It doesn’t take a neurosurgeon to figure out that Nebraska’s offensive line has been unabashed filth going on almost 10 years now. We have been consistently awful at protecting the quarterback and opening holes for our running backs.
From Donovan Raiola, to Greg Austin, to Mike Cavanaugh, to even Barney Cotton’s later years, all of them have struggled to cobble up an acceptable OL unit. Whether it was recruiting guys that barely played OL (Jimmy Fritzche), guys who barely played football at all (Alex Conn), trotting out out-of-shape guys out there (Jerald Foster, Nick Gates) and just plain unathletic guys (Cole Conrad, David Knevel), none of the aforementioned coaches got the job done.