Our football program and the lack of strength.

[El_Toro_86]

Joey Johnston article in this mornings tribune mentions that the Oline has increased from an average of 290 to 310.  Here's hoping to a bigger, stronger, faster 2014 Bulls football team.

 

http://tbo.com/sports/colleges/usf-bulls/usf-offensive-coordinator-foresees-drastic-improvement-20140226/

Edited February 26, 2014 by El_Toro_86

[SaltyBulls]

Bench press depends on the position.  Oline and Dline needs to have that punch that comes with a strong upper body. 

[Apis Bull]

Clowney only did 23

[Matt]

it has more to do with the players we had i think.  we never recruited big strong guys...which is why we always got destroyed by the power running teams in the Big East.  Guys like Mims and Lynch are outside pass rush guys.  Bench Press is more of a DT thing.  And look at the past 4 or 5 years, total reps on bench is a very poor indicator of NFL success.

 

But if it makes you feel better, Terrell McClain had 29 reps a few years ago.  

[Rizman]

Long arms is a disadvantage for the bench press test.

[TExpress]

_{Every one of our linemen should be able to bench press 30+ reps of 225. It doesn't just show upper body strength and stamina but also work ethic! I don't even play football and can do almost double the reps of Lynch and Mims. There are quite a few cornerbacks that have more upperbody strength than our defensive ends...}

[Brad]

@USFFootball: Average weight of #USF returning 5 starting Offensive Linemen went from 297 to 310 pounds.

[Brad]

@USFFootball: The big gains along the OL returning starters: Threatt (310-326), Williams (297-310), Reiter (273-286), Gudmundsson (305-315)

[Apis Bull]

_{Every one of our linemen should be able to bench press 30+ reps of 225.}

 

Sure, since only 8 out of the 56 DL and 10 of the 50 OL that were invited to the combine can do that. 

[Apis Bull]

The median of all linemen invited to the combine is 24.  If you throw out the ones that didn't lift, the median is 25.  The average of those that lifted is 25.3 with a standard deviation of 5.3.

 

So, I would say that every lineman should be able to do at least 20 reps.