, Shmatt said:

I don’t think the fan base would be to happy if Stroh and Brooks were our starting guards…😭😭

They're not going to be.
You don't go into the NSD press conference and mention the need to sure up the OL in the portal 3 times just for funsies