You don't hear about them often. You probably wouldn't be able to recognize them by face if you walked by them on the street. And they rarely, if ever, get any glory. But offensive linemen are some of the most important players on a football team.
That's especially true for Northwestern in 2015, and there's perhaps no more important lineman than senior Geoff Mogus, a leadership council member and a player whom Pat Fitzgerald describes as an All-Big Ten level talent.
At Northwestern Media Day on Wednesday, I, along with Louie Vaccher of Wildcat Report, spoke with Mogus about his transition to tackle, the effects of that transition on his NFL aspirations and the rest of the offensive line, and some fun topics, including which Northwestern lineman would be the program's best candidate for the Piesman Trophy:
Q: So you've been playing tackle so far in camp?