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Posted on 4/16/13 at 10:06 am to AUtigerNOLA
In class in bored dude. I will literally talk about anything
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Posted on 4/16/13 at 10:40 am to GenesChin
The age / maturity thing doesn't always translate. Take KF for instance, he is a junior and still throwing "lob" ints in practice. If you have what it takes it shows itself early
Posted on 4/16/13 at 10:48 am to GenesChin
quote:If we are giving up 600+ yards of offense in those game, an INT will be the least amount of my concern. Last years TAM, UGA, & UA games come immediately to mind (671, 497, 483) when we were down 42-7, 42-0, & 28-0 at halftime. At least his running ability would have gave the offense a chance to move the chains. We averaged 5 first downs in the first half in each of those blowouts.
It seem likely at this point that we will have a few games in which we are done more than a handful of points at some point. I would prefer not to have INT and forced throws to "catch up."
quote:I do as well.
I believe NM will be the QB
quote:I hope he redshirts because of this exact fact...
I really want JJ to come around fast and play.
quote:Just looking back of the last 5 years in the SEC with more than 100 attempts, here are the TFR QB ratings.
When is the last time a TRUE (We ain't talking Johnny Manziel fake FR) freshman came in and played at a level acceptable to where we want to be?
Jalen Whitlow (UK)(2012) - 99.5
Maxwell Smith (UK)(2011) - 103.3
Tyler Bray (UT)(2010) - 142.7
Morgan Newton (UK)(2009) - 109.7
Randall Cobb (UK)(2008) - 95.1
Wesley Carroll (MSU)(2007) - 104.6
Tyler Bray is the only one who performed halfway decent. But his best games came against UK, Vandy, Ole Miss, UNC, and Memphis. He still managed to throw 10 INTs in 9 games, 1 of which came on 6 attempts against UT-Martin. 3 of which came against UNC which cost them the game.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 11:19 am to AUtigerNOLA
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Most people are going to be pessimistic about this based on our current QB situation and the fact that he was only a 3 star with a bunch of interceptions. Doesn't matter how bad his team was. I think most on here understand his situation but try telling that to other fans or rival fans and see where that gets you. It will just seem like you are making excuses.
Some people care too much about what other teams fans think.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 11:22 am to joeyb147
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We averaged 5 first downs in the first half in each of those blowouts.
That many?
Posted on 4/16/13 at 2:30 pm to AUtigR24
As of now, Ken Carter is ahead of everyone else at the defensive end spot opposite of Dee Ford... Does this worry anybody else?
Posted on 4/16/13 at 2:40 pm to TTsTowel
Not really. We're running a new defensive scheme. Some guys are going to be better suited for it than others. Whether or not they have shown promise under previous schemes has no bearing to me.
...obvious exception to this is Holland. I rather play Frazier at LB than Holland
...obvious exception to this is Holland. I rather play Frazier at LB than Holland
Posted on 4/16/13 at 3:33 pm to TTsTowel
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Does this worry anybody else?
No, I already knew Craig Sanders sucked.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 3:42 pm to TTsTowel
quote:No. Melvin Ingram and Devin Smith were both around 270 and played DE under Johnson. I think Carter would need to lose a bit of weight and work on his explosiveness. As it is now, Harrell is hurt, Delanie plays behind Ford, Nosa hasn't been anything special, and Sanders is a bust. Haven't heard anything on President, so not sure if he's playing inside or outside. And we still have to wait for Daniel & Lawson.
Does this worry anybody else?
Could also mean our DTs are finally doing something and he's no longer in the rotation there. Which would be fricking awesome.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 3:49 pm to joeyb147
It will kinda be nice to see a bull power rusher rather than a speed guy trying to get around the edge and cut down every play (Lemonier). Mix in that with some Ford and rotate in Lawson, Eguae, Daniel. Could be fun to watch.
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Posted on 4/16/13 at 5:29 pm to joeyb147
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Randall Cobb (UK)(2008) - 95.1
Morgan Newton (UK)(2009) - 109.7
Maxwell Smith (UK)(2011) - 103.3
Jalen Whitlow (UK)(2012) - 99.5
Four True FR starting QBs in five seasons. Damn.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 5:40 pm to TTsTowel
Nope...just makes my prediction of Carl Lawson being the starter by mid-season seem that much more likely
Posted on 4/16/13 at 7:30 pm to tigerboi256
Depends on the role of that DE position. Maybe it makes sense to have a 275 pound guy play there and maybe that change is what Kenny needed
Posted on 4/16/13 at 8:04 pm to GenesChin
Don't know if already posted, but Jeremy Johnson says that he's up to 220 lbs and he wants to be 240 by Spring 2014.
https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2013/04/incoming_auburn_quarterbacks_w.html
Size-wise, sounds like another recent AU QB.
https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2013/04/incoming_auburn_quarterbacks_w.html
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Johnson, Alabama's Mr. Football, says Auburn coaches have told him to work through his three- and five-step drops before arriving on campus in May. The Carver-Montgomery star has a workbook of drills and is also on a meal plan designed by the strength and conditioning staff. He says he has gained 20 pounds, bulking up to 220 with hopes to be up to 240 next spring.
Size-wise, sounds like another recent AU QB.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 8:42 pm to beatbammer
I can fap to that. Plus he arrives in a few weeks 
Posted on 4/16/13 at 9:56 pm to beatbammer
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making way for Wallace, who set the freshman record for pass efficiency in four starts.
Saw this in the article. ANyone else realize this fact?
Posted on 4/16/13 at 10:30 pm to GenesChin
McCOMEBACK KID: Instead of leaving Auburn, McNeal chose to leave his mark
BY AARON BRENNER | abrenner@ledger-enquirer.com
@WarEagleExtra
AUBURN, Ala. – Slumped on his couch, taunted by his television, bummed out watching bowl games kick off without him or his team last winter, Demetruce McNeal thought seriously, again, whether he was in the right place.
“I’m always ready to just get back on the field and hit the ground running,” McNeal said. “It was just tough, sitting at home and thinking about it — ‘Man, am I coming back? What am I going to do?’”
Not for the first time, the hard-hitting safety wearing his heart on his sleeve concluded his heart remained with Auburn.
“I thought to myself, okay, we were 3-9,” McNeal said back on the first new day of spring football practices. “Let me come back and try to be a leader for this defense, and just change what people keep saying about the Auburn defense.”
McNeal repeatedly pointed to Auburn’s 2004 team, which went undefeated thanks to the nation’s stingiest scoring defense – 11.3 points allowed per game.
The Tigers haven’t finished in that category’s top 50 since 2008, and were far less consistent than last year’s No. 65 ranking (28.3 points) would indicate.
“That’s basically why I came back, to get this team on the right track before I leave,” McNeal said. “I’ve been down like that before. … It’s motivation because now we know how it feels to have a season like that, and we don’t want to feel that way again. We let so many people down.”
Statistically, McNeal was pretty good amidst the misery – in fact, he’s probably Auburn’s best returning defender. As a junior, he was Auburn’s No. 2-leading tackler (trailing only linebacker Daren Bates), leading the squad with 53 solo takedowns and tying defensive tackle Angelo Blackson with seven tackles for a loss.
But McNeal was just as noteworthy for his behavior behind closed doors – he twice was benched for the opening series in non-conference home games (in favor of Trent Fisher), and Ryan Smith started the opener against Clemson and the finale at Alabama.
“I made mistakes last year. Everybody made mistakes,” McNeal said. “I’m just trying to limit those mistakes and keep playing and go on about my career.”
McNeal knew he was meant to stick around when he started working with new safeties coach Charlie Harbison, who recruited him out of high school when at Clemson.
“The coaches are embracing us, and we’re embracing the coaches. Because in the past, I felt there was a lot of players vs. coaches. Now it’s more free and so much fun,” McNeal said. “I’ve got coaches that interact with me and I can interact with them with a playful mind, but still playing football at the same time.”
In particular, McNeal didn’t appreciate how old coaches demanded precise, stagnant technique – to the point where McNeal said he felt like a “robot” under 2012 defensive backs coach Willie Martinez.
Harbison, however, is different.
“I like him because he’s really the only coach I’ve had since I’ve been here that really allows me to feel comfortable about myself back there,” McNeal said. “In the past, a lot of coaches had me bending my knees so far down, I felt so uncomfortable. Coach Harbison, he’s more of laid-back type of dude. Play at your comfort level, because I’m going to coach off you.”
McNeal played last year as a gangly 6-foot-2, 187-pounder, but he already put on 12 pounds by the start of spring and hopes to weigh in between 210-215 pounds for the fall.
Defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson refers to McNeal’s position as a “boundary safety” – which requires physicality, closing speed and a nose for stopping the run, suiting McNeal.
“I’ve had some times, like at (South) Carolina, our big hitter back there was a free safety, (D.J.) Swearinger. But he wasn’t the biggest and strongest,” Johnson said. “He made big hits in the open field. But we had to have a 200-pound kid at the boundary corner and boundary safety to fit the run.”
McNeal’s gung-ho about the opportunity. He admires the work Harbison did with Pro Bowl safety Brian Dawkins in the 1990s, and the same of cornerbacks coach Melvin Smith turning Johnthan Banks into an All-American at Mississippi State last year.
“They feel that I can fill that void and just get a lot of interceptions and make a lot of tackles,” McNeal said. “Now that my mind is made up about what I want to do, it’s basically just learning the whole defense and how fast can I learn it.”
As his team enjoys its new day, McNeal has adopted a new attitude.
“I just want to go out with a bang, man,” McNeal said. “That’s basically it. Leave with a bang, get my name up in the (NFL) draft, try my best to be an All-American.”
Read more here: LINK
BY AARON BRENNER | abrenner@ledger-enquirer.com
@WarEagleExtra
AUBURN, Ala. – Slumped on his couch, taunted by his television, bummed out watching bowl games kick off without him or his team last winter, Demetruce McNeal thought seriously, again, whether he was in the right place.
“I’m always ready to just get back on the field and hit the ground running,” McNeal said. “It was just tough, sitting at home and thinking about it — ‘Man, am I coming back? What am I going to do?’”
Not for the first time, the hard-hitting safety wearing his heart on his sleeve concluded his heart remained with Auburn.
“I thought to myself, okay, we were 3-9,” McNeal said back on the first new day of spring football practices. “Let me come back and try to be a leader for this defense, and just change what people keep saying about the Auburn defense.”
McNeal repeatedly pointed to Auburn’s 2004 team, which went undefeated thanks to the nation’s stingiest scoring defense – 11.3 points allowed per game.
The Tigers haven’t finished in that category’s top 50 since 2008, and were far less consistent than last year’s No. 65 ranking (28.3 points) would indicate.
“That’s basically why I came back, to get this team on the right track before I leave,” McNeal said. “I’ve been down like that before. … It’s motivation because now we know how it feels to have a season like that, and we don’t want to feel that way again. We let so many people down.”
Statistically, McNeal was pretty good amidst the misery – in fact, he’s probably Auburn’s best returning defender. As a junior, he was Auburn’s No. 2-leading tackler (trailing only linebacker Daren Bates), leading the squad with 53 solo takedowns and tying defensive tackle Angelo Blackson with seven tackles for a loss.
But McNeal was just as noteworthy for his behavior behind closed doors – he twice was benched for the opening series in non-conference home games (in favor of Trent Fisher), and Ryan Smith started the opener against Clemson and the finale at Alabama.
“I made mistakes last year. Everybody made mistakes,” McNeal said. “I’m just trying to limit those mistakes and keep playing and go on about my career.”
McNeal knew he was meant to stick around when he started working with new safeties coach Charlie Harbison, who recruited him out of high school when at Clemson.
“The coaches are embracing us, and we’re embracing the coaches. Because in the past, I felt there was a lot of players vs. coaches. Now it’s more free and so much fun,” McNeal said. “I’ve got coaches that interact with me and I can interact with them with a playful mind, but still playing football at the same time.”
In particular, McNeal didn’t appreciate how old coaches demanded precise, stagnant technique – to the point where McNeal said he felt like a “robot” under 2012 defensive backs coach Willie Martinez.
Harbison, however, is different.
“I like him because he’s really the only coach I’ve had since I’ve been here that really allows me to feel comfortable about myself back there,” McNeal said. “In the past, a lot of coaches had me bending my knees so far down, I felt so uncomfortable. Coach Harbison, he’s more of laid-back type of dude. Play at your comfort level, because I’m going to coach off you.”
McNeal played last year as a gangly 6-foot-2, 187-pounder, but he already put on 12 pounds by the start of spring and hopes to weigh in between 210-215 pounds for the fall.
Defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson refers to McNeal’s position as a “boundary safety” – which requires physicality, closing speed and a nose for stopping the run, suiting McNeal.
“I’ve had some times, like at (South) Carolina, our big hitter back there was a free safety, (D.J.) Swearinger. But he wasn’t the biggest and strongest,” Johnson said. “He made big hits in the open field. But we had to have a 200-pound kid at the boundary corner and boundary safety to fit the run.”
McNeal’s gung-ho about the opportunity. He admires the work Harbison did with Pro Bowl safety Brian Dawkins in the 1990s, and the same of cornerbacks coach Melvin Smith turning Johnthan Banks into an All-American at Mississippi State last year.
“They feel that I can fill that void and just get a lot of interceptions and make a lot of tackles,” McNeal said. “Now that my mind is made up about what I want to do, it’s basically just learning the whole defense and how fast can I learn it.”
As his team enjoys its new day, McNeal has adopted a new attitude.
“I just want to go out with a bang, man,” McNeal said. “That’s basically it. Leave with a bang, get my name up in the (NFL) draft, try my best to be an All-American.”
Read more here: LINK
Posted on 4/16/13 at 10:45 pm to kage
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Coach Harbison, he’s more of laid-back type of dude. Play at your comfort level, because I’m going to coach off
Fuuuuuccccccckkkkkkk
Posted on 4/16/13 at 11:16 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
meh, I could care less how our DB's back pedal. If it gets our guys playing better, I could care less.
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