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re: AU fans: biggest obstacle this season?
Posted on 7/19/11 at 7:53 am to TiggerWoods
Posted on 7/19/11 at 7:53 am to TiggerWoods
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I think the o-line will be solid as long as Grimes is coaching them.
Y'all will have a choice of a sophmore (Blake Burgess) or a true freshman (Reese Dismukes) at center. Solid, I'm not so sure.
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Posted on 7/19/11 at 7:57 am to TiggerWoods
Sorry for the double post.
This post was edited on 7/19/11 at 8:03 am
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:04 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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3) Secondary
Summer workouts are going to be fierce. There are a lot of talented guys that will be out there in August fighting for position.
I think in the end, we will see Bell and Davis at corner and Thorpe and Mcneal at safetys. The Dline should be Nosa,Carter,Whitiker,Lemonier
Linebackers? Who knows. Freeman, Holland and Bates?
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:08 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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3) Secondary
Here's the encouraging thing about the secondary...
There's no way in HELL it could be any worse.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:09 am to LanierSpots
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I think in the end, we will see Bell and Davis at corner and Thorpe and Mcneal at safetys. The Dline should be Nosa,Carter,Whitiker,Lemonier
Linebackers? Who knows. Freeman, Holland and Bates?
That should be our starting 11.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:12 am to beatbammer
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Here's the encouraging thing about the secondary...
There's no way in HELL it could be any worse.
Jonathan Rose will give much needed depth in the secondary.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:13 am to parkjas2001
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I think in the end, we will see Bell and Davis at corner and Thorpe and Mcneal at safetys. The Dline should be Nosa,Carter,Whitiker,Lemonier
Linebackers? Who knows. Freeman, Holland and Bates?
That should be our starting 11.
I also think we will see a lot of rotation on defense this year. I look for Craig Sanders and Ford to play at end some and Sanders to even move inside some on run downs. I think Rose will get plenty of playing time at Corner and look for Ladarius Owens to play at backer a good bit. The days of our middle linebacker playing every down of the game should be over.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:16 am to LanierSpots
I dont see a reason why Rose, Florence, Davis, White, Therezie, Mincy, and Whitehead should not start getting themselves in order this year.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:42 am to parkjas2001
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I dont see a reason why Rose, Florence, Davis, White, Therezie, Mincy, and Whitehead should not start getting themselves in order this year.
I cant believe a few of them wont be wearing red shirts.
Rose and Whitehead along with Davis will play but not sure about Therezie or Florence.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:45 am to hogwild210
quote:I think our o-line is going to be better than most think. Gus can make the offense work with Trotter, so I am going to say Fairley. We have some good young d-linemen, but no one that I think can dominate the way Fairley did. Also, we lack depth at DT.
What do you think will be the toughest to overcome? Losing Cam? The ridiculous O-line? Fairley?
Posted on 7/19/11 at 8:49 am to WDE24
If I had to pick one single thing that we will miss, it will be Cam on 3rd and short to medium. That was automatic. 
I believe the offense will play well overall. I dont see us falling off the table with the talent we have and with a system that is friendly to new players. We will not be as effective as last year but we dont have the gorilla so that is expected..
The defense should be Ok. I see a lot of talent and most of the guys got experience last year. We dont have a dominate player up front but we didnt have one last year at this time either.
Experience on the road will be a huge hurdle. Going into LSU, Ark, USC and UGA will not be easy for a young team. We will need a few guys to step up and lead. At this point, not really sure who that will be.
I believe the offense will play well overall. I dont see us falling off the table with the talent we have and with a system that is friendly to new players. We will not be as effective as last year but we dont have the gorilla so that is expected..
The defense should be Ok. I see a lot of talent and most of the guys got experience last year. We dont have a dominate player up front but we didnt have one last year at this time either.
Experience on the road will be a huge hurdle. Going into LSU, Ark, USC and UGA will not be easy for a young team. We will need a few guys to step up and lead. At this point, not really sure who that will be.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 9:27 am to Lg
We started 3 freshman OL in 2007 and won 9 games. With Malzahn as OC I think the offense will be just fine as usual. The defense is what needs to step its game up.
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Y'all will have a choice of a sophmore (Blake Burgess) or a true freshman (Reese Dismukes) at center. Solid, I'm not so sure.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 9:29 am to TiggerWoods
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We started 3 freshman OL in 2007 and won 9 games.
The blocking schemes are more complex now. Lucky for us we dont face any serious DL the first few games, until USCe adn Arky, so they should be fine.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 9:32 am to TiggerWoods
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We started 3 freshman OL in 2007 and won 9 games. With Malzahn as OC I think the offense will be just fine as usual. The defense is what needs to step its game up.
Your defense was surprisingly good at making the stops when needed to seal some of the games in question. With added depth on that side of the ball, I think your OL will be your weak spot.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 9:34 am to Lg
figuring out what intro song to play since "All I do is Win" should be retired
Posted on 7/19/11 at 9:34 am to LanierSpots
quote:That is absolutely the truth. It can't be overstated how valuable that was. I wish I had the stats on what our percentage of conversion was on 3rd and 3 or less. It felt like 100%.
If I had to pick one single thing that we will miss, it will be Cam on 3rd and short to medium. That was automatic.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 9:35 am to HailToTheChiz
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"All I do is Win" should be retired
1. It is played out.
2. It won't be quite as apropos, this season.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 9:40 am to WDE24
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1. It is played out.
2. It won't be quite as apropos, this season.
It was good while it lasted though...
Posted on 7/19/11 at 11:47 am to taylormade
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First obstacle will be Utah St..
Best to get that out of the way first..
True, Alabama teams have a history of losing to teams from Utah.
Posted on 7/19/11 at 12:03 pm to LanierSpots
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I cant believe a few of them wont be wearing red shirts.
Rose and Whitehead along with Davis will play but not sure about Therezie or Florence.
We'll need guys like Therezie for special teams headhunters like Sanders and McNeal last year.
I'd put money on Florence getting some PT at safety this year.
A good bit of the freshman will play this year, imo, just due to all around depth, whether it's in trash time or on special teams.
My guesses as to who will definitely redshirt from last years class....
Garrett
Harrell
O'Reilly
Robinson
Sigler
maybe Uzomah
I think everyone else will play on special teams, if nothing else.
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