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Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:16 pm to Chris ALL Capps
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:16 pm to Chris ALL Capps
Could definitely use some d linemen.
We have talent on the oline, but depth is scary. Brailsford coming back would’ve helped.
We have talent on the oline, but depth is scary. Brailsford coming back would’ve helped.
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Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:19 pm to samson73103
My earliest memories of a Bama team Pat Trammell was the QB
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:19 pm to Sandkhan
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We have talent on the oline, but depth is scary. Brailsford coming back would’ve helped.
I bet we sign another 4 or 5 linemen before it is over. Mostly depth but still we have room with 105 roster.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:21 pm to Chris ALL Capps
Desperately need at least one more really good DT/DE type.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:22 pm to TideWarrior
Depth? who are our project starters with all the ones portalling out. Has Proctor said anything about his intentions?
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:22 pm to TideWarrior
My contention is that nothing can be proven. It would come down to the athletes giving up their info. There’s some precedent for kids getting out of contracts.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:22 pm to Amarillo Tide
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Desperately need at least one more really good DT/DE type.
Read this as TE and almost had a stroke
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:23 pm to mrbroker
Yeah proctor declared
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:26 pm to antibarner
Bobby Skelton
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:26 pm to Sandkhan
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Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:26 pm to Sandkhan
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We have talent on the oline, but depth is scary. Brailsford coming back would’ve helped.
We were never going to be able to run with Brailsford at center.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:28 pm to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
Nice guy got a chance to speak with him once. Paul Crane was another one, really good man.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:32 pm to Bamadiver
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My contention is that nothing can be proven. It would come down to the athletes giving up their info. There’s some precedent for kids getting out of contracts.
All it takes is one kid getting caught and that school will not enjoy the outcome. The NCAA has limited power but the CSC will not. I serious doubt that if schools sign this they will even risk it.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:36 pm to mrbroker
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who are our project starters with all the ones portalling out.
LT: Lloyd/Haywood
RG: Sanders/?
C: Strayhorn/Maldrep
RG: Sanders/?
RT: Carroll
The loser of the LT battle could shift to G, since Sanders can't play both G positions
But maybe Poe could win a G position 
If Maldrep wins the C position, Strayhorn could also play G.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:38 pm to Tide or Die87
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We were never going to be able to run with Brailsford at center.
Yep. Our best OL was why we couldn’t run the ball. LOL
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:39 pm to antibarner
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My earliest memories of a Bama team Pat Trammell was the QB
I thought I was old but you have me beat by a good bit. Jeff Rutledge is the first QB I remember.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:40 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
First line: Haywood / Sanders / Strayhorn / Lloyd / Carroll is my guess
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:40 pm to Amarillo Tide
Looking at the Wolf position and not being clear on Latham's status, although I honestly don't think he's a stand up pass rusher myself, that depth looks thin. I wonder if any of the younger inside guys could line up wide and be effective?
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:41 pm to scottydoesntknow
College football popularity has skyrocketed in the last couple of years because the wealth has been spread. It was becoming a regionalized sport because of SEC dominance and other parts of the country were tuning out. That was the original reason for the playoff expansion: to give more programs and other parts of the country a shot. It was never about best determining the champ or competition or anything like that. It was about pulling in the rest of the country outside the South. Then the portal and NIL really brought the parity. Now college football is the most popular sport in the country but for the NFL. It was behind the NBA and MLB but now even a program like Indiana or Texas Tech can be a real player, not just have a wonderful yolo 10-2 season and go to the Citus Bowl. They can actually compete for a NC. It’s fun. And everyone has legitimate hope.
Yes, fans from the SEC are discouraged and some are losing interest because their dominance has disappeared, IMO, never to return unless the structure of the sport is changed to enhance their natural advantage of being the land of HS football talent, i.e., where most of the west African descendants still live and having a culture crude enough to still honor the warrior. Kinda like the Arabs and Texans of having the good fortune to be born next to an oil field. Texans can have an IQ of 75, do nothing more demanding than rocking on the porch, and be worth 100s of millions. But programs from across the land can purchase those players. Oregon from all the way across the country can entice a kid to come play for them and experience another world, oh, and to engage on the sport of football. Oregon has plucked the top player from the state of Alabama, home of the all mighty Crimson Tide, the last two years. The kid this year was a lifelong Alabama fan but just couldn’t resist the lure of the beautiful Pacific Northwest and its green forests and those even more beautiful green dollars Mr. Knight offers. Who can blame him? I sure don’t. The adults created this world, he nor other players demanded it nor even asked for it - the sweet courts just laid it on his table. The ignorami who run college sports let it happen while they were being drugged by all of the football TV money just falling from the sky.
Yes, fans from the SEC are discouraged and some are losing interest because their dominance has disappeared, IMO, never to return unless the structure of the sport is changed to enhance their natural advantage of being the land of HS football talent, i.e., where most of the west African descendants still live and having a culture crude enough to still honor the warrior. Kinda like the Arabs and Texans of having the good fortune to be born next to an oil field. Texans can have an IQ of 75, do nothing more demanding than rocking on the porch, and be worth 100s of millions. But programs from across the land can purchase those players. Oregon from all the way across the country can entice a kid to come play for them and experience another world, oh, and to engage on the sport of football. Oregon has plucked the top player from the state of Alabama, home of the all mighty Crimson Tide, the last two years. The kid this year was a lifelong Alabama fan but just couldn’t resist the lure of the beautiful Pacific Northwest and its green forests and those even more beautiful green dollars Mr. Knight offers. Who can blame him? I sure don’t. The adults created this world, he nor other players demanded it nor even asked for it - the sweet courts just laid it on his table. The ignorami who run college sports let it happen while they were being drugged by all of the football TV money just falling from the sky.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:43 pm to JoylessMurderball
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Yep. Our best OL was why we couldn’t run the ball. LOL
He was really good but teams with a good 0/1 tech could overwhelm him physically sometimes. Strayhorn is more SEC prototypical center size. Of course part of our problem is neither guard position was solid so Brailsford was asked to do things he shouldn’t have been asked to do or just got hung out to dry. Overall, he was our best lineman. Valchos worked on a better OL unit. So small centers can work in the SEC.
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