Question: How Good Was the SEC in 2024???

[Bamabuzzard]

It's hard to argue with the facts. Older QB make a difference, even if they are just game manager types, as those.

The wildcard is what if you have a young super star, who is beyond his years and not a game manager??? KR could be that type of QB, but he'd come with growing pains as he learned.

But, if we bring in a transfer (who I don't even know) TS, who could be a star himself, is likely gone and that loves us with the true freshman as the only legit QB on the roster.

If Arch Manning, who Archie said is better than both Eli and Peyton were at that age, couldn't wrangle the starting job away from Ewers. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, Russell, though very talented, isn't going to be able to step on campus and slide right into the starting role at Alabama. If he has to start it will be more of Simpson is just a bust than Russell is that good.

 

[BamaMoon]

If Arch Manning, who Archie said is better than both Eli and Peyton were at that age, couldn't wrangle the starting job away from Ewers. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, Russell, though very talented, isn't going to be able to step on campus and slide right into the starting role at Alabama. If he has to start it will be more of Simpson is just a bust than Russell is that good.

I don't disagree with that but I know the UT nation is wondering why Arch sat and Ewers played because in the end he was the weak link.

I know how hindsight works.

But, what you said is also totally dependent on the QB that sits in front of the incoming, young super star. Ewers was, hypothetically, miles ahead of Arch. But Ewers was supposedly a known commodity.

While I think TS has great potential, the difference is nobody knows. And since TS didn't get real minutes, neither does the staff.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I don't disagree with that but I know the UT nation is wondering why Arch sat and Ewers played because in the end he was the weak link.

I know how hindsight works.

But, what you said is also totally dependent on the QB that sits in front of the incoming, young super star. Ewers was, hypothetically, miles ahead of Arch. But Ewers was supposedly a known commodity.

While I think TS has great potential, the difference is nobody knows. And since TS didn't get real minutes, neither does the staff.

If we're having to start Russell next season it's not a good thing. We'll lose four to five games.

 

[BamaMoon]

If we're having to start Russell next season it's not a good thing. We'll lose four to five games.

I've said the best case scenario is TS balls out, KR gets good minutes and TS goes to the draft after leading us to a great year.

But again, the problem is nobody really knows if TS has the stuff of a great QB. Many of us believe he was better than JM but, that really isn't a great argument for greatness. Matter of fact, it might get you an average to good QB if that's all he is.

I sure hope it's better than that OR, that KR is the rare, diamond in the rough, super star freshman!

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I've said the best case scenario is TS balls out, KR gets good minutes and TS goes to the draft after leading us to a great year.

But again, the problem is nobody really knows if TS has the stuff of a great QB. Many of us believe he was better than JM but, that really isn't a great argument for greatness. Matter of fact, it might get you an average to good QB if that's all he is.

I sure hope it's better than that OR, that KR is the rare, diamond in the rough, super star freshman!

We don't need "Great", we need competent. We need someone who can run the offense efficiently not necessarily be a Johnny Manziel/Jayden Daniels type of QB. Just get the ball to the open man, get us in and out of good/bad plays and don't turn the ball over. I'll take a "Jake Coker" next season from Simpson in a heartbeat.

 

[BamaMoon]

We don't need "Great", we need competent. We need someone who can run the offense efficiently not necessarily be a Johnny Manziel/Jayden Daniels type of QB. Just get the ball to the open man, get us in and out of good/bad plays and don't turn the ball over. I'll take a "Jake Coker" next season from Simpson in a heartbeat.

I'd take that.

I hope TS can be that guy.

The question then becomes, is the rest of the team (the OL, RBs, WRs) good enough to get us back into the upper echelon?

 

[tusks_n_raider]

I hope Ty is great and starts for 2 years.

The rest I don’t care about.

If a new Fr QB doesn’t want to wait then Bye.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

Maybe middle of the road. That's bad by SEC STANDARDS.

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

I know Arch will be good…but I still don’t consider Texas SEC.

Ha! When it was revealed we'd be adding Texas and Oklahoma, I just about collapsed! Evidently I got over it a lot quicker than you.

I can’t stand the thought of a Texas guy as the face of The SEC!!!

Then we'd better pray TS proves all his promoters to be correct, huh?

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

But don't you see? The NCAA isn't some faceless group working in a smoke-filled room somewhere - they're a group elected by the university presidents / chancellors, a VAST majority of which still view the players as student-athletes, with a focus on the word student. Most of them don't care about fixing the portal as it doesn't affect their teams, and in fact neither does NIL. These problems are largely the problems of the 'wealthy' athletic departments and that's not them. There are maybe 25 ADs in the country that operate in the black - out of over 1,100. A vast supermajority of these university leaders view athletics as an add-on expense, so they don't really care about how these rules affect 'football schools'. It's a pure democracy where teams like Bama, OSU, and UGA are vastly under-represented.

Unless / until the football schools leave the current NCAA structure nothing significant will change.

I've disagreed with some of your posts ... but this post belongs in the Tide Fans Hall of Fame, in my opinion.

I bolded your closing sentence because it is cogent.

Well done, crimsonaudio!