Just as ESPN recruiting analyst JC Shurburtt pointed out in his take in the dead-tree edition story, Maryland's inexperience up front is just as much on the absence of offensive linemen from its 2006 class as it is the unexpected injuries and misfires from the 2007 group. "The normal approach for schools, especially coming off taking three [offensive linemen, as Maryland did in 2005], is to take three to five linemen every year ... Sometimes if you don't do that and end up taking seven in a class, your chances of getting a higher percentage from year is a lot lower than if you spread it out. ... It's almost like skipping a year in taking a quarterback. You need somebody in the program practically every year that's going to learn the system and will be there whenever needed." (I did bring up this issue with offensive line coach Tom Brattan, who provided as logical an answer as he could in general terms. Full Article at Washington Times Blogs