1. Michigan: At first blush, the Wolverines winning the Offensive Line U title might seem odd given how the Brady Hoke era ended in 2014 with the Wolverines’ offensive line a mess. But UM is No. 1 on this list because of its decade-old NFL history that’s starting to come to an end. Michigan barely edged out LSU for the most NFL starts by offensive linemen from 2006-15, led by players such as Steve Hutchinson, Jake Long, Jeff Backus and David Baas.

The well has been a little drier for the Wolverines in recent years. Since 2006, Michigan is tied for 19th in offensive linemen NFL Draft picks with six. From 1996-2005, Michigan had 10 offensive linemen drafted, which rates similarly to the highest totals from 2006-15: USC (11 draft picks), Wisconsin (10), Alabama (10). Michigan’s ability to keep its Offensive Line U reputation in the future will bank on linemen like Taylor Lewan and Michael Schofield, who are NFL starters after getting drafted in 2014, and the new wave of players being coached up by Jim Harbaugh.

but it's been pretty much that way since Bo and Hanlon arrived. Elliot never realized what he had, but Bo, not unlike Jim, was able to get the most out of every position. When you consider his first season the  entire right side of the OL were to go on to become members of the NFL HOF in from G to TE: McKenzie, Deirdorf and Mandich. It's little wonder we produced 1,000 yd rushers every year who routinely got drafter off the work of these OLmen. Hell, Bo only needed a couple of things from his RBs- obviously anyone who played for him had to block so that's a given - vision to see the 7 yard wide crease and speed to get through it. In the event you should be tackled, don't fumble the damn thing. 

With  his early success here, it was not difficult for him to annually haul in two to three  future NFLers, many years exceeding that. And it's obvious when Moeller changed the offense to a more pro like attack, passing on downs other than 3rd and forever, the protection afforded the QBs by the OL was a major factor in earning the additional nickname of QB U. if you are nearly what your h.s. stats suggest, there is no reason not to hit your target cosistently with 4 to 5 seconds to get the  ball off. 

I recall one season Lloyd  had his entire dream drafted. It was the year a few of them got into trouble for the K-Mart incident, but Goodwin is a name that comes to mind and even the center, who was not drafterd, ended up in  the league. And as to the '97 team, many of whom were transfers from the DL, proved so good, Lloyd said it was probably  the best in the nation and w/o doubt "Best I've ever had." It's really not that difficult to understand why. These were superior linemen and when you had a couple AAs on that side of the ball in Steele and Renes, there was no sense in wasting that talent. Because though, for the most part, they were first year OLmen at that level, it seems they overachieved. But when you think about  it, when an opposing DLman started a swim move a twist to either side, they knew how to react. They had been practicing it for years so no surprise they found it easy to counter. And as article said, look for a continuous stream going to the next level under Harbaugh. 

If Glasgow can turn into a long time starter (well within the realm of possibility) we could keep this title for a while.  Especially if Harbaugh can recruit the OL at the rate he recruits everywhere else.

Think we talked about this a couple weeks ago