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re: 2013 Alabama Football Recruiting Thread - DH Decommited from UGA
Posted on 5/4/12 at 12:40 pm to Analyze That
Posted on 5/4/12 at 12:40 pm to Analyze That
idk man thats a pretty good size DE 290-300 in our 3-4.
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Posted on 5/4/12 at 12:46 pm to Analyze That
Add that with the fact that it's a pretty damn good academic school and has beautiful campus and women.....tough for kids to turn down
Posted on 5/4/12 at 1:21 pm to T Rich3
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DE in our defense. We like our NT's to be like Mount Cody or Chapman size.
Who do we expect to be our NT next year? after williams leaves
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Posted on 5/4/12 at 1:21 pm to T Rey WI
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Ravens do it again in NFL draft with Upshaw82By Gregg Rosenthal NFL.com
NEW YORK -- If the NFL was a fantasy football league, the Baltimore Ravens are that guy who always makes the rest of the room say "nice pick."
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The Ravens take value. Year after year, they see a blue-chip talent fall for some bogus reason or another. And then they snap them up, coach them up and make them into Pro Bowlers.
General manager Ozzie Newsome did it again by drafting Alabama linebacker Courtney Upshaw with the 35th overall pick in the draft.
"I'm very excited to be a Raven," Upshaw said after he got off the stage at Radio City Music Hall. "I can't stop smiling."
Upshaw was a player with whom most teams didn't know what to do. They didn't know what position at which to play him. The Ravens specialize in customizing roles to fit a player's strength.
Is Terrell Suggs a linebacker or a defensive end? What was Adalius Thomas?
Upshaw is a tough, smart football player. He's a hitter. And now he's a Baltimore Raven.
"He plays like a junkyard dog," Ravens director of personnel Eric DeCosta said of Upshaw, according to The Associated Press. "He's a physical, violent football player. A lot of guys can rush the passer, a lot of guys can drop and play in space, but setting the edge is really one of the most important things at this position, and we feel this guy can do that."
Upshaw will fit right in.
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Posted on 5/4/12 at 1:47 pm to NATidefan
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Who do we expect to be our NT next year? after williams leaves
The candidates are Ivory, Love, Pagan (DE/NT), Lake, Taylor (if they move him back to defense).
My guess is Ivory but it could literally be any of the above.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 1:47 pm to NATidefan
Darren Lake or Alphonse Taylor if he is playing the NG position and if Brandon Ivory can get his head in the game he is also a good candidate
Posted on 5/4/12 at 2:58 pm to BuccWildBammer
Darren Lake is my pick. He has everything you need short of a couple of big years in the weight room. Alphonse Taylor will have to get his pad level down a good bit before he would be ready to grab the anchor. If he does then he will lock NT down. My dark horse is Dalvin Thomlinson, watch for him to put on the feed bag and live with Scott Cochran for the next year.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 3:05 pm to T Rey WI
More from the Crimson Caravan
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On recruiting: Saban and staff evaluate players according to 3 metrics. One metric is character, the other is measurables (height, weight, speed, etc), and the third is specific skills needed for the position in question. These are on a scale of 1-5. Saban made it very clear that it does not matter what other team is recruiting a player, if he does not meet our metrics we don't recruit them.
On DB recruiting: our ideal DB is 6 foot, 185 lbs, and runs a sub 4.5 forty. Specific skills needed are the ability to cover the deep third, the ability to play man to man and the ability to tackle. Covering deep and tackling prevent big plays and playing man to man gets us off the field on third down. If a player can't do all these things he is downgraded on our board.
On the movie Redtails: apparently Saban had to contact George Lucas to get the advance screening before the BCS championship game and George stated it would be ok with certain security measures to prevent piracy and asked Saban for a shoutout if possible on camera (which I remember Saban doing).
On the NFL draft: the reason I am in the green room up in New York every year is that the same things NFL teams look for in players are the things we look for in recruiting. "You don't see 5'9'' guys in the green room".
On little guys: Little fast guys are good for one thing, running the football. But the thing about football is there is only one football...so how many little guys do you need on your team?
On boxing: there is a reason you have weight classes in boxing, its not because a little guy couldn't beat a heavyweight. In fact some of the smaller guys might be more skilled than some of the heavyweights. The heavyweights are built for endurance and stamina and can wear the other guy down. (The implication was that Alabama recruits heavyweights)
On changes to the offense: our offense will look a little different this year than last due to personnel. We tweak our offense to suit the personnel we have. Since we don't have two TE's this year we might not see some of the same sets and we might throw the ball more.
On changes to the defense: while the offense is changed to match the personnel the defense is the defense. We recruit guys to do the things we want on defense so as long as Saban is there the defense should look mostly the same.
On the BCS championship game v LSU: we won the coin toss and elected to kick arse
On the 2011 team: Saban is most proud of how the team handled adversity after the LSU loss. The team decided to use the opportunity to grow and make themselves better.
On A-Day: the two lowest attended A-day games since Saban has been at Alabama have come after the two championship seasons. (Saban seemed ticked that fans got complacent)
On the UF game this year: apparently Saban let a professional PGA tour player use his lake house this past year and this person, who was a UF fan or graduate left a sign in the house that said, "See you in the Swamp!!!!" Saban then showed that sign to the team and thanked that person for "winning us that game" (any guesses who the golfer might be?)
On a funny note one guy asked a question to Saban if he is pleased that now the default position for Alabama is championships and Saban lit into this guy. He went on a long tirade about complacency and work ethic and commitment and dedication to being the best and ended with the statement "so you think we have arrived? is that what you are telling me?" I felt bad for the guy who asked the question but it was great to see that even after two championship seasons Saban is still motivated to get better and improve the program. As long as Saban is at the helm of Alabama we are in good hands.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 3:12 pm to chilld28
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On the BCS championship game v LSU: we won the coin toss and elected to kick arse
This will never get old.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 3:46 pm to Robot Santa
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This will never get old.
Hell noPosted on 5/4/12 at 4:01 pm to chilld28
So, over on the SECr there is a picture of Joey Bosa posing for a picture with......a gay sexual predator. Way to pick wisely Joey.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 4:13 pm to Robot Santa
That shite is creepy as hell... How many more skeletons in the Ohio State closet?
Posted on 5/4/12 at 4:16 pm to Analyze That
jigga say what?
I see Poaggi made his 3rd trip to Ttown. Interesting prospect, has long arms.
I see Poaggi made his 3rd trip to Ttown. Interesting prospect, has long arms.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 4:20 pm to chilld28
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On the BCS championship game v LSU: we won the coin toss and elected to kick arse
That's hilarious
Posted on 5/4/12 at 4:40 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Cliffnotes: a sex offender was being retweeted by many Ohio State student athletes and Ohio State football prospects. He also had been taking pictures with recruits. Dude is sex offender into under 16 boy pornography.
CREEPY AS frick!
Cliffnotes: a sex offender was being retweeted by many Ohio State student athletes and Ohio State football prospects. He also had been taking pictures with recruits. Dude is sex offender into under 16 boy pornography.
CREEPY AS frick!
Posted on 5/4/12 at 5:10 pm to Analyze That
They're everywhere. 
Posted on 5/4/12 at 5:18 pm to Analyze That
quote:And one of the recruits he had his picture taken with has decommitted from Ohio State, Alex Anzalone, four-star linebacker from PA is back on the market. LINK
a sex offender was being retweeted by many Ohio State student athletes and Ohio State football prospects. He also had been taking pictures with recruits
Posted on 5/4/12 at 5:18 pm to Robot Santa
quote:Dont know how true but....
So, over on the SECr there is a picture of Joey Bosa posing for a picture with......a gay sexual predator.
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Don't know how true, but word is that Bosa could decommit.
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