Line was pretty good for most of the year. Even if he is an upgrade, I'm not sure an offensive guard is going have a major impact that a skill guy could have.
He's obviously wouldn't have made a difference against Stanford so the only what if you could say would be the MSU game and that was more on our D allowing a long 4th quarter drive so my conclusion to your what if is still a 12-2 record.
The he bigger what if for this season is What if Ott had stayed healthy.
Huh? He couldn't have made a difference in keeping CJ pressured less?
He made a terrible decision. He could have been starting LT on a team that produces tons of NFL lineman. Rather than a guard. One that went undefeated in the regular season. He would be in position to make a lot more money in the NFL had he not went back on his word.
While I agree he very well could have played LT at Iowa, I doubt the bolded part bothers him much since he will be playing for a national championship next week.
Two home state recruits who could have really helped--Pierschbacher and Darboh--were significant misses for the program.
Yea those 2 guys would have helped a ton.