re: Any news on KJ?

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is that the problem or is it our bonehead coach will routinely give a rb 7 consecutive carries like he did with KJ Saturday?

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When exactly? Are you talking about the 7 straight carries that were split between two drives with commercial timeouts littered in?

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is that the problem or is it our bonehead coach will routinely give a rb 7 consecutive carries like he did with KJ Saturday? its a stupid move when you have so many guys, especially with a guy whose history is like KJ. Gus could take bammers team and fricking blow it.

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Dude got injured after his 5th carry in our spring game.


Its not going to happen.

I have been in agreement with Lanier all along, however, that we need some 200 pound plus RBs in this recruiting cycle.

As he pointed out, we aren’t going to have an all new offense. And as long as we have Gus’ basic offense, we need some bruisers to carry the rock.

For that matter, I don’t care what kind of offense you run in the SEC. The defenses here are so stout that you need a 200 pound RB regardless.

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We need bigger, stronger backs for our system. I just cant understand why so many can not see that

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We've talked about how you don't realize that Pettway is the only >220lb RB to rush for 1000+ yards for Gus before

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pulled hamstring and tweaked ankle have nothing to do with how big a runningback you are

pettway injured his hamstring last year running in the open field just like KJ did saturday

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So we need to replace our S&C coach

The gripe people have with RB's playing consecutive downs confuses me. I always thought that many times RB's actually get stronger as games go on and defensive lines wear down -- that it truly is all about momentum with running backs. At least I've seen where players and coaches have said this about Pettway.

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So we need to replace our S&C coach

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We just need to adopt the Alabama steroid model.

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I have been in agreement with Lanier all along, however, that we need some 200 pound plus RBs in this recruiting cycle.

As he pointed out, we aren’t going to have an all new offense. And as long as we have Gus’ basic offense, we need some bruisers to carry the rock.

For that matter, I don’t care what kind of offense you run in the SEC. The defenses here are so stout that you need a 200 pound RB regardless.

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I imagine most would agree with that. Lanier spent all offseason telling us we had to have 220-230+ backs. That's where I disagree.

I also disagree with the premise that somehow size = durability. Malik Miller and Kamryn Pettway are big backs and both suffered injuries. Fournette was beat up all last season for LSU. Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley, Marcus Lattimore and Bo Scarborough are other "big backs" that I can think of off the top of my head that have been hurt. RBs get beat up. Hard to avoid that. Obviously you need some sort of size to you to withstand the punishment but I happen to believe that range is much wider (190+ lbs) than what Lanier argued this summer. That's where we disagree and will probably continue to do so which is fine

Having the depth to withstand those injuries are crucial. I happen to believe AU has that and I think Saturday night proved it. AU's smallest RB rushed for over 100+ yds running between the tackles. Kinda proves the point that depth is there and guys can be effective even if they aren't 220+ lb monsters. Not sure how Saturday night was a "told ya so" moment in that regard

He also said he's hopeful that he plays