Early practice notes, 8/7
Hey everyone. Here's a quick look at what's happening on the practice field at this hour:
PICTURE GALLERY
The team huddling before practice begins.
Nick Fairley in the flesh.
Ben Tate during the first drill.
Mario Fannin, aka Mario Speedwagon, hauling in a pass from assistant coach Curtis Luper.
Kodi Burns preparing for a pass during the second drill.
Chris Todd.
Remember when Trooper Taylor said: ``You can't make the club in the tub"? Here they are -- the tubs.
- Gene Chizik said the team's two practice groups are split up randomly, but the first group today sure looked like the top guys. Ben Tate, Mario Fannin, Chris Todd, Kodi Burns, the entire projected starting offensive line are all working together today.
- WR DeAngelo Benton had a few drops during the first five drills. That seemed unusual to me. Gus Malzahn must have agreed; he made a few remarks to Benton about it.
- Todd was more accurate today -- through the first five drills.
- If you look closely at the Ben Tate and Fairley pictures below, you'll see that players are wearing what looks like Saran Wrap on their helmets. These are their game helmets and the clear wrapping prevents collision-induced scuff marks from facemasks. Gotta keep those helmets clean for the Louisiana Tech game.
The team huddling before practice begins.
Nick Fairley in the flesh.
Ben Tate during the first drill.
Mario Fannin, aka Mario Speedwagon, hauling in a pass from assistant coach Curtis Luper.
Kodi Burns preparing for a pass during the second drill.
Chris Todd.
Remember when Trooper Taylor said: ``You can't make the club in the tub"? Here they are -- the tubs.
posted by Jay G. Tate at
5:06 PM
48 Comments:
Substance
DL is our man!
Was Todd comfortable witht he new O? Did his arm look ok? Are the players respecting him at all? or is he branded CTF guy
yep, that sounds about as random as weighted dice
If the players do not respect him he is DOA.
Todd seems to have an inside track to be the starter, that's just me guessing.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet I love pics
those are some big tubs
Kodi sure does have some skinny legs
Jay G ... can I do a plug for that thing we were talking about?
Todd was apparently Tate's favorite for the starting role last season too from what I have implied. But the players won't decide this. Expect a quick and shocking decision on one of the big three toward the end of next week.
I am the president of the Nick Fairley Fan Club by the way. See me for membership.
Are they that short on helmets?
I agree players do not decide but if they have no respect for a player, coaches pick up on that and it can sway a choice.
Tyrik ... that is all.
We can't afford practice helmets...oh boy, wait till the turds get a hold of that
I don't think there was a consensus last season, but from what I gleamed, most a lot of players thought Todd was the guy last year.
As for this year, I have no clue. As for the being CTF's guy, I am not sure what that would have to do with it.
I did read where players seem to have a lot of good to say about all the QBs during summer workouts. Tate again praised Todd's arm strength, but I don't think anyone has said who they think the guy will be.
We can put a lot of beer in those tubs!
Tate praised Todd's arm last year....
THE CTF thing just goes back to my statement of respect or does he carry a stigma from the players...
I have no clue, I am asking the anointed one... the one who knows all... sees all.... and types all... the honorable
JGT
AU1N04
GREAT POINT!!!
Every once in a while DL I will drop a doozie!
We need one of those for the HABOTN tailgate.
If you could fill that tub up with any type of beer you wanted for free, but you hd to sit in there in your underwear and drink it, would you do it?
Maybe Trooper should put some Saran Wrap over the tubs ... that might better illustrate his point .... even better if some wayward non-club maker was in the tub at the time.
The helmet issue has nothing to do with cost ... they're using a new company and Auburn wants to make sure players are used to the new helmets.
Ah that makes more sense.
helmet condoms
Hmmm, I can see breaking in new helmets, although I would expect they would have extra new helmets for practice.
Man, I am getting pretty jealous of Jay G being able to see so much of Auburn in the pre-season. Jay, you wanna swap jobs?
Helmet Condoms.... NICE Mon!!!!
Monica that was awesome
Pure genius Mon. Can we develop and market that product?
Oh sure, those women are always making sexual references out of everything. Don't they know they we are more than just bodies. We do have minds, you know.
And just because I use to think condiments were peppermint flavored prophylactics doesn't mean that I am weird.
Video ETA: 6:25 p.m. CDT
I'm OK with my job!
Luper is throwing his hat in the quarterback race?
Better make that 6:30 on the vid.
There is more footage than usual.
That would be an example of Luper Innovation® -- deeming himself ready for the quarterback job.
i sell those helmets at work. that doesn't make any sense.
oh, and they make helmet condoms for real. you can get them in an assortment of primary colors. :) if anyone wants one send me $10 and i'll put one in the mail.
Scottie B - You just made my millions float away!
Undercover has a nice shot of Todd throwing the ball with Burns standing behind him. I swear that it looks like Kodi has a I am gonna kill that guy look in his eyes.
Not to mention that Todd has his tongue out of his mouth trying to touch is nose with it. Is that considered good throwing form?
nobody even says hello to me anymore. I guess y'all have all forgotten about Phreddie while I've been busy saving the world.
Hey Phred. Is out bet still one for the season?
And Undercover has an excellent video of a guy blowing a whistle. We seem to be in good shape with the whistle blowing.
Helmet condoms?
Honestly Monica, if you can't do better than that...
This QB race is like watching The Bachelor/Bachelorette waiting to see who gets the final rose. Except I suppose the winner here gets a chest bump from Trooper Taylor.
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