re: Bama Football Tidings

Speaking of conspiracies, seems this thread by definition has run it's course. Fall camp Report No. 20 which ends Fall Camp. Monday begins the regular season practices which lead up to the regular season games. Guess this thread should be "un" stickied and allowed to wither on the vine. Monday is a whole new day and we will start a new one....or ones.... 30

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I’d actually like to see Bama move away from Nike but options are very limited in that field.

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Bill Battle screwed up bigly when he extended Bama's Nike contract for so long, causing us to lose out on many $million$ compared to what other programs have been getting. Byrne needs to coerce Nike into renegotiating it by saying this will be their last contract ever with Bama if they don't. We're losing out on enough money to renovate or maybe even replace Coleman. Offer the "Nike Coleman Coliseum" name (for the duration of our contract) if they'll agree to bump our contract to where it should be. It's a win-win deal for Bama and Nike -- seems doable to me. And Byrne would become revered for it.

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Agree completely

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See if you can get that idea passed along to Byrne.

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Side note, are you ready for the unsticky and new thread?

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I just now changed the title of this thread to "2019 Football Season News ~ Duke game prep edition" and I'll update the ".... edition" subtitle frequently, as needed. So, we can just keep rolling with this thread, if folks are ok with that.

Good idea Surge. It keeps things fluid (with exception of game threads)

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There’s a pic of Slade in BamaTime Magazine that he wanted. Does anyone know how I would be able to get a digital copy for him? It’s at A Day and he has my grandfather’s name on his forearm that passed away soon after. Special pic to the family.

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You could contact them here and ask them directly.
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I’d actually like to see Bama move away from Nike but options are very limited in that field.

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My perspective differs from that of most here. By that, I mean I am older than most tho younger than a few. "Back in the day" we effectively had 3 shoe companies supplying us with shoe options. The two strongest were Hyde Shoes (Spot Bilt/Saucony) and Puma. In the Summer of 1982 Nike started making a big push to get its product placed in the U of A athletic program.

In the late 70's and early 80's QB's and LB's generally wore the Spot Bilt because of the foot stability. In the late 70's Alabama started moving toward the Saucony side of Hyde because of the Grid System they had introduced to their training products. The Grid System was better for the bigger guys providing the best foot stability and cushioning in the industry. That was the most common shoe for the OL and DL. The RB's, WR's, and Db's tended toward the Puma. Puma was faster recoil (better for speed) but less cushion. When someone had issues with sore feet, they moved them back to the Spot Bilt/Saucony. Spot Bilt was the tweener shoe.. When Nike came in the DB's and WR's moves to them first. They had good upper support but very little lower support. They provided the fastest recoil but least stability and cushion. We were allowed to choose the shoe we wanted to wear unless the trainer had a reason to choose for us. As a LB, I chose the Puma. The turf shoes from Puma are still the best pair of shoes I have ever worn, but during camp I wore Saucony to prevent shin splints and protect my ankles.

Nike is still about speed/performance in competition shoes more so than foot and joint protection. If you look closely, the team wears different types of Nike depending on the position they play. Some have more cushion and support while others are pure recoil targeted. More speed = less foot protection.

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What a great informative post. I fall into that older than most category and had 2 pairs of shoes. Games and scrmmage I wore SpotBuilt and for conditioning days and days we timed the 100, I wore Pumas. (I at least felt I was way faster in them, but had a really bad ankle and couldnt trust it to the pumas in a game or scrimmage. Coach actually bought the Spotbuilts to help with my ankle issues

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Alabama Football: Crimson Tide Week No. 1 Depth Chart by Ronald Evans
Of course, Bama releases their 1st game "depth chart" tomorrow around noon CT, and Travis Reier will drop a podcast shortly afterwards. Here is a projection by Ronald Evans of BamaHammer: (click the link to see all the info, just posting the line up here)
All projected starters are in bold.

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Alabama Football Offense

Quarterback – Tua Tagovailoa
QB2 – Mac Jones
QB3 – Taulia Tagovailoa
Running Back – (1A) Najee Harris, (1B) Brian Robinson
RB2 – Keilan Robinson or Jerome Ford
RB3 – Chadarius Townsend
Wide Receivers – Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs III, Devonta Smith, Jaylen Waddle
Backup WRs – John Metchie, Xavier Williams, Tyrell Shavers, Slade Bolden
For presentation purposes, the grouping presumes a 4-wide set.
Tight End- Miller Forristall
Backup TE – Major Tennison or Cameron Latu
Left Tackle – Alex Leatherwood
Backup LT – Scott Lashley
Left Guard – Evan Neal
Backup LG – Emil Ekiyor
Center – Chris Owens
Backup Center – Emil Ekiyor or Landon Dickerson
Right Guard – Landon Dickerson
Backup RG – Matt Womack
Right Tackle – Jedrick Wills
Backup RT – Tommy Brown

Alabama Football Nickel Defense

Defensive Tackle – D.J. Dale
Backup DT – Phidarian Mathis
Defensive Ends – Raekwon Davis and LaBryan Ray
Backup DEs – Justin Eboigbe and Christian Barmore
Outside Linebackers – Anfernee Jennings and Terrell Lewis
Backup OLBs – Chris Allen and King Mwikuta
Inside Linebackers – Dylan Moses and Christian Harris
Backup ILBs – Shane Lee and Ale Kaho or Jaylen Moody
Cornerbacks – Trevon Diggs and Josh Jobe
Backup CBs – Marcus Banks or Scooby Carter or Jaylin Armour-Davis
Star Corner – Patrick Surtain II
Backup Star – Shyheim Carter
Safeties – Xavier McKinney and Jared Mayden
Backup Safeties – Shyheim Carter (Shyheim would start in Dime) and Daniel Wright

Alabama Football Special Teams

Kickoff Specialist – Joseph Bulovas
Field Goals and PATs Placekicker – Will Reichard
Punter – Skyler DeLong or Will Reichard
Long Snapper – Thomas Fletcher
Kick Returners – Henry Ruggs III and Chadarius Townsend or Keilaan Robinson
Punt Returner – Jaylen Waddle

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