Ah, the Big East. I know football season has been, well, a disaster for the conference reputation. And the sooner you can change the subject to basketball, the better.
My understanding of publicity and press releases is that you release the bad news on a late afternoon on Friday. Not the good stuff. And certainly not as Yom Kippur is kicking off. Well, it wouldn’t be the Big East if they weren’t clueless.
Want to keep yourself awake tonight? Forget the O-line this year, start thinking about next year.
There will be two spots likely set on the O-line in 2011. Lucas Nix at right tackle and Chris Jacobson at left guard. Both will be seniors. Jason Pinkston will be gone. Even Alex Karabin at center will not be there. Jack Lippert will be the starting center next year, as there doesn’t really appear to be another option on the depth charts.
It’s hard to believe Gaskins, Turnley and Gibbs will really be starters next year. If so, that will keep more than just the coaches up at night.
That’s the theme now that Greg Romeus has had his back surgery — successfully — and is now recuperating. Speaking of which, one would think such opportunities exist on the O-line given their play in the first couple of games. However…
Offensive line coach Tony Wise said the progression of the line, which includes three new starters, has been “slow,” but don’t expect any shuffling. He said right guard Greg Gaskins, center Alex Karabin and left guard Chris Jacobson, who’s nursing a sprained ankle, will remain the starters. “There’s no substitutions because the other guys on the team are slower to respond,” he said.
