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"Timing not right for Tuel debut vs. SMU"

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Offensive coordinator Todd Sturdy said "given all the new lineman in there took us a while to settle down, we weren’t running the ball extremely well which was a concern." It says they considered putting him in at the start of the 4th, but the first Int TD convinced them they were still in the game. I understand the logic behind not wanting to throw him into a bad situation, and it seemed to work out because of Lobbestael's last drive. But when do they expect to have a better opportunity? Are they going to get good O-line play and a decent running attack against USC, Oregon, Cal, Notre Dame? Anyone?