It's down to two
Gene Chizik says it's down to Kodi Burns and Neil Caudle at quarterback.
He cautioned that Barrett Trotter isn't off the map. Still, there are your two finalists.
Chizik on the quarterback situation: "What we decided, we’re getting to the point now where we’re coming down to the end of spring practice and you’ve got to try to decide where you’re going to put your reps. Neil and Kodi took a lot of the reps tonight, not that Barrett didn’t. It’s not over at all. Again, as you come down this path at the end you’ve just got to decide – it’s hard to evenly divide up reps between three people. That being said, we just decided to give a few more reps to Neil and Kodi. Really, that’s the extent of it."
Chizik on Montez Billings' situation: "Montez right now, we’re trying to clear up an academic situation. We’re still working on that as we go."
He cautioned that Barrett Trotter isn't off the map. Still, there are your two finalists.
Chizik on the quarterback situation: "What we decided, we’re getting to the point now where we’re coming down to the end of spring practice and you’ve got to try to decide where you’re going to put your reps. Neil and Kodi took a lot of the reps tonight, not that Barrett didn’t. It’s not over at all. Again, as you come down this path at the end you’ve just got to decide – it’s hard to evenly divide up reps between three people. That being said, we just decided to give a few more reps to Neil and Kodi. Really, that’s the extent of it."
Chizik on Montez Billings' situation: "Montez right now, we’re trying to clear up an academic situation. We’re still working on that as we go."
posted by Jay G. Tate at
9:35 PM
117 Comments:
im satisfied.
Burns and Caudle was pretty much expected, right?
relief on my part. thanks jgt
What? I really liked the Neil story
so you were just throwing us off a minute ago?
Expected? More or less.
I still think Chris Todd will get his shot.
Previous post you had BUrns and Trotter and I'm all into that and the new thread says Burns & Caudle. Not into that as much.
I guess most football savvy people figured this would be the top two.
Okay, now I am confused...is that on purpose?!
I don't understand the confusion.
I thought it would be Todd, if his arm is strong enough, until Trotter gets enough time in the playbook. If Todd is not ready, then we go with Burns (sigh) until Trotter is ready.
not sure why I like Trotter as I have never seen him play, and that is scary becasue I have seen burns play.
Jay - Type slower, you are going too fast for some on this board
your post at the end of the last blog ... Chizick: Burns and Trotter for now.
Saw you in the maze sunday night, chip chip, with your indian feathers on.
Burns vs Caudle , pretty much what i expected. I'm cautiously optimistic with the new guys but think they'll get the ball rollin.
Jay. you posted Burns and trotter on the previuos post.
Ohhhhhh. Sorry.
It's Burns and Caudle!
(I'll go erase that now.)
Cleaned up that mess. Sorry!
If I had to pick between these two, and I alluded to this on the Gridiron Breakdown, I'd put my money on Caudle.
Okay, now I feel better...just thought I was getting senile
Was that a freudian slip or something?
I was projecting, I guess.
3-4 Months ago..."Caudle, that's someone you still think about?" -Jay G. Tate
Now you're putting the money on the kid...I like your style.
Who'd ah thunk it?
I'd love for NC to come out and assert himself at the qb spot.
I would too BinOBA, I think it would be a great story, I'm sure Jay would do great things with it for us, the HABOTN faithful.
Things change, Seanzie!
Check out the quote about Billings. Whoa. Trooper Taylor this was a medical issue ...
Still waiting for Billings to step up.
Chizik is a wizard with the coach-speak, but not like the tongue in cheek style Tub sometimes had. Just go out and say Trotter is going to be a back-up role and you're focusing on the big two for now.
Montez is an ACADEMIC situation?? That's new, yes?
That's new, Mon. Although I have to say, we all knew it was something other than medical.
Caudle as the man tells me:
1) Kodi has imploded.
2) We are in deep s*#t.
Kodi has imploded... Caudle is a very talented qb..
oops meant kodi hasn't imploded
You have the inside track, Seanzie?
Phred, what's your beef with Neil?
I asked earlier but the new thread was up, what happened to Raven Gray? Is he still around or did he go to Miami?
I thought I read something from Jay about him being out there and looking fine but just not participating...that doesn't sound like "injured" to me. He then mentioned something about not being surprised if players or WRs fell by the wayside.
wtc, I've heard Raven Gray is no longer with the team.
I feel like I'm listening to crazy people right now
Raven Gray is long gone from Auburn. I don't know where he went.
not a winner at this level.
great kid though.
How many games has he lost as a QB?
Headed back to Montgomery.
I'm still aiming to get a video up. My daughter is with a babysitter, though, and it'll be 11 p.m. by the time I get there. Can't do video right now.
See you night-owl types later.
careful on the road....I'll watch video in the am
Goodnight Hotties1
How many has he won?
Safe travels Daddy Bear (sorry Harrison).
Jay, be safe on the road. I'll be enjoying your video tomorrow morning with my coffee.
We are in big doo doo
Thanks for the info. I was reading last years threads from spring time and his name kept coming up. Seems like there are several names that are no longer with this team that the previuos guys were hoping would pan out.
No wonder we are short on playmakers.
why is that jhag?
Touche, Phred. He could be good, but then again he could suck. I've said it before, but I don't think Kodi is the answer, I think either we give the other kids a shot or we look for more of the same this season.
At the end of the day I don't care who it is, as long as he's got the blue jersey on and is making plays.
If we have a harmonic convergence, we should be ok.
It's going to be a long season.
Hey guys, it's ok, I've got a big jug of the Kool-Aid over here at my place. I can have some to ya by the end of the business day tomorrow, easy.
What we are going to need is, wide recievers who can intercept our QBs.
Meaning - when our QB throws it to the other team, we intercept it and get some yardage.
That works too, Phred.
Everyone sounds down, so how about this question: Would you feel this way is the previous coaches were still here? Many fans were saying recruiting had fallen off, anybody change their mind that thought Tubbs' recruiting was going well?
no bashing, just asking for your honest opinion.
Debbie Downers! How can the top two QBs being announced bring about such a somber attitude?
wtc, I'm looking forward to a new season just because we can officially stop talking about the 2008 season. Before the first snap, everyone is a contender.
Man, we haven't even seen these guys play one snap yet and some of you folks are ready to tear down the stadium and put in a parking lot? I remain optimistic. Why the doom and gloom all of the sudden? Cheer up folks, enjoy yasselves! WAR EAGLE!
recruiting hadn't been very "exciting"
the old staff didn't have any energy.
Will, you must have a stash of Kool-Aid also, you and I can get together and open up a stand right before the A-Day game to help get these folks back in line.
I think Frankin knew it, and know Gus knows it. We have, had no one that was ready to be an SEC qb. I hope and trust gus can get one of them ready by fall. In fact, I feel positive that he will. Just disturbed that one of them did not, at least by the info we have, step up and take control of the opening.
remember when we were freaking out about Jason Campbell??
I would give up all of your DISH subscriptions to have him back
Funny how things work, last year we had two guys that could start just about anywhere and that was a good problem to have, this year we've got no one, everybody sucks and those same two guys are still here.
i'm not down on the way we will end up next year. I still think 9 wins is very doable. I just wish the QB spot was a solid "this is our leader" choice and we can push ahead with our other issues.
I will be at Aday. Anyone having an unofficial HABOTN gathering?
Did we quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!!!
wtc, I will be peddling KoolAid on the corner of Wire and Roosevelt along with Shesaid and Harrison.
"some of you folks are ready to tear down the stadium and put in a parking lot?"
overstate much?
Just because they are OUR top two doesn't mean they are great. I don't care what you call me. One day I'm a kool aid drinker the next I'm Debbie Downer.
Just call me Penelope and nobody gets hurt.
Put me down for big ole moose cup size of it.
I had proposed the Eagle around noonish.
What up Pen?
I heard your name on the lunch bunch call in today. You and Mr. U have a thing goin' on.
Actually will be pushing it ot get there. Daughter has a graduation tea that ends at 11:30 in Montgomery and then we hit the road. Lucky to be there at the stadium by 12:30.
I'm a believer in Malzahn, but he really has his work cut out for him. Can they even play A-Day with eight offensive lineman on the roster? Honestly, ANY injury on the line would be a disaster.
You should pay closer attention, WTC.
There will be no disparaging, declarative statements tolerated about one Guz Malzahn.
I think they are not actually going to have two different teams like we think of a game. I believe the offense will just run plays against the defense and subs will be made. I doubt it looks much like a game, other than the hitting.
Mon, what did I miss? Signal was not strong today as I was out of town.
I don't know what you missed. I don't listen unless Jay G. is on the air.
Who is Pen?
Sorry. I will try to pay closer attention. I usually do not listen to those guys unless Jay is on also.
Kodi and Caudle were the most likely choices to be in the final two, although I am not sure it means much.
Once two-a-days get here, the situation will still be murky. It will be even more murky if Todd's are is ready.
Mon said call her Penelope.
Monica, I'm a Malzahn believer. His current players, I am a little less certain of. I hope most of these guys are better than they've shown thus far. When it comes to kool-aid, I need an IV.
oooooohhhhh. got it. Penelope - What kind of thing?
right there with ya, depressed
Agree 100%, depressed, were screwed this year...maybe next year =(
Debbie Downer is from SNL
Penelope the One Upper - also from SNL
I said it the other day and I think it is still valid. Kodi's issues were recognized by Borges and Franklin. Now Malzahn is seeing them too. My impression is that Kodi could win with athleticism in high school, but it is a different story in college. His fundamentals aren't there and athleticism won't get it at this level.
It is possible Kodi ends up being the starter, but if he is, look for a simplified offense that is smash mouth.
My guess is Malzahn wants a true QB, but Caudle and Trotter aren't that great either. A healthy Todd would be the starter. I just hope we don't get the same half healthy Todd that will be done 3 or 4 games into the season. In that case, I would prefer they just go with one of the other three and forget about Todd.
You are a great Penelope. I don't think Mon can ever be down for very long. Too many good things goin' on for her.
Night all. Got along day Wednesday.
Goodnight wtc.
gnight WTC :-)
Bin, i decided not to wear my big african hat. fyi, t&e are the guests on fallon's show tonight.
i, for one, have faith that gus will provide AU with a competent qb for 2009. i did not say good or great, but competent. that could not even be said last year. you can still win a lot of games with a competent qb if your D is good enough to keep you in the game until the 4th. as long as AU is having to throw 30+ times a game to come from behind by 20 points 7-5 or even 8-4 is realistic.
is NOT having to throw 30+ that is...
Waaa, Waaaa, Waaa. Call the waaambulance. In Gus, Lupe and Troop I trust.
Of course, I've been drinking Kool-Aid, but it's tasty!
Brother Jet, we all appreciate your words of wisdom. G'night all.
Keep OL healthy we have a chance to be a good team. Great? Nah. Good? Sure.
Good puts us WAY ahead of last year. :-)
Jet, is my 6-6 or 7-5 record too pessimistic? You think it will be better than that? WTC says he can see 9 wins and he knows his stuff.
I am home now and working on a new video. I'll update accordingly.
I look at 6-7 as a baseline. We can do better if things fall the right way. Nine? It would take a lot to fall right. Eight? Maybe.
Montez's medical issue? Hit in head with a calculus book.
Helen Hunt I could live without.
Helen Hunt -- almost hot.
Good night to the HOTTIES.
what's up buttercup?
insomnia
I'm in the process of uploading this bad boy, but it takes a while from the hizzle.
I'd say ETA is 12:40 a.m. CDT.
I certainly hope you all are asleep by now. It's late!
In regards to a prior post...
I noticed Peyton and Eli's wifeys before I noticed them. Jesus Hoobastank Christ they were smoking hot, so hot that some old man next to me started crying.
I was in the Bahamas on vacation...
I am going to enjoy when the Texas kid who just turned in his Turned in his Prom Tuxedo is our starting QB next year...
I don't sleep, I demand a HABOTN T-Shirt for my birthday.
AWK, man, I was trying to rake with you in COD the other day. What happened?
Blue is my colour!
Who's that team they call the Chelsea
Who's that team we all adore
We're the boys in blue and white and we fight with all our might
And we're out to show the world the way to score
Bring on Tottenham or The Arsenal
Bring on Scousers by the score
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Tottenham are a load of y***
And we're out to show the world the way to score
And it's super Chelsea
Super Chelsea f.c.
We're by far the greatest team...
The world has ever seen
"You came all this way and lost."
(Manchester United)
Jay, I was playing regular then I sent you an invite... then I had to leave for Trial Observations. boo We must hit up the COD soon.
"TiVO killed the VeeCEeeR"
"Tivo killed the VCR."
The Blues advance.
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