I don’t want to see Tosh leave, but at this point, he’s had 4 years to capture a starting role, and hasn’t. During this time, it looks like he’s gonna end up getting beat out by several different freshman (Fisher, Alt, Jagusah). At ND, he just may well be suited for a backup role. I hope he gets his ND degree and has an incredible career and life in the “real world”. ND sets him up for that.
I think we’ll be saying the same of Lambert next year. Wagner better show he can carry 290-300 lbs and keep it on without sacrificing his quickness, or Lambert will be breathing down his neck. There will be some growing pains with Jagusah, but had hoped for this development. They may still try to get an experienced tackle via transfer, but no one with Jagusah’s upside. Hope he anchors our OL for the next 2-3 yrs.
Logan Saldate is a wrestler too. Those guys are a different kind……
Wagner only has a small window too... Lambert is gonna be hard to leave off the field. Reports are he's already in college shape.
I hope we can have both…size and pulling plays. I hate when we have huge offensive lineman that are slow and seemingly uncoordinated beyond the immediate line of scrimmage.
Hard for me to believe that Rudolph will field an OL with almost zero experience, but not sure how much the year experience that Rocco and Coogan bring will be deciding factors. Thought Rocco had a solid year, and Coogan slightly less than solid; but I think we have higher upside guys pushing to play. My view is if you’re going to live with a relatively inexperienced line, you might as well live with a near totally inexperienced line if that is the best upside and accept the growing pains. An OL of Jagusah- Pendleton- Craig-Schrauth-Wagner or Lambert has potential to be really good in 24, and outstanding thereafter. Rudolph has shown he doesn’t award brownie points for experience or recruiting hype as shown by decision to play Coogan and Rocco over Schrauth and Kristofic. Anxious to see how Jagusah and Schrauth play in the bowl game, and looking forward to OL competition this Spring. Hope Rocco comes back 100% to defend his starting against the likes of Pendleton. Best man in!
I'm hopeful he only went with Zeke due to have 2 first time starters at the guard positions, because it was incredibly obvious at Clemson and after that Craig is significantly better than Zeke
This game is kind of a combo senior day and spring training. Guys like Zeke get to play their last game and guys like Jagusah and AngelIi get to show their stuff. The game shouldn’t matter very much, but I’ll likely be screaming at every questionable call (both Parker and referees) and cheering every good play by ND as per usual. Looking forward to this, but wish like hell it was a NY six bowl game that Would have enticed a number of ND players to play and hold off their intentions.
Yes they are. I'm a big fan of The QB from NMSU who is 5-9. But he was a state champion wrestler. Dude is a competitor.
You’re right. I miss read Nasty’s comment above re Zeke,and thought he meant the bowl game.
