Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

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VolBalla2014 said:
When I go visit my folks in Winchester, it blows my mind how many Bama “fans” there are down there now. In the late 90’s early 2000’s, you wouldn’t be caught dead in those colors. I talked to some at a bar down there... Not one could name a single assistant coach or the coach before Saban. It’s honestly so lame that people just pick teams that are consistent winners. Proves you have zero loyalty or passion
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I at least get pro bandwagoners, to a small degree, because you might follow college or elite players or not have grown up with a pro team in your state...but absolutely zero reason for this in college. It is your state and you reject it because some other team is (currently) better? Go kick rocks!
 
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Tank and Flowers are good I'm not sure about the guys behind them. Warrior single handily lost BYU and kept us from a 9 win season
 
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orangemadam said:
Sounds like our defense is just average. I hope not. We gonna need to keep the games low scoring unless JG performs better than expected.
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We were top 25 last year, well above average. I don't think even those those people are saying we will step back, but maybe lack the optimism some here have of further progressing.

I think, from an outsider's perspective, it makes sense. We just lost our 3 best defenders, 1 on each level. Those were basically the 3 "household names" outside of now Toots. Outsiders don't expect us to be at the level of being able to continuously reload just yet.

But, from our perspective, CJP and Ansley are coaching guys up, have a great scheme and track record, and our DL and CBs are very experienced and solid. We have recruited well too, so we are getting close to "reloading, not rebuilding".

Question #1 imo is pass rush. Is that a serious concern? It certainly could be. Time will tell, but I think CJP has given us reason to hope. Outsiders don't see or want to see that. Which is fine and expected, I would look at the negatives for UF or UGA too.

But I totally disagree about having bad safeties. They have a chance to be really solid with healthy Flowers, Tank, Fields, stud KLaw.

Tl;dr Give me 1 big pass rusher breakout and we'll be top 15 all day, with a top 10 ceiling.
 
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Catbone said:
Tank and Flowers are good I'm not sure about the guys behind them. Warrior single handily lost BYU and kept us from a 9 win season
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I wouldn't put that loss solely on Warrior. AT is the one who blew his coverage and got turned completely around and let the WR get behind him. Warrior should have made that damn tackle tho which may have saved the game for us. I still can't believe we lost that damn game smh.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
McCullough showed quite a bit as a freshman. I think he’ll be far better than Warrior.
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Y'all do know Nigel Warrior was first team All SEC right? McCullough may be the second coming of Ronnie Lott but he would have to be close to that in order for his play to be quantitatively "far better" than Nigel Warrior.
 
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JT3 said:
I wouldn't put that loss solely on Warrior. AT is the one who blew his coverage and got turned completely around and let the WR get behind him. Warrior should have made that damn tackle tho which may have saved the game for us. I still can't believe we lost that damn game smh.
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Tbh I thought it was warrior who let the WR get behind him my bad
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
“You can tell the foundation was laid well dating back several years before Pruitt arrived. Brick by brick, they were built well from the ground up. I think Pruitt is a step backwards from Butch Jones, but Butch did such a great job setting the table, anyone should be able to step in and win 10+ with the seniors that remain.” -Anonymous Intern
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"I'm not seeing enough resiliency and eye discipline in that group of individuals"
 
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JT3 said:
I wouldn't put that loss solely on Warrior. AT is the one who blew his coverage and got turned completely around and let the WR get behind him. Warrior should have made that damn tackle tho which may have saved the game for us. I still can't believe we lost that damn game smh.
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Try watching amongst BYU fans
 
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Devo182 said:
Can we just reach a 90+ average asap? We currently sit at 89.96. We finished last year at 89.92! Those last few decimal points really hate us. Wednesday better get us over the hump or my numerical OCD might start to annoy me.
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Should get there with 247s update on offense this week. They already said Campbell will be a big riser....
 
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Catbone said:
Tank and Flowers are good I'm not sure about the guys behind them. Warrior single handily lost BYU and kept us from a 9 win season
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Jackson has been solid at times and Fields has tons of talent. Not sure Labruzza or Davis will ever emerge. But I feel Lawrence will be pushed out there. We need to get him on the field and this seems like the best route jmo.
 
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GojiraVol17 said:
My wife nearly shoved me into the rows below us out of blind anger haha. I was freaking furious, myself. We had more than one chance to put that game away, easily.
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I almost just threw my phone across the room just now. You right tho, it should have never got to that point but my goodness, you cant let the dude run pass you!
 
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Catbone said:
Tank and Flowers are good I'm not sure about the guys behind them. Warrior single handily lost BYU and kept us from a 9 win season
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Warrior and Taylor screwed up 1 play. We should have been ahead 14-17 points. Guess u forgot JG’s play during the game
 
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delfonic said:
Y'all do know Nigel Warrior was first team All SEC right? McCullough may be the second coming of Ronnie Lott but he would have to be close to that in order for his play to be quantitatively "far better" than Nigel Warrior.
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I didn’t say Nigel was bad but his first couple years he didn’t show a ton and didn’t get drafted. McCullough showed out immediately as a freshman. I expect he’ll be very good to great next 2-3 years and drafted first 3 rounds. JMO.
 
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delfonic said:
Y'all do know Nigel Warrior was first team All SEC right? McCullough may be the second coming of Ronnie Lott but he would have to be close to that in order for his play to be quantitatively "far better" than Nigel Warrior.
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He ain't gonna have to be the next Ronnie Lott to be considered "far better" than Warrior.....lets not kid ourselves there.
 
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