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Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:20 pm to South Alabama Tide
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10 out of 11 spots are elite. I’ll take it. Benton/Lee/Kaho just need to not make dumb mistakes like Mack did last year.
And, you know with McMillon we still had 10/11 being elite. No shade. If anything without McMillon we will be 11/11. The coaches just have to earn their money and coach McMillon's replacement up.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:35 pm to Shaft Williams
Whether McMillon is on the field or not there is still going to be a learning curve at the other ILB spot besides Moses. I wish McMillon a speedy recovery.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:38 pm to Shaft Williams
I was looking forward to McMilon finalliy getting his shot. God speed bro, hoping for a speedy recovery.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:38 pm to Shaft Williams
I think defense should be considered as having more than 11 positions/players. Need to be able to rotate these days with depth.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:38 pm to Bamafan18
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Saban said McMillon hurt his knee today. They don’t know the severity yet
Dang!
I remember a few years ago before the season we talked about how we hadn’t been bitten with injuries the first 6 or 7 years of Saban’s tenure. I think the last 3 years has made up for it and some.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:41 pm to Shaft Williams
LINK ]Crimson Tide scrimmage: Productive but painful By Cecil Hurt -
August 10, 2019
Reach Cecil Hurt at cecil@tidesports.com or via Twitter @cecilhurt
August 10, 2019
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August football practice, which has only been going on for a little over a week, continues to be a war of attrition for the University of Alabama football team.
Saturday’s scrimmage at Bryant-Denny Stadium, the first of the 2018 season preparation, went well, according to head coach Nick Saban. But Saban confirmed a significant injury requiring surgery for freshman running back Trey Sanders and reported a knee injury to senior inside linebacker Josh McMillon that will require further evaluation.
“We had some guys that didn’t go today,” Saban said following the two-hour scrimmage. “Dylan (Moses, a returning starter at inside linebacker), we just held him out. He’ll probably be back on Monday (so) no big deal with him. DJ Dale (freshman defensive tackle) has a sprained knee. He’ll probably be back probably in a week or so. Probably the guy that is most concerning that they have to do some research on is Joshua McMillon today with a potential knee injury. So, we’ll have to see what that is.
“Trey Sanders did not scrimmage today because he has a foot injury that will require surgery. Miller Forristall (a contender at tight end who was injured in the summer) is starting to work. We did not scrimmage him today, but he is doing some things in practice. And we expect (defensive end) LaBryan Ray to return to practice and start doing some of those things here in the very near future.”
In the absence of Ray and Dale on the defensive line, junior Phidarian Mathis and true freshman Justin Egboigbe worked alongside All-SEC candidate Raekwon Davis. Sophomores (???freshman)Shane Lee and Markail Benton saw linebacker reps in the absence of Moses and McMillon.
The scrimmage was structured with the No. 1 offense vs. the No. 2 defense, the No. 2 offense vs. the No. 1 defense and the No. 3 offense vs. the No. 3 defense. That gave ample opportunity to starting quarterback Tua Tagolvailoa and running backs Najee Harris and Brian Robinson with the first unit but also allowed significant reps for second team offensive players, including two that were singled out by Saban.
“I thought Mac (Jones, the backup quarterback) played well today,” Saban said. “He had a really good today. He had a high completion percentage, threw for some big plays, really did a good job throwing it against the first defense. I thought he did a nice job.
“Jerome Ford (redshirt freshman running back working against the first defense) ran well. He was probably the leading rusher, probably carried it more than anybody else.”
Saban also noted true freshman kicker Will Reichard, who made four field goal attempts, including a 50-yarder.
“Will was really good on field goals,” Saban said. “It was really encouraging.”
After an off-day on Sunday, Alabama will resume practice for the August 31 season opener against Duke on Monday.
Reach Cecil Hurt at cecil@tidesports.com or via Twitter @cecilhurt
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:47 pm to RollTide66
Linebacker Joshua McMillon (40) looks on during Alabama practice for Auburn Nov. 21, 2018. (Ben Flanagan / AL.com)
LINK ]Alabama first-team LB suffers potential knee injury By Matt Zenitz | mzenitz@al.com
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One of Alabama’s first-team linebackers went down with an injury during the Crimson Tide’s scrimmage on Saturday.
Redshirt senior inside linebacker Joshua McMillon suffered a “potential knee injury" during the scrimmage, according to Alabama coach Nick Saban said.
“Probably the guy that is most concerning that they have to do some research on (from the scrimmage) is Josh McMillon,” Saban said. “... We’ll have to see what that is.”
Losing McMillon would be a blow to an inside linebacker group that was already a question mark.
After serving as a top backup last season, McMillon has been the first-team inside linebacker next to Dylan Moses since the beginning of the spring and has remained the favorite to win the job through the early portion of fall camp.
In other injury news, freshman defensive lineman DJ Dale, who has been out since mid-week with a sprained knee, is expected to be able to return to practice in about a week, per Saban.
Saban also confirmed that freshman running back Trey Sanders will be out indefinitely with a foot injury.
Matt Zenitz is an Alabama and Auburn reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:51 pm to RollTide66
We need a Boz update.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 5:54 pm to JJ27
quote:errbody getting scoped
We need a Boz update.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 6:03 pm to Cobrasize
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I feel sick for McMillon.
Seriously. Guy has worked his arse off for 4 years, finally his shot and then this happens.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 6:46 pm to narddogg81
Not the time to joke....
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:03 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I'm just really not in the mood to hear about these injuries today
Like I realize I am completely overreacting and I still can't help it
It's every year, without fail
Roll damn Tide
Like I realize I am completely overreacting and I still can't help it
It's every year, without fail
Roll damn Tide
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:15 pm to JuiceTerry
LINK ]Everything Nick Saban said after Alabama's 1st scrimmage (video and transcript)
This post was edited on 8/11/19 at 11:14 am
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:23 pm to JuiceTerry
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It's every year, without fail
Bama needs to hire an exorcist to clear the team of whatever injury demon is attacking them every year. That lil bastard needs to go attack a different school for awhile.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:24 pm to Shaft Williams
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No one is going to feel sorry for us because we lost a 5th year senior when we have future NFL players behind him.
Just because someone like, say, Lee has NFL talent, doesn't mean he's ready to start in the SEC at 18. There's a reason McMillon was the starter.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:28 pm to TidalSurge1
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If McMillon is out for the season, his chances of ever starting Bama may be gone. He's a 5th-year senior, already redshirted, so he probably already has his bachelor's degree and would be a grad student this fall.
The NCAA eligibility clock is five years to play four. I think he'd have to get a waiver to get a sixth year added to his clock. If he misses this season, someone else will be entrenched as a starter and some backups could move up past him by then too.
Whether McMillon would start next year in another convo, but his situation is exactly the situation that medical redshirts were created for. Him obtaining a medical redshirt is an absolute slamdunk, and this is 100% how "6th year Seniors" are created.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:36 pm to prevatt33
Honestly in the long run it'd probably be beneficial - Lee is the #2, learns on the job but doesn't have to be "the guy", and then slides into alpha ILB in 2020. The usual way we like to kind of rotate through the LB position.
But right now I just feel awful for McMillon. Hopefully it turns out to be nothing big.
But right now I just feel awful for McMillon. Hopefully it turns out to be nothing big.
This post was edited on 8/10/19 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:47 pm to SummerOfGeorge
On BOL everyone is losing their minds on the injuries...evidently McMillon’s bad lifting form caused his knee injury during a scrimmage and we need to seriously take a look at Cochran. Also according to most posters we need to eliminate scrimmages and look at better equipment.
Injuries happen. It’s frustrating as hell but there is no one to blame.
Injuries happen. It’s frustrating as hell but there is no one to blame.
Posted on 8/10/19 at 7:56 pm to LBU Bama
The older I get, the more it really bothers me, when these young men get hurt. Injuries just happen, it sucks. Look at all the severe leg injuries that have happened in basketball over the last few years. People always like to find someone to blame, but it most cases, it just happens
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