Here's something to brighten Husker99's day.
Mazcua was put in for Guttula in the second half.
I think Guttula will be an important part of our Offensive line in the years to come. But he's struggling now. Putting in Mazcua (a natural guard) will improve the run blocking on the left side. Guttula really struggled with pass-pro so we aren't really giving up much there.
I don't know if our new OC has instituted a "No Block-No Rock" policy, but Fidone's playing time seemed to be diminished and Boerkircher and Lindenmeyer received increased playing time. I believe Boerkircher is by far our best blocking TE. I haven't developed an opinion on Lindenmeyer's blocking, but I suspect it's better than Fidone's. It saddens me to see a guy with that much size and natural ability, a good kid, appear to not really like football. C'mon Fidone, I'm rootin for ya!
It appears our Jack-of-all-trades, 4 star recruit, Rahmir Johnson has been demoted in favor of Dowdell, who runs hard, and EJ, who has better moves. Hopefully their blocking on pass pro is adequate.
I see these moves as a step in the right direction
.I'm a fan of balanced offenses. Which means you have to run the ball effectively. My thinking is, make them focus on running the ball and at the same time, use the 53 yard wide field to stretch the defense. It seems like our entire offense is within ten yards of the center, about 20 yards total, and 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. It would help the offense incredibly if our QB could zip the ball 30 yards to a WR heading to the sideline. Sheduer Sanders does that incredibly well and is a big reason Colorado is successful. I thought we would have that play in our offense. If we aren't stretching the field, we might as well have HH back there to occasionally make a big play with his feet. If he is one iota better than last year, I like our chances this week.