Had a few minutes so watched every offensive line snap of the first half.
Just like I thought it's a lot of inconsistent play with pass pro looking more locked in than run blocking. Though they did seem to do better on power gap blocking where they can fire off the ball and pull. They really struggled on the interior with the reach blocks in zone sets, but honestly that's to be expected going against an undersized but very quick defensive front. SJSU linemen were able to beat all 3 interior linemen at times by under cutting the reach blocks with foot quickness and good hands. The run of TDs off turnovers came with Neto at LG, and he looked mostly fine during that stretch. I feel like Sark was running a lot of zone blocking to test the line, and they predictably failed the most during those. If he wanted to mash SJSU he could have by going exclusively power scheme and mixing misdirection like on the first snap of the game.
They also got beaten in pass pro mostly by being inconsistent in passing off blocks on stunts/twists, or by leaning forward to engage and losing balance. I'd like to know how PFF grades the line to know where they assign responsibility. For example this play came with it 28-7 and would have ended up with a 1st and goal at the 1. The failure here is all on Hutson for being off balance at the snap and getting beaten, but the penalty was on Campbell having to scramble to cover the blown assignment. I wonder how this was graded. Had Hutson not whiffed on this the score is most likely 35-7 going into half.
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I think with this inexperienced of a unit that's built for size, Sark should concentrate on getting them clicking in power blocking sets and mostly scrap the zone stuff. Give them stuff they can win and get consistently good with. Something they can make their identity. They're struggling going back and forth, and of course struggling with reach blocks on small, quick linemen.