SIAP, but I think we have a read-option package in for Sims. They'd be crazy not to have one. If we're winning easily tomorrow, though, I don't think we'll see it until later in the season...
Kenny Hill of TAMU seemed to do just find with short/ intermediate passes all night long to his bevy of WRs. sound familiar? plus Bama RBs are in a different level than the aggies. I'm find with Sims under center. this is Bama football= heavy run , clock management, and stout defense.Unless Blake Sims arm strength has improved tremendously our running game will be hampered by the lack of a vertical passing game. Safeties can stay in the box to help contain him, and to have more bodies to throw around in the short passing game. The play action deep ball might be missing this year. I'm not saying Coker is better, just that from what we've seen of Sims the vertical passing game will suffer. Regardless of the quarterback under the center you can bet the defense will force us to utilize the quarterback to beat them.
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I think we'll be fine. I'm thinking we will loosing up the defense by mixing in some read option AND feeding the stable of hosses we got in the backfield a healthy dose of carries. Then sprinkle in some traditional passing.Buzzard
I see where you are coming from and I hope you are 100% right about that, but I can see possibly 3 on our schedule that might give us problems. Florida might be the most complete defense we will face all year, and I know everyone is probably counting out ole miss after last night but that game was close because of Bo Wallace not their defense, and I truly beleive their defense is better than average. Mississippi State's defensive line gives me big worries against our offensive line (see last year for proof). I am confident we will win those games but they might be 10-6, 17-10, and 24-17 scary games.
as for the battle at qb.... I think it favors sims at this point judging off saban's comments but he also made some comments last night that make you think its not a "lock" for the season.I swear interpreting Saban fully is like trying to make sense of lyrical meanings of a Niravana song. IDK,and personally dont care at this point as long as we have a qb that we can make the playoffs with.
Absolutely. As with everyone else in crimson, he has my support 100%This was the worst kept secret in the SEC. This move is good for two reasons. First, it gives us a shot to see if Blake can be the guy and it is clear he is more comfortable with the offense. Second, the team loves him and is motivated to play for him. This is more important than most people want to admit. We need to all rally around our QB and give him the support he deserves. He has been willing to play RB for us, he was willing to patiently wait while others QB's left. He is our guy for now. Let's hope he is extremely successful. RTR.
I think you may be on to something here.any chance that the line play may lead the coaches to think we need a more mobile qb to get out of trouble?
Cornwell and Barnett must've came in through the chimney then.I honestly think Blake has earned the right to be our starter & I think he's going to be fine running our offense..The beauty of our offense is it rely's on our running game & not the arm of our QB..Blake knows our offense & he knows what Coach Saban demands & expects from our QB..If he doesn't do what he's told & makes bone headed throws or mistakes..Coker will come in & take over..Blake can make all the throws cause they mostly screens & short to medium ranged passes..And with Blake running abilities..I'm actually excited cause if we take advantage of his running abilities..We can be an explosive & exciting offense.. And it opens the door to recruiting Dual Threat QB's we've never truly recruited at Bama..
Kinda, my point was more along the lines of the fact that it seems some posters here never saw Blake "turn one loose", but I was also alluding to Barker rarely using the deep pass.I may be wrong, but I think the poster's point was that barker had a fairly strong arm but the problem was that a lot of the time no one knew where the ball was going to end up.
This. If Blake starts, it's because the staff believes he's the best option at that point in time. It's the same reason he was the backup for a couple of years instead of someone else.If you think he earned the start because of loyalty to the program rather than ability to make good decisions and run the offense efficiently, you are not listening to what our coach is saying. Either that, or you believe our coach is deliberately misleading us.
Those guys aren't dual threat. They're mobile pro-style QBs.Cornwell and Barnett must've came in through the chimney then.
They've ran it each of the past 2 seasons in mop-up. In fact, most of these OL have ran it since they were in 7th grade, so it's nothing new, and nothing really needs to be re-taught.SIAP, but I think we have a read-option package in for Sims. They'd be crazy not to have one. If we're winning easily tomorrow, though, I don't think we'll see it until later in the season...
I read an article recently about some guy who "liked" everything he saw on Facebook for two days. It was almost no time at all until his news feed was clogged with all sorts of fringe political stories.
As for our QB, I really don't care. Saban and Kiffin have seen both of them at every practice and both know more about football than I do so I'll bow to their judgement.
While I disagree that Sims has earned the job just for being a loyal soldier for four years, I am happy for him that his hard work and persistence has paid off.
Wrong. There is ongoing competition. ..they're evaluating both qbs for next Two games.Yep, I think the decision has been made. Blake is the full time starter and there's no more "competition". Good for Blake and congrats to him. He's obviously earned it. He's got my full support.
Saban's comments last night come across as the opposite.Wrong. There is ongoing competition. ..they're evaluating both qbs for next Two games.
Look at the bold statement. That tells me Blake is the man.My job is to play the best players and the guys that have done best the job for this game. For this game. That does not mean that it's going to stay that way. It does not mean that if you're the starting pitcher that you're going to pitch for nine innings. The manager sometimes comes in and takes the guy out. All these things are options that are available."
Asked if there would be situations where one quarterback would replace the other because of a pre-planned arrangement, Saban said, "I think that's certainly a possibility."
"We have faith, trust and confidence in Blake Sims," Saban said. "We're not going to evaluate Blake and he doesn't have to look over his shoulder while he's playing. I think there may be some occasion where the other guy deserves an opportunity at some point in time this season to show what he can do."
Let's go, Blake!Look at the bold statement. That tells me Blake is the man.
Just for fun. What are the odds BS starts every game this year (assuming he stays healthy)?