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Outside of the Pouncey's, I see Florida as having three other linemen in the NFL from Meyer's tenure:

Marcus Gilbert, who was drafted 63rd but got some good playing time.
Maurice Hurt, who was drafted in the 7th round, who bounced around a bit before getting a chance to start due to injuries.
Phil Trautwine, an undrafted free agent who has bounced between practice squads.

The Pouncey's do seem to be a bit of an outlier.

Traditionally Michigan is half michigan players. A third from ohio. The rest from all over.

I think with a spread offense though you don't really need an entire O Line full of great blockers. I think you can get away with some of it because of the speed of the offensive style itself. If you run a roll out, option, stretch play, etc.; there is no way the D Line on the backside will catch the play from behind. Thats why I think you see this a lot in Urban's system back at Florida. A lot of lineman downfield blocking second tier guys or atleast gettin in their way. HOWEVER, I do believe it makes a difference in the make up of your team. I don't see OSU being as tough and mean as they used to be with a power running game and big Defense. I think they will be susceptible to power running games and play action. It will start to look like Michigan of 2010 with the question being can OSU offense score more points than the D gives up. Maybe not on the same level, but same concept.

Only think I know of the 2nd Pouncey is that every time they went to shotgun in Florida he threw it over the QB's head.

I just read over on Mgob that Pocic called Funk and asked him if Michigan would still take his commitment. I guess he was told yes. The original info came from Wolverine Nation and TomVH. Pocic to UM and Biven to ND, man, there aren't even going to be scraps left.

That would be epic. My homer buckeye coworker thinks Ohio will get both. +1

Are there any of the 5 current lineman that may be ran off by the addition of someone like Pocic? They all seem to be blue-collared guys who know they'll have to work for everything they get, but I don't know as much about '13 recruits yet.

Possible. That is the downside of this...but how do you turn away Pocic?

True. I don't want any of these guys to leave, and frankly, I would be a little surprised if any do. But, you want the five or six guys least afraid to compete, because ultimately, they are going to be the best players.

After all this...I always thought the 'OSU OL scraps' storyline was a joke...but maybe it could actually come to fruition? If they were to lose out on Bevins, Pocic, etc...wow. I still don't believe it...but...

By saying "Tiillman, Kugler, Fox, Bosch, Dawson" a few times and then thinking about making roster spots for three of Gedeon, McCray, O'Daniel, and Levenberry.

I get that Pocic is a fantastic player and would be a great addition, but this staff told recruits they were taking five, and we can be sure that Pocic will not be the last high-caliber player that will part ways with Michigan because there isn't room.

I don't want log jams at any of the positions. So I would take 3 LB and no more OL. I don't care if they are 5* or not. You have a great core, there is no need for more. After Fitz goes at RB...there is no one else on the roster decent to me. I would take 2 more RBs beside Shallman (Issac and someone else) and go for 2 more receivers.

Perhaps. McCray and O'Daniel can both play on the other side of the ball.

Whatever the case may be, I think this staff has a recruiting plan that called for five OL commits, I think the plan is going amazingly well. As good as Pocic may be, I just don't think it would be very hard to say "Sorry we're full" if he doesn't fit into their positional goals.