The size of our offensive line meme
I have heard from every random acquaintance that wants to rub our recent history in my face (because apparently I'm the reason we haev struggeled recently) that RR's system will not work in the Big Ten. I'm not going to discusss whether or not our our offense was great (my vote is yes), but the other point that is inevitably brought up...that our players (specifically our o-line) is too small for the B10. I posted this chart in a thread I found earlier today, but it is way back on the board now, so I thought everyone who is so inclined could use some ammunition in contradicting this meme.
Below are the weights of the starting o-lines for "power" teams in the Big Ten, as well as Notre Dame:
| Tackle | Guard | Center | Guard | Tackle | Team Avg. | |
| M | 6'-8", 294 lbs | 6'-5", 308 lbs | 6'-2", 287 lbs | 6'-4", 305 lbs | 6'-7", 321 lbs | 6'-5", 303 lbs |
| OSU | 6'-7", 299 | 6'-3", 320 | 6'-5", 293 | 6'-4", 313 | 6'-8", 300 | 6'-5", 305 |
| MSU | 6'-5", 298 | 6'-4", 310 | 6'-5", 285 | 6'-5", 295 | 6'-5", 312 | 6'-5", 300 |
| PSU | 6'-3", 298 | 6'-4", 323 | 6'-3"286 | 6'-3", 306 | 6'-4", 310 | 6'-3", 305 |
| Iowa | 6'-6", 300 | 6'-3", 300 | 6'-2", 275 | 6'-2", 273 | 6'-5", 295 | 6'-3.5", 289 |
| Wisc | 6'-7", 327 | 6'-5", 323 | 6'-5", 313 | 6'-4", 315 | 6'-6", 322 | 6'-5", 320 (!) |
| ND | 6'-4", 290 | 6'-5", 351(!) | 6'-3", 301 | 6'-5", 295 | 6'-5", 297 | 6'-4", 307 |
| Position Avg. | 6'-6", 302 | 6'-4", 319 | 6'-3.5", 291 | 6'-4", 300 | 6'-6", 308 |
Nonbullets
- Our Offensive Line is not undersized; in fact if you take our ND's OG (who must make Boren look fit and trim), all of our starters are "average" size at worst
- Holy hell is Wisconsin's line huge!
- Iowa has the "smallest" OL, which I find kind of suprising (corn-fed midwesterners and all)
Info for B10 teams was taken from Rivals depth charts, except Michigan's, which I got from mgoblue.com (because that was the only team I actually knew who the starters were)