They'll be putting odds out shortly for '09 season wins.

considering what already makes me nervous about our DL...

- UConn with 91 starts.
- Southern Cal with 91
- BC, with their seemingly unending line of 5th years, with 80

I can't recall, but I seem to remember a year ago sort of celebrating that SoCal had very few starts going into 2008. But then I read up on minutes played, and suddenly the SoCal OL looked far more ominous. They'll be absolute titans this year, even without being at the magic 100 number. UConn installs an all new offense, so maybe they don't benefit as much from their experience. BC with a new HC might not benefit as much either.

Things that make me feel a bit better about some things that worry me...

- Stanford with just 53
- MSU with just 47
- Pitt at 62 - Again, just going on a flawed memory bank here, but I seem to recall that besides McCoy at RB, they had a really senior OL last year.

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about their improvement, they made no bones about the fact that their offensive line had a great deal of seniority.

Granted, ND's line could have 100 starts per player, and would still look awful if they don't improve their techniques, but, all else being equal, there's a very real correlation between OL experience and on-field success.

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even before Aaron Maybin and Maurice Evans left early, and Navarro Bowman was booted from the team (I think he was booted, but maybe not).

And Colorado State with 125? Holy Crap! This concludes my clearly very in-depth analysis.

Some of you may have seen this already. I thought it was a nifty breakdown.

http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2009/05/12/the-count-using-college-o-lines-to-handicap-th...