What happened to the offensive line?

[troutslayer]

It's called the Big 12 schedule...

[NickTheGreat]

While a lot of posters were saying that the OL would be better, there probably were just as many who were saying that the OL would be missing Osemele and Hicks dearly. I am not surprised that the OL is not better this year than last year.

THIS. May have been wishful thinking by some posters, but how does losing KO and HH make things better? (false starts aside)

[Land Grant]

This is a great point. Last year's line should have been much more dominant given what Hicks and KO are doing in the pros. Crappy scheme equals crappy play.

Think of the OLines that were marginalized in this "offense" the previous 3 seasons. Guys like KO, Hicks, Stephens (all made it to NFL camps to some degree), plus Haughton and Lamaak were very good Big 12 linemen.
If lines with guys like that can be made average by this offense, it is no wonder this current group is struggling to be good enough to overcome.
To make matters worse, Jantz's is not as good as JB or AA on his reads, and has happy feet in the passing game.