Amarillo Tide

I think the wild card in what you're saying is invariably, there are often people in a kid's ear encouraging him to leave, even when it may not be in the player's best interest.

It's crazy the number of players who have left Bama for "greener pastures" and then did pretty much nothing at their new school. I always think about what CNS used to say about the grass being greener on the other side of the hill. It's because there's often a septic tank beneath that hill. LOL.

I think whoever loses the starting QB competition, they're probably going to want to leave UNLESS Bama makes them an offer they can't refuse. I think if Russell wins the job, Mack will leave. Frankly, I wouldn't blame him. He could and would start at probably 80-90 per cent of the schools out there. Would love for him to stay at Bama as the back up but I just don't see it unless he's offered a crazy amount of $$ to stay.

Getting spanked on national TV by Indiana and losing to a terrible FSU team will generate that disrespect. Time to gain that respect back by beating the living dog shite out everyone.

I want to see the offensive line give the QB (whoever it is) enough time to eat a sandwich back there when we pass and to get a minimum of 200 yards of rushing.

On defense, I want to see consistent effort, swarming to the ball. No arm tackling. No jogging to the play like we saw vs FSU last year. I want to see our DBs absolutely lay the wood on their receivers and RBs.

As long as a player can beat the charges, the NFL doesn't give two doo doos what you've done. Jimmy Johnson used to say some team would've drafted Charles Manson if he could run a 4.3 40.

I'll be curious to see what happens with Henry Ruggs when he gets out of prison either this year or next. I'm sure a few teams will bring him in for a work out, especially if he has maintained his blazing speed. The NFL isn't big on "second chances" though. Reuben Foster had his career ended largely because he was accused of SA. The fact she later recanted her story didn't seem to matter.

Yeah, I get it, they won the natty and are entitled to strut a bit but Cignetti has really been popping off at the mouth.

CNS used to say it’s much, much harder to win another NC. I think Indiana kind of snuck up on people last year. I know they play a really weak schedule but they’re gonna learn it’s better to be the hunter than the hunted and they won’t be sneaking up on anyone anymore.

Honestly, the only two I wish we could have held on to was Horton and Adams as a PR. The rest were probably never going to start.

I don't like it either but whatever it is, it needs to be something impressive. Yes, I'm serious. It cannot be anything small ball.

He went 2010-2011. Seemed like there were always a party to go to somewhere (according to him). When he showed up with his grades and informed us he was on academic probation, I outright asked him, "Son, do you even want to go to college?" He said, "Dad, I love college. I just don't like going to class and studying and I love beer more.." :rolleyes:

We always told him we'd pay for him to go to school but if he ended up on academic probation, we were done paying. So, he joined the Air Force, really got his crap together and has less than 4 more years before he can retire.

Proctor could have been absolutely dominant if he had shed at least 30 lbs, probably 40 lbs. Formby was absolutely hopeless. Drove me absolutely nuts all the times a TE or RB would get a nice chip block on his man and his guy would STILL just blow right by him. I'm still astonished LSU spent something like $700K on him. Crazy.

I'm cautiously optimistic. Yes, Proctor was obviously a first rounder BUT
let's be honest, he was drafted mainly on potential and I've seen some articles saying he's more likely to eventually be a guard.

He didn't get beat as often as Formby but he still got beat way, way too often.
I have a hunch Jackson Lloyd will be at least a slight upgrade since he's not carrying around 50-60 lbs of bad weight like Proctor was.

I'm optimistic with Delgatty. Seems pretty smart and has experience. I was watching a video about him (can't remember the guy doing the video but he was a former OL from Penn State) and even against FBS competition, he held up well. So, I feel like we'll be fine at the center spot.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE we got a massive upgrade at the O line coaching spot with Klemm and the guy from USC (can't remember his name but he at one time was a commit to Bama years ago).

Josh Ford is a name to remember at TE. Huge guy and will be a massive upgrade to help the O line out.

Maybe most importantly, Grubb and CKD seem to finally gotten serious about this issue and are determined to improve.

Is all this a "guarantee"? If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster but I really like the odds we'll be better.