More worried about getting down to a playing weight by September.
Spanellis is actually 307 lbs. Warinner was talking about Filiaga being 345 at 6'6"
Onwenu is 350. OP had it all mixed up.
How did the OP have it wrong exactly?
I mean he may be wrong. Stuebner going from 6-6 285 to 340 seems like either a really bad thing or a mistake.
But he didn’t mention Spanellis, Filiaga, or Onwenu in his post so I’m not sure how your comment is relevant?
Did he eat his roommate?
He ate a baby...
maybe the dingo ate your baby
I think Stueber ate the dingo, too.
You know that's a true story? A mother lost her child.
Thoughts and prayers
my neighbor weighs 340. how do i know? because he was on the scales when we were weighing cattle last month and he stepped off the trailer. important data point: he's about a foot shorter than stueber. great neighbor, but i worry about his health.
We were never worried about him getting up to playing weight...?
I don't know, were we?
No. However, I was very glad to hear that JBB is under 320. The main thing holding him back has been his physical makeup, and Warriner made it sound like JBB has pretty much shored that all the way up this offseason. That makes me think he can be fine at LT.
Awesome. For some reason I had Stueber's weight situation confused with another. But now my mistake is locked in for eternity. Plus, I'm never going to spell Warrinnerr's name right.
I'm not even sure if I am spelling Warriner's name right. We should simply refer to him as Mr. Ed.
Good idea. I'm not convinced that he even knows how to spell it.
Oh man, he's our Gerry Gergich.
*Terry
I remember that it is spelled Warinner because it's close to "winner".
But with some WAR!!!
*Coach* Ed
Is 340 really a playing weight?
It is for Ruiz and Onwenu. I know, I know, it's different for interior linemen, but Steuber is 4 inches taller than those guys. As long as he can move his feet to mirror pass rushers, I don't care how big he is.
Jake Long was around 325-330 as a LT
I just can't see someone that size holding the edge against elite pass rushers. But maybe it's the end of a bulk phase and he can cut a bit as the season approaches/progresses.
Wrong. All weight gain is good weight gain. It's an mgoboard rule.
Until the player sucks then MGoBlog screams for a new S&C coach.
It is until it is not per the board!
It ALWAYS is when there’s an S&C staff from the deep south. Look at the hogs he ran out there at Arkansas. I’m excited to finally get past the undersized lineman era.
I’d say we should be able to move people like they’re our little sisters, but that would be very disrespektful.
Yeah, but Jake was an athletic freak and didn’t appear to carry any bad weight.
Is Onwenu really at a good playing weight at 340? We keep hearing that his physical conditioning continues to be something holding him back.
Yeah, I guess I didn't realize that he's 6'7''......340 should work
I think if you look at the behemoths on the Wisconsin OL, the answer is YES.
BEEEEEEEF
But, did Warinner say it was good obesity, or bad obesity?
Its off-season news...all obesity is good obesity
Thank you! Please tell my doctor this.
Is your doctor, Mantis Toboggan?
Rumor has it, the good doctor uses Magnum rubbers, because you know.....
MGoBlog truism: all weight gain (and loss) is good
His recruiting bio on MGoBlog had him at 6'7" 290lbs.
His official roster bio, from Spring 2018, had him at 6'7" 314lbs.
If he's 340lbs now, he better be 7'2" and in serious conversation with John Beilein.
Love that we're finally going to have a huge OL.
Yeesh, by opening day he'll have captured Ambry Thomas into orbit.
I thought Warinner's interview was surprisingly insightful and shed some light on the Oline situation especially compared to the coachspeak we got from Drevno and Frey last year (there's nothing wrong with coachspeak, it's just nice for us fans to get a little tidbit in the offseason).
He confirmed that Filiaga is playing guard instead of tackle and his responses to questions about Runyan and JBB were revealing. It sounds like Runyan really did have a good spring and looks to be a starter (which we'd kinda heard but it's nice for a coach to say it). It also sounds like JBB has done a lot to get in shape and is working hard but it was clear Warinner wanted to see that translate to the field and I got the sense that the coaches are really hoping that he or Hudson can make "the move" in fall camp or else that will be a big trouble spot.
Thank you that's way more informative than my post.
And yet we still don't have a LT. Am shocked how this staff kept whiffing on them each year.
And now I'm reading Stewart is a guard and maybe Barnhart...so BENHART will be our next real LT
Stewart has always been a guard, Barnhart plays TE in a wing-t offense, but could probably play any spot on the line in college.
We are recruiting Trevor Keegan, Danielson Ike, and Bryce Benhart for that last LT spot. We are in the best shape with Keegan, most likely (Benhart is from MN and long been a Wisconsin lean).
Disagree on being in best shape with Keegan...hed have committed by now and looks to be OSU...yet Benhart came to the BBQ, I'd say we are in best shape with him, and I'd rather have him anyway over Keegan. Benhart is 6'9
Disagree on being in best shape with Keegan...hed have committed by now
This argument is always dumb, and...
Benhart is 6'9
...this is factually incorrect. Keegan remains the OT we are in the best shape with, whether you'd prefer him over Benhart or not.
So you're calling the first argument dumb (not saying I disagree) and then follow that up by stating as "fact", our perceived positions with Keegan and Benhart? Uh, ok.
The fact is we don't actually know. We can make assumptions based on the opinions of people connected to the program, people connected to the recruit or other "insiders", but none of it is fact until a commitment occurs. Recruiting is fluid. Perhaps we were in the best shape with Keegan on Friday, but today it's actually Benhart.
Benhart is not 6'9. That's the fact . I think you've misread my comment.