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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Chris Petersen is a quarterback whisperer so I'm sure Eason will be fine That doesn't explain why Jake Browning looked awful at times this season 
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Korranus posted:So I guess Jalen Hurts is the biggest name free agent this offseason Biggest free agent the following season. Amusingly, the NCAA claims they do this "to allow you to become comfortable in your new environment."
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Jan 9, 2018 18:31
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Washington makes more sense than Wisconsin, which is what I was thinking.
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Jan 9, 2018 18:39
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Hunter Rison is leaving Michigan State.
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Jan 9, 2018 18:43
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By virtue of beating UGA and Bama, Auburn set in motion events that would lead to UGA and Bama playing for the national championship, and also ensured Auburn would give Gus a fat contract, and also they were listless against UCF and lose a bunch of guys and will take a step back next season. Ta daaaaaa
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Jan 9, 2018 18:52
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SamuraiFoochs posted:So I'm asking this in all sincerity. Would the Bama fans here agree that other teams turn into loving idiots almost every time Bama is on the ropes? I'm not saying Saban isn't a great coach and I'm not being salty about it, I'm genuinely flummoxed at this point. The way UGA had that game by the balls so many times and hosed up every time broke my brain. I'm beyond salt at this point. It's not there. I'm just shrugging. Honestly I can’t think of many times the last few years where Bama was “on the ropes” (if by that you mean down more than one score), and the result there is that they generally lose, I think. Against bad teams or cupcakes they blow them out. Against decent ranked teams the typical scenario feels like Bama gets ahead 10-14 points at some point by the half and strangles the other team with defense and running with garbage time scores by the losing team sometimes making the final score look closer than the game really was, where Bama never really relinquished control or was seriously threatened. Sometimes they will blow them out if they get a pick six or fumble scoop TD, and/or if their running backs start gashing big plays. In last year’s NCG Bama could not maintain that control and lead both because Clemson had a certain D. Watson making plays, and also because Hurts and the offense couldn’t sustain drives and spell their defense so they were gassed and couldn’t stop Clemson in the stretch. “On the ropes” for Bama in the last few years is usually not like “Bama down two scores” but more like “Bama can’t get ahead by more than a TD” like in the Miss. State game this year. The usual Saban game plan and team in this era has generally been to control the game and strangle from ahead and it’s a pretty rare scenario they’ve had to come from behind in the second half, and I don’t think they’ve been all that successful when it’s happened, see Iron Bowl this year. Even though McCarron and even Coker could sling the ball better than Hurts, Tua seems to be the most talented QB I’ve seen at Bama under Saban by far. This is not just from the NCG, it’s from all the other garbage time stuff I watched earlier this year, the guy can clearly make reads and all kinds of throws and scrambles. It’s the first guy I can remember where I actually have the feeling that “yeah THIS guy can maybe make up a two score deficit in a quarter” and not feel like it’s a desperate long shot like with Hurts or even other Bama QBs. It will really be interesting to see how Nick runs the offense to adapt to the skill sets of this guy. Will he be able to tolerate some more turnovers for the production this guy’s passing will bring? He adapted to having a running QB so we’ll see.
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Zwabu posted:Honestly I can’t think of many times the last few years where Bama was “on the ropes” (if by that you mean down more than one score), and the result there is that they generally lose, I think. Bama's 13-point deficit was their largest at halftime since the '14 Sugar Bowl (where they didn't really care).
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Jan 9, 2018 19:01
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Someone remind me how Cardale Jones did the next year after looking transcendental in the playoffs.
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Zwabu posted:Honestly I can’t think of many times the last few years where Bama was “on the ropes” (if by that you mean down more than one score), and the result there is that they generally lose, I think. Off the top of my head Ole Miss was up 24-3 on them a couple of years ago before Bama came back, I wanted to say Mississippi State should have had them beat at least once during the Dak years but it looks like I'm remembering that completely wrong. D.N. Nation posted:Bama's 13-point deficit was their largest at halftime since the '14 Sugar Bowl (where they didn't really care). Yeah that Ole Miss game was 24-17 at half so they'd already given most of it back by the half.
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tactlessbastard posted:Someone remind me how Cardale Jones did the next year after looking transcendental in the playoffs. Tua has looked great all season. He just only played when no one was watching. Him and Najee Harris look really great.
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tactlessbastard posted:Someone remind me how Cardale Jones did the next year after looking transcendental in the playoffs. you might as well accept it now my man
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Scionix posted:you might as well accept it now my man Like death and taxes
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BunLengthHotDog posted:Dom Sanders, with his 8 million games started at safety, was in Cover 2 and shouldn't have even been looking at Tua. For fucks sake he had the deep boundary to cover with 1 WR on his side. Had he played it correctly he at least would have been in position to make a play instead of trying to be a hero reading Tua and sneaking over to the other side of the field. With Bama running four verts being in cover 2 with the corners playing zone underneath put the safety in a really bad spot pretty much regardless of what he did. Even if he shaded harder toward the boundary right away that was going to leave someone else open, and the corner passed his man off to the safety waaaaay too early. I think everyone on UGA including the coaches assumed Bama was going to play it safe and try to get closer to field goal range again with something underneath rather than going it for it all on one play. Bama had the perfect call for it, I don't think tua looking him off ultimately mattered that much
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tactlessbastard posted:Someone remind me how Cardale Jones did the next year after looking transcendental in the playoffs. Nothing is a sure thing but I don’t think there’s much comparison between the abilities of Tua and Cardale. Tua can make all kinds of accurate zippy middle range throws as well as bombs. Cardale seemed like a huge strong guy who is incredibly hard to bring down, can run over some people and sling a long bomb with the potential to be a Big Ben II kind of guy. For frosh QBs Tua feels much closer to a complete product skills wise with Jones being more potential. Sam Darnold looked like more of a sure thing last year than this year so we’ll see I guess when people have time to study Tua.
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Also on Michel vs Chubb, I do agree Michel probably deserved more carries but what percentage of his yards were on draws or 3rd and long runs where they just caught the Bama defense off guard? It seemed like a lot, I'm not sure just subbing him for all of Chubbs' runs on more typical run down and distance was going to make THAT big a difference
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Auburn may take the cake for having the least patient boosters in the SEC.
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seiferguy posted:That doesn't explain why Jake Browning looked awful at times this season Yeah, Browning is shook when he has to play any defense worth a drat and it really is awful to watch e: I suppose we may be able to blame Bama for that too, loving hell Manoueverable fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Jan 9, 2018 |
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Jan 9, 2018 19:22
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From being terrified that he was going to leave for Arkansas to wanting to fire him again in like a month lol
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MourningView posted:With Bama running four verts being in cover 2 with the corners playing zone underneath put the safety in a really bad spot pretty much regardless of what he did. Even if he shaded harder toward the boundary right away that was going to leave someone else open, and the corner passed his man off to the safety waaaaay too early. I think everyone on UGA including the coaches assumed Bama was going to play it safe and try to get closer to field goal range again with something underneath rather than going it for it all on one play. Bama had the perfect call for it, I don't think tua looking him off ultimately mattered that much Yea, he didn't look off the S at all, he just did what he should have and the pass was complete regardless so it just looked like it worked. MourningView posted:Also on Michel vs Chubb, I do agree Michel probably deserved more carries but what percentage of his yards were on draws or 3rd and long runs where they just caught the Bama defense off guard? It seemed like a lot, I'm not sure just subbing him for all of Chubbs' runs on more typical run down and distance was going to make THAT big a difference A lot of it was where they ran. Payne just ate up the interior and UGA had no response most of the time and that's usually where they sent Chubb. The one outside run I clearly remember the corner peeled off and tackled Chubb for like a 7 yard loss in the open field. UGA just got lucky the next play with that big rear end bomb TD.
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SourKraut posted:FTFY. And don't forget the Blackhawks for the Stanley Cup and Golden State for the NBA Finals I didn't stutter for MLB  (though I'm not disagreeing that the Yankees would also count). See also: Penguins.At least now the Red Wings are utter rear end and will be for the time being.
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tactlessbastard posted:Someone remind me how Cardale Jones did the next year after looking transcendental in the playoffs. Tom Herman was really good at his job. Ed Warinner not so much.
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On the bright side for UGA I think there is a good argument that OU still blew the title more than UGA did. And that UGA recruiting class looks illegal.
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I wish Drew Lock would announce he's leaving for the NFL already so I can look forward to a truly dreadful offense next year
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Lasagna Pilot posted:On the bright side for UGA I think there is a good argument that OU still blew the title more than UGA did. And that UGA recruiting class looks illegal. Fromm showed glimpses of being an heisman QB in about two or three seasons so I am sure they will be fine. That pass he threw was art. He just needs to be a little less Drew Bledsoe in the pocket
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I do wonder how much QB swapping in/out you'll get with Fromm and Justin Fields in the next couple seasons. Last time UGA legitimately did that (as opposed to "eventually let the younger guy take over") was David Greene/DJ Shockley. It sort of worked, but every now and then you'd futz with both guys' rhythm.
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Here are my thoughts on the College Football Playoff National Championship Game: gently caress Jim Chaney. Namaste.
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That film room was really good. Matt Luke and Mike Bobo were boring as poo poo but Cutcliffe, Sumlin, Gundy, and Fitzgerald were really good and enjoyable personalities.
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One of my favorite moments was when Alabama put Hurts back in to center the ball before the field goal they ultimately missed. One of the coaches said essentially, "How many times have you practiced that play with your backup?" I want to say that Cutcliffe, Sumlin, and Fitzgerald all confessed that they'd never done it. We almost exclusively see coaches speaking at press conferences, where they try so hard to exude a confident bravado. It was cool to just hear coaches talking about how they gently caress up.
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MourningView posted:With Bama running four verts being in cover 2 with the corners playing zone underneath put the safety in a really bad spot pretty much regardless of what he did. Even if he shaded harder toward the boundary right away that was going to leave someone else open, and the corner passed his man off to the safety waaaaay too early. I think everyone on UGA including the coaches assumed Bama was going to play it safe and try to get closer to field goal range again with something underneath rather than going it for it all on one play. Bama had the perfect call for it, I don't think tua looking him off ultimately mattered that much They didn't run 4 verts though. The outside WR's ran verticals, the H back ran a pattern towards the boundary corner underneath but ended up 15 yards short of the goal line...the slot receiver ran an in route about 15 yards down field. Yes, Parrish released the WR too soon, he should have either stayed with him when 34 didn't run a pattern into his zone or chip 6 pulling him out of his route, but Sanders had 1 dude to worry about and poo poo the bed. Sanders creeps over towards the middle of the field pre-snap, drops back on the hash while eyeing Tua (should have never had his eyes in the backfield)...he stays pinned to the hash instead of watching 6 and covering him. Tua did a great job looking right the entire play until the last second when he threw back to his left. http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3265223 EDIT...removed time stamp, looks like it changes based on ads BunLengthHotDog fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Jan 9, 2018 |
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https://twitter.com/Noah11_V/status/950808907026522112 Was Milton's backup and saw a fair deal of action last season. He grew up 45 minutes north of Lincoln; his dad and a couple uncles played for Nebraska, too.
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BunLengthHotDog posted:They didn't run 4 verts though. The outside WR's ran verticals, the H back ran a pattern towards the boundary corner underneath but ended up 15 yards short of the goal line...the slot receiver ran an in route about 15 yards down field. Yes, Parrish released the WR too soon, he should have either stayed with him when 34 didn't run a pattern into his zone or chip 6 pulling him out of his route, but Sanders had 1 dude to worry about and poo poo the bed. Sanders creeps over towards the middle of the field pre-snap, drops back on the hash while eyeing Tua (should have never had his eyes in the backfield)...he stays pinned to the hash instead of watching 6 and covering him. Tua did a great job looking right the entire play until the last second when he threw back to his left. Four verts almost never literally mean four go routes, there's always a skinny post from one of the inside guys specifically to occupy the safety and it would have been open and gone for at least a first down if he'd immediately shaded toward the sideline. That is obviously way better than a TD but the play put him in a lovely spot pretty much regardless of what he did baring some sort of gently caress up from Bama. They got caught in a really bad coverage scheme for that play that they made worse with bad execution MourningView fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Jan 9, 2018 |
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Crotch Bat posted:That film room was really good. Matt Luke and Mike Bobo were boring as poo poo but Cutcliffe, Sumlin, Gundy, and Fitzgerald were really good and enjoyable personalities. Luke was really good with x and o stuff but too reluctant to talk. Cutcliffe was the best though, he was so mad at every QB in the game
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Crotch Bat posted:That film room was really good. Matt Luke and Mike Bobo were boring as poo poo but Cutcliffe, Sumlin, Gundy, and Fitzgerald were really good and enjoyable personalities. Yeah it was great, but it just convinced me that I need a bigger TV. It was hard to see what was going on since our TV isn't very big. Now I have even more of an excuse to pressure the wife into an upgrade.
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drat...the last time UGA beat Bama it was in 2007 when Matt Stafford hit Mikey Henderson in OT on a go route, safety didn't roll over to help. UGA 26 Bama 23
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drunk leprechaun posted:Yeah it was great, but it just convinced me that I need a bigger TV. It was hard to see what was going on since our TV isn't very big. Now I have even more of an excuse to pressure the wife into an upgrade. I think next year I'm going to put coaches on my ipad or something and just mute the main broadcast.
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Seaniqua posted:One of my favorite moments was when Alabama put Hurts back in to center the ball before the field goal they ultimately missed. One of the coaches said essentially, "How many times have you practiced that play with your backup?" I want to say that Cutcliffe, Sumlin, and Fitzgerald all confessed that they'd never done it. We almost exclusively see coaches speaking at press conferences, where they try so hard to exude a confident bravado. It was cool to just hear coaches talking about how they gently caress up. Yea, they all did, and Cut literally made a note right then and there on his pad and said he was going to start doing this next year. I spent enough time playing and being taught the game by my dad that I enjoy hearing coaches talk about the game like, well, it's their job.
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MourningView posted:From being terrified that he was going to leave for Arkansas to wanting to fire him again in like a month lol Also, and I haven't looked it up so somebody tell me if I'm wrong, I think Gus, Dabo, and Urban are the only current head coaches with a win over Saban. Gus isn't as good of a coach as Saban, but I don't think Auburn has any better options out there.
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