Probably the most criticized position group at UH the last two years. I think this group needs special recognition for their performance in the Texas Bowl.
Most of this year’s OL was new, and it took most of the season for them to learn their positions and to trust one another. With commitment and hard work, the OL put it all together for the Texas Bowl. Connor Weigman was not sacked, threw four TDs, Dean Connors ran for 126 yards, and the OL did not have any drive killing penalties. Without UH’s OL performance, UH does not win the Texas Bowl.
Actually, Fritz might have a gift for finding guys in the portal, plugging them in, and making it work. It seems like the guys he got were exactly what we needed.
We lost 3 of the OL starters of last night plus one senior backup. But we have a couple of juniors, a sophomore, and a redshirt freshman returning from the 2 deep. I don’t know when the recruits Fritz got in his first class will be ready or if any of his current batch of freshmen will have anyone that can contribute this or next year.
I am looking forward to the time we don’t have to rely on the portal for many of our players. I understand where we were when CWF took over and the need for portal players, but the sooner we can have guys brought from freshmen to seniors starting the better. Of course we will always look to the portal to fill needs, I just want us not to have many of those needs.
