re: Per AJC, a recruit from Georgia has already "quit on his college team"...

It's not a popular one because it's not a particularly good one. You've always put too much emphasis on size equating style. TJ Yeldon was 6-1, 220 last season and he had more scat back plays than he did power back ones. Scat back =/= cannot take a beating up the gut.

Terry Grant wasn't a recruited or signed back by Saban, he was meant to be a complementary back in Shula's offense. He did have problems running up the gut in '07, but he also had injury problems going into almost every season at the Capstone.

I've already spoken on Hart, he has done nothing to prove he is or isn't anything other than injury prone. He tore his ACL in a practice and then his other the next year fielding a punt. He went down before the defender even got to him.

Tyren Jones at the very least showed up at 200, and that's not a finite weight for his career or even this season. He's not expected to be a top 3 option, but none of the freshman are expected to be. That's not to say he won't play, which he very well could from summer reports.

I think you're stat scouting a bit too much. He's not going to Auburn so it's understandable, but Tyren Jones isn't what you believe he is. He's not a scat back, complementary back, or anything like that.

While a "Saban Back" may not be a scat back, it's definitely not just a power back either. It's more about the nuances of the position coupled with talent.

I think this conversation is even more off base when it comes to the subject of this thread. To bring up this, is no different than any other straw grasping that opposing fanbases are shooting down in here. Which seems to be Carvell's point of making that statement...