re: Bama Football Tidings

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I always thought it was presumptuous that Trey Sanders would get more PT and carries than Ford.

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Snead’s departure from Columbus — as well as the beginning of his career with the Buckeyes — was certainly cloaked in uncertainty.

After playing in the first two games of the 2018 season, Snead did not see the field at all the remainder of the year — he didn’t even make the trip for the Week 3 game against TCU — with OSU declining to publicly address the running back’s status with the football program.

A four-star member of the Buckeyes’ 2018 recruiting class, Snead was rated as the No. 3 back in the country and the No. 17 player at any position in the talent-rich state of Florida. In those two appearances as a true freshman, he ran for 37 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.

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Not looking for a pissing contest; however, there have been many "journalists" and "speculators" who say what they wish to take place. Cannot deny the talent of Sanders pre-break. And anytime the running game would not show as expected there would be a wailing and undeniable outcry by the hoards to put Sanders in. Especially if he got early game mop up duty and ran wild, albeit with the 2's and/or 3's

Yes it does take a while to learn the pass pro and just ask Derrick Henry, how that impacts a RB's ability to get on the field with the 1's early in the season.

In trying to contribute to this thread, I post from as many sources as possible, attempt to keep my opinions out until it is a post "just from me".
In this case, I personally agree, Sanders may well be one of those talents; however, until he learn pass pro, his pt will be during mop up with all Bama will do is run and an occasional PT with 1's for a strictly running play again.

This will give Ford and K-Rob opps to show out, I do hate it for Chad, another guy who keeps getting moved from WR to RB to WR to RB. May not give him enough reps to ever see meaningful time on the field on Saturdays.

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Let that headline sink in.

Has Alabama woes in the kicking game officially been solved?

Head coach Nick Saban was in a chipper mood when it came to addressing the media on that aspect of the game, following the first scrimmage of fall practice.

In a battle between Joseph Bulovas and Will Reichard, Saban was pleased with both guys yet he singled-out the latter.

Reichard, a three-star from Hoover, Ala., was the nation’s top-rated kicking prospect – according to the Kohl’s Kicking site. He nailed 27 of 31 field goals during his high school tenure and made all 109 of his extra point tries.

Reichard boldly declared to Justin Smith, recruiting/scouting analyst for Touchdown Alabama Magazine, that he is the one to “fix all the kicking issues” for the Crimson Tide.

He proved accurate of this statement in the spring game back in April, as he nailed a 43-yard field goal and made all of his PAT’s to the joy of fans.

Since then, the hot shot kicker has found ways to get work in.

His confidence has been high all summer and Saban liked what he saw from the freshman on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

He said Reichard did “really well on field goals” and that it was “encouraging” to see.

Per sources, Reichard made all four of his kicks – including a 50- yarder.

“He was the biggest highlight of the scrimmage,” sources said of Reichard.

“Everything he kicked went through and the kick he made from 50 yards would have probably been good from 60-plus. Reichard was one of three players that handled business today.”

The battle is not over between he and Bulovas, but this is a great start for Reichard.

Should he continue this consistency in the following exhibition, which is next Saturday, he can lock up the job as the starting kicker.

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Looks like the episode from In My Own Words entitled “Mac Jones heating up Bama’s fall camp” was not a joke.

Alabama head coach Nick Saban is giving the redshirt sophomore a chance to run the offense and the native Floridian is doing business.

As a third-year player, Jones understands the system and Saban made it known at SEC Media Days that he’s “matured” at the quarterback position.

In pushing Tua Tagovailoa and trying to show a fan base that’s more than capable, Jones impressed his coach on Saturday at the Crimson Tide’s first scrimmage. After the two-hour exhibition, Saban took to the podium at Bryant-Denny Stadium to compliment his QB.

“Mac played well today,” Saban said of Jones.

“He had a really good day today. He had a high completion percentage, threw for some big plays, really did a good job and some of it was against the first defense. I thought he did a really good job of trying to lead the team when he was in there. He did a really good job.”

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