[Tuck4Bama]

AUBURN - Chaz Ramsey and Ryan Pugh were in class one day talking about scholarly things when Ramsey turned to Pugh with a question.

Mohawk haircut, anyone?

"He told me," said Pugh, "`You don't have enough about yourself to do it.'"

Ha! Big offensive lineman Ryan Pugh was up to that little challenge.

Telling his mother about it, well, that was different.

"That," Pugh would say of his haircut, "was just a child thing."

Welcome to Auburn's offensive line, where children are playing in the Southeastern Conference, and where three true freshmen started for the Tigers last weekend and may do the same at No. 4 Florida on Saturday.

Ramsey and Pugh made their college debuts against New Mexico State to join old-timer Lee Ziemba, now a four-game veteran, as rookies on a mission.

"They brought a spark back to us that we certainly needed," said offensive line coach Hugh Nall. "They made some mistakes and they've got to get better, but I really liked the attitude and the tempo."

Offensive line sports youth, even a Mohawk- al.com