I guess since I have a low post count...you think I'm a barner troll lol But if you think back....when Marshall ran for his touchdown CJ ran into the wrong gap after the running back and on the touchdown pass....Cyrus ran in to try to tackle Marshall instead of staying on his man...I never once stated that Coach Saban had the offense "figured out"...I said the scheme that he used was working in containing Auburn but it boiled down to mistakes that were exploited....
Interesting observation from tonight's game. FSU's big guys move a lot better than ours.
That's a great observation....that's why in this class and last year you see Bama bringing in those big DLs that can also move as Coach Saban calls them "quick twitch" players. I also think we will see a change in the philosophy of Saban. In the past he wanted a DLs to make a wall and jus affect the QB....I think we will start to see them become more disruptive and go after the QB....
DaShawn Hand..........take a bow! :cool2:
I think what you're really referring to is Saban's tweaking of his defensive philosophy. Running a true 3-4 scheme, DL are not expected to exert pressure on the QB (aka "affect the QB). Having DL pressure the QB is usually what is expected in a true 4-3 scheme. LB's, in the 3-4 set, are the ones (along with DB's) who bring the most pressure on a QB in the 3-4 scheme. However, most of the time the 3-4 defense requires true run-pluggers in the inside positions... and athletic guys who can either rush or drop on the outside. Guys like McClain and Hightower were prototypes of what you wanted in an ILB... with a guy like Upshaw being the prototype at OLB.
Bama recruited Jernigan pretty hard too....
yes, he was highly regarded and it shows....
Yea....I was thinking about that last night while watching him but his decision really boiled down to him wanting to stay closer to his daughter. But I think against teams like A&M who use the hurry spread offense...a player like A'Shawn Robinson...who is a big body but is also very agile and creates that push can be very affective in the middle of our defense. I think we will have the players on our roster who can be affective against the offense like Pagan, Hand, Robinson, Reed, Allen, Williams, Tomlinson, a healthy Hubbard (if he returns) and Miller. I think we are seeing Saban adapting to his surrounding....just how we saw him adapt to stopping Florida's spread option attack by getting bigger bodies to blow up plays in the middle.
I knew I was forgetting somebody....lol I just couldnt remember who it was. I must have forgotten about him since he redshirted.
I believe he did. I just don't recall him playing. I remember it being discussed. Anyone know for certain?
He played a few games (Mississippi State, maybe?). Saban mentioned him as a possibility during a press conference or "Hey Coach." He played that week but not much more.
He did play a little and hate he burned his 'shirt on a handful of plays but like most guys on our roster, they will move on and we will fill their spot with another highly rated 4 or 5*.
Well...my bad...I was just going off a tweet he made this year and he said he was redshirting this year. The coaching staff must have redshirted him at first then pulled it off for a few plays.
