Practice notes, 8/12
I'm going to do this in stages as I did last night.- Trooper Taylor is very high on his freshmen (Emory Blake, D'Angelo Benton, Anthony Gulley and Travante Stallworth) and said he'll explore the idea of redshirting an experienced player to ensure playing time for the freshmen.
- Onterrio McCalebb: "When I score touchdowns, I think about money. If you ask the players, 'What does McCalebb say when he gets the ball on the 1-yard line?' Most of the players will tell you: 'That's money.' Because you have to get in the end zone."
- Blake said McCalebb is so fast that "he chases rabbits and squirrels."
- Tommy Thigpen said his top three safeties are Zac Etheridge, Drew Cole and Mike Slade. It looks as though Daren Bates, who arrived on campus for the first time late last week, is the No. 4 guy. He's going to play.
- Neil Caudle didn't seem very enthusiastic today. He said his first scrimmage drive was a three-and-out. His second ended with an interception -- despite alleged claims to the contrary from Birmingham-area radio guys. Caudle said he thinks he's done enough to start.
- Kodi Burns seemed even-keeled as usual; said he thinks he's done enough to start.
- Chris Todd seemed more jovial than usual; said he thinks he's done enough to start.
- Mario Fannin said he looks up to McCalebb because "he plays with a lot of heart. The coaches like that about him."
posted by Jay G. Tate at
12:55 PM
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Two firsts with substance
endzone = money
nice
"Chasing chipmunks and squirels" is pretty darn quick!!
Jay, did you see Caudle leave last night. I am wondering if he intentionally skipped the interviews because of his frustration. I am guessing he is done.
I find Anthony Gulley's contributions interesting. He played 1-A football in this state. Albeit, he played at one of the better 1-A programs in Brantley, that's still quite a jump in competition.
weagle83 - it's fast as hell
APPLEBEES PICK AND PAIR
I have no reason to think Caudle is done.
Allegedly, Al Del Greco was on the radio this morning championing Caudle as THE NEXT QUARTERBACK after watching the scrimmage last night.
Courtney Taylor played at a 1A school, too.
As for Kodi thinking he is good enough to start, I get the impression he is saying it to convince himself. He always says that. My guess is he is relegated to the number 3 spot behind Todd and Tyrik. I am anticipating seeing Tyrik take over around the UT game.
Love the chipmunk and squirrel line.
Also, from the previous thread. Thanks Eddie for posting the media marketing in the SEC story. Interesting read.
The idea of redshirting a returner to allow one of these freshmen to play is intriguing. This group of true freshmen receivers does look to be impressive.
I didn't know that, Jay G. Thanks for sharing. I saw him at Brantley and he has skills. Glad to see he's working out well.
The "SEC Digital Policy" is a very hot topic among newspaper hacks and internet people right now.
The companies that back us are about to enter this fight arm-in-arm. I suspect the SEC soon will back off many of its mandates.
I like Al Del Greco, but he isn't the king of predictions.
Steve,
If Tyrik is starting by the UT game, then I worry about our offense. I don't see us throwing a true freshman out to start his 1st game in our 1st road game of the year unless something has gone wrong.
I don't see him starting against UT, but I see him eventually coming in when our offense is stuggling. When that happens, I think there is a good chance he will take the job.
I guess that's possible.
I've never seen the kid play and I don't know if he can lead at team at the SEC level, so I'll hold judgement until I see him play.
Peeps: I forgot to disable auto-play on the video this morning. I am sorry for that.
Situation resolved.
Jay, what do you think of Eddie's link which says the policy was to basically protect the hacks. For instance, if I video Jay doing an interview and post it to my blog before you write the story ....
RK: Thanks for the Applebee's tip.
Jay, is the story at Auburn similar to the one at UGA with Auburn's "media" piggybacking off you guys?
Good to see Harris Gaston playing.
Is the Tailback Eric Smith?
I don't think the SEC cares about anything beyond cash money.
Aero: It is Eric Smith getting pounded.
Thoughts ...
1. I played at a 1A school.
2. Jay G, you should show AU your new digital policy.
3. Rollison may very well be the most talented QB we have on campus. In fact, I suspect he is.
4. I have a Webinar this afternoon -- whatever that is.
I am positive Rolison is the moset talentd qb on campus. He just isn't ready to start
Did cincy get rid of the armadillo yet?
I am under the impression Rollison is our most talented QB, but we have a lot of talent at the QB position. Todd, Caudle, and Burns are all very talented. I think coaching and how we prepared the QBs in the past have hurt them. They are basically pulling a Greg Luganis, a beautiful dive until they hit their head on the diving board.
I'll be greatly surprised if Kodi Burns gets significant playing time at Auburn again.
Just from what little video I have seen, he still seems to change his form and release from pass to pass. I don't see Gus putting up with that.
The feeling I get is both Kodi and Caudle are done. Todd will likely be the man while Rollison is brought along. I am also thinking Moseley may turn out to be much better than anticipated, although he could likely become the permanent backup to Rollison.
I don't buy that we have a lot of talent at the QB position. Not one bit. I think it's just the opposite and that is exactly why Rollison will play this year. If we had a lot of talent, we would be redshirting Rollison before it even got to this point. Rollison is probably our best option.
double ditto WERK's opinion of webinars
What do you call it when boss calls you and whines all the time about everything and he is the owner of the company? Whininars? IF so, I hate those!
Eddie, there is a difference between talent and actual performance. Our receivers last season were very talented. Hawthorne was one of the top receivers in the nation coming out of high school. Just because a player has talent doesn't mean that he plays well. Like I say, we had the best suck receivers in the nation last season. It comes down to coaching and preparation.
I think webinars should be illegal in Alabama ... kinda like nekkid women on wine bottles ... and other things.
Steve- I'm talking about QB's not WR's. But if Trooper is thinking about redshirting veteran players to play true freshman, then you can use the same analogy there also.
A different way of looking at it. Marks was a two star guy. He was coached up well by Price and is now playing on Sundays. He is a counter example to what we have done to these QBs. It can be blamed on various things, such as Knos, Franklin, Borges, Tuberville, yadda yadda yadda. The fact is, we haven't done a good job of developing QBs. We have done an excellent job developing linebackers, defensive ends, running backs, and tackles.
Goldberg should be a little cautious while captioning pictures.
"Trooper Taylor: He likes the young receivers" <-- bad idea.
I hate to do this because it seems so cheesy, but Jay G. has pointed out why Auburn develops linebackers, defensive ends, running backs, and tackles before.
"This is a power team. It's going to be a power team, and that's just how it is." - Jay G. Tate the day Tony Franklin was fired
I agree with that statement as the history backs it quite convincingly.
I am officially faking the webinar.
Sensi, I would suggest that we develop those positions better than we do QBs. It isn't we sign better players at those positions. This comes down to the coaching.
Remember that Malzahn's offense, while spready in some ways, is a power offense. He comes at the defense's throat.
Power running game = Butter
Gus' Spread = I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
Yeah defense's throat! Yeah!
I have "never" done crack. But I do know what it feels like because I have been tweaking out all date hitting refresh waiting on that little bit of news from todays practice. I need to go on that show Intervention. I just sit here all day and hit refresh.
My name is PDWT and I am a scrimmage note addict.
Taikwon Paige is shown on the Auburn roster, as #36 DB. Here .
Didn't know he made it in.
Webinars rule. They are cause for dialing in from home in my pajamas, disabling my webcam (if they are in use), turning the volume down and taking a series of naps. Every 30 minutes, I wake up, find out what's going on, ask a question, then go back to sleep.
As J-Z would say ... if hitting F5 is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
Aero - Good catch on the bad caption. funny
I have faked my share of webinars. They never knew it.
Exactly, Jay G.
I played the back 9 during a webinar once. Like I said, they are not bad things.
You're hanging out with enablers, PDWT. It's all good.
I once had a webinar stuck in my teeth once, I got it out with dental floss..
You guys lost me..
I might be the only soul in here that takes / has to take webminars very seriously.
I record the screen using camtasia.
My new name is Camtasia.
Thank you.
Aeronaut,
You do take them seriously, and God bless you for doing so. My webinar today was put on a by group which has a long history of existence to it members and had been sold a bill of goods that a webinar would be useful.
I think Patches O'Hoolihan had a wonderful statement about the utility of this webinar, but I shan't repeat it.
That's interesting, Aero.
Lemme see if I can find out about that Paige page.
I had camtasia once, but a round of pencillin took care of it.
Webinars are great for catching up on your sleep.
Enablers- you mean like all the folks refreshing after they comment to see who may have responded or what new idea has been proposed?
Or losing your mind because you actually have to go do work instead of watch the thread?
yeah, that's me. My name is mytommyd and mrtommyd sometimes. And I am a scrimmage note addict
welcome MyTommy
Gentlemen, now appearing on the main stage, formerly a strapping young man, now a manly young lady, put your hands together for...Camtasia
Scott totally gets it. That's exactly what I was thinking.
Camtasia is CAMTASTIC!
Awesome Jet.
Steve- Do you want me to point out all the 2-star players that played like 2-star players....
2-Star Players:
Anthony Campbell-2004
Blake Field- 2004
Michael McLaughlin- 2004
Greg Smith- 2004
John Watts- 2004
Korey Raymon- 2004
Ulysses Alexander- 2005
Zach Kutch- 2005
Steven Ensminger-2006
Bruce Edwards-2003
Rudy Taylor-2003
Kenny Williams-2003
Kevin Williams-2003
Troy Bergeron-2002
Kyle Derozan-2002
Michael Gibson-2002
Lee Guess-2002
3-Star Players
Oscar Gonzalez- 2005
Hendrick Leverette- 2006
Alex Rose- 2006
Darrell Roseman- 2006
Bo Harris- 2006
Kyle Coulahan- 2007
John Douglas- 2007
Jermaine Johnson- 2007
Wilfred Journet- 2007
Tim Lamb- 2007
Jared Cooper- 2007
Octavious Balkcom- 2004
Calvin Booker- 2004
Neil Brown-2004
Courtney Harden-2004
Doug Langenfeld-2003
Patrick Lee-2003
Kelcy Luke-2003
Tony McClain-2003
Brian Kuhn-2002
Tyrone Martin-2002
Cavari Dailey-2002
So Steve, you can beam about the Tubs finding the diamond in the rough, but Tubs also finds alot of garbage also. You were just tricked into believing that.
Ummm, didn't mean anything by that, Monica. I just noticed that you have adopted the name. Besides, I'm pretty sure the Camtasia I'm talking about used to play for UAT.
I have been to many websites or blogs, none of them hold a candle to the smartass humor in this one.
Addition to the FAH Club: Harry Adams.
Fannin said McCalebb and Adams are The Two Fastest Guys.
O dear camtasia dropped her fig leaf
Hmm, the record says otherwise Eddie. Tubs proved that he could win the games he shouldn't. Unfortunately he also proved he could lose the games he shouldn't. But it seems you missed the point on developing QBs, which was the topic. We haven't had a coach that did a good job of developing QBs since Pat Dye. Even Bowden was pretty boneheaded when it came to developing a backup for Craig.
I like the FAH club.
Nice.
There is a reason my billing goes way down during football season.
FAH at the defense's throats. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!! Money time baby!!!
Who is the fastes player of all time?
Alexander Wright, Tom Carter?
Anyone else? This is an open question, I dont "think" there is answer.
Tim Carter I meant, I know both those guys had track backgrounds.
I will never understand why coaches and I mean good coaches do not develop back up QB's especially during a winning seasons. It would be great to have a QB coming back after the No. 1 graduates with game (real game) experience
Fastest? My bet is on Bo.
Ace was pretty #@$%^fast
Bo was pretty @$%^!@ fast. And big
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Scott! I was being serious about you totally getting it. When I saw the name "camtasia" the first thing I thought was that is a perfect stripper name. Even better a perfect cross dressing stripper name! LOL
So, I meant that you and I were thinking along the same lines. I found that funny, but you should probably find that frightening.
Bo was a freak. He was the fastest player on the team and also the strongest, other than some of the linemen. Yea, you don't want to run into Bo in a bar fight.
Slowest? lol
All four QB's think they are Muhamid Ali "I AM THE GREATEST"
But none have proven a thing yet!!
mike price loves some Camtasia...
Is chasing chimpmunks and squirels like Mick making Rocky chase chickens to get fast?
Another interesting Bo fact. I once read that he never really got into weight lifting until he got to college. He was just a genetic wonder.
Momma named him Clay, I'm calling him Clay
I know, Mon. I had not read your 1:59 post when I posted at 2:00.
Doug Langenfeld-2003
Patrick Lee-2003
Two players I would take exception to Eddie. Langenfeld played very well at DE after transfering from Juco & Patrick Lee was a very good CB.
However, just seeing your list made me laugh at some of the names that never even touched the field.
Bruce Edwards touched a field, but it was the baseball field.
Bo wan't Superman, but I doubt Superman would want to mess with Bo.
Mytommyd,
I've been quoting the barber shop scenes from Coming to America since I was in 7th grade...probably shouldn't have said a lot of those words at that age, but those lines are priceless.
"Joe Louis was 137 years old..."
Wes are you listening to Fbaum?
RK ...
Everytime somebody starts talkin' 'bout boxing, some white guy goes, "Rocky Marciano! Rocky Marciano!"
All in all, xCTT was a good coach and stuff. I wish he knew the direction to nearest Zales, for diamonds etc, not in the rough. Not getting into it..good coach. good coach.
I think about 1/3 of the scholarship roster is QBs and WRs.
"He whipped Joe Louis' @$$..."
"That he did, he did whip Joe Louis' @$$."
What's funny about that is out of the third of our scholarship players, we can't find a decent passing game.
I don't think anyone would say Tommy Tuberville wasn't a good coach.
aaand I'm telling the good folks at Camtasia what you think of their product.
horrifying.
Coach Franklin's last words you gotta have Wide Recievers you gotta have QB's running around the field wild eyed "you can't heve too many you can't have too many.
I knew a Tom Carter ... weighed about four bills ... doubt he was very fast.
We all love Tubs.
Can't we just agree that his milk expired about two years ago?
Aero be sure to tell them it was Scott's fault. Please and thank you.
:-)
Jet, I'd say it expired @ the 2007 Cotton Bowl.
there's a joke there about spilled milk - i just can't quite work it out
wow! it really works. I asked' and JGT delivers!!!
thanks!
MissTHT and I should be home from philly about 9:30 EDT tonight.
WAR EAGLE!!!
Don't cry over spilled milk
but do cry over spilled BEER
Don't cry over spilled milk
but do cry over spilled BEER
THT: did you take a pic with the liberty bell?
Ahhhhhh Coming to America. The first wife hated it, yet another warning flag I chose to ignore
I thought that joke was about free milk and the cow.
Oh, well...
Listen if you all keep posting fun stuff on here, I'm going to be forced to stop working altogether and not get anything done
Haven't seen "Coming to America" in years, but I remember thinking it was pretty darn funny.
Joe Louis was at the end of his career, but those barber shop guys were right:
Marciano vs Louis
ahhhchaaaaahhhh, ahhhchaaaahhhhh
Now I'm confused, who was getting free milk and who had to buy the cow?
Tubs, Jacobs, Lowder, Franklin, BBQ Bunch, Yella Fella?
I still like my idea about beefing up some of these QBs and calling the offensive linemen. You can add a few WRs to that.
I think Franklin insisted that the cow lose weight and the cow stopped giving mil.
Okay, somehow I am getting John McCain updates on twitter. Someone make it stop!!!
That's when told me a story about free milk and a cow, she say no huggin', no kissin' till I get a wedding vow.
Remeber Steve, you were the one that wanted to be hip, up to date and fully informed on everything twittery :)
And then she got a wedding vow and proceeded to take all my stuff. The end.
My honey my baby don’t put my love upon no shelf
She said don’t give no lies and keep your hands to yourself
And then she took all my stuff. The end.
i do know this, if the new ncaa 0-10 game has anything to say about it Auburn is going to be really good and really fast. i bought/ played it last night and the play book is incredible. there are actually toss plays in there and the other runs actually go forward...not to the side.
but, it also still has Trey Blackmon on the roster...so...you know
Steve. You should thank them for not sending you twitter updates from John McCain's physician.
I'm late to the dance this afternoon, but a couple of thoughts on Lac and the previous post on #24:
I worked with the RB's in 02 and 03 and I remember a telling comment from Ronnie Brown during a scrimmage in Spring Practice 03. Ronnie of course was on equal status with Lac at this point (as he pretty much was the rest of his career at Auburn) after what happened in 02, but during this one play in the scrimmage, Lac went on one of his vintage runs about 25 yards from the endzone where he makes like 4 or 5 ridiculous cuts around defenders and scores a touchdown. Ronnie was on the sideline watching and after seeing this he turned to everyone around him and said with a smile, "I can't do that s--t."
Like Jay G. said, he also had that competitive streak where he didn't avoid contact (which is why I think we all knew his career in the NFL would be so start-stop). Ronnie running over Jason Allen in Knoxville in 04 (not to mention the year before in 03) gets a lot of play (rightfully so) with Auburn fans, but Carnell did the same thing to Allen to score later in that game, though he did not so much run over Allen as Allen just sort of bounced off of Lac and fell to the ground.
Also, for those who didn't like Bramblett's "Go Crazy Cadillac" call (for the record, not a huge fan of RB either) from the 03 Bama game and thought it was weird, that was all about being Lac's euphemism for playing great. Earlier that year after he ran all over Arkansas in the 10-3 win in Fayettenam, Lac spent all of his time in the locker room afterwards yelling to noone in particular, "I'm goin' crazy."
I still probably like Ronnie more as a person and think in a lot of ways he's just as good if not better (certainly more complete I think) than Lac, but Lac WAS special (obvious, right?). Sorry for the epic post.
New video will DEBUT at 3:30 p.m. CDT.
Mark your calendars.
Good Post, Eddie.
Nice post, Eddie' Bro.
So have the Hotties figured out who the QB is yet?
I remember "Go Crazy" being the catch phrase for Carnell that year, however it just seemed forced, goofy and cheesy when Bramblett said it.
It's Frank McIntosh.
Or the brother thereof.
Informal beat-writer poll:
Starting quarterback?
Zero votes for Caudle.
RK- it always sounds goofy when middle-aged white guys say things the young kids are saying.
Who garnered the most votes, Jay G?
Todd won, Burns was a close second.
I think everyone is in agreement that Rollison will play.
Jay, and the winner is?
Todd 6, Burns 3, Caudle 0.
(We just had a Burns-to-Todd switcher)
WoW....Todd huh? Didn't see that coming.
Mon....I imagine you are listening to PF....I was sure PF was going to get that chick to explain how to do 2 at once. He stumped her with the word simutaneous. Polysyllabics get 'em every time.
As I say, fear Todzilla. He is coming.
Hoopie - If you're talking about "Tammy" I admit that I muted her. When I realized she was about to start actually answering that idiot guy I knew I couldn't take it. Sounds like I made a good move.
Loganville, you must have missed it. I announced Todd as the starter a couple of months back. Fear Todzilla.
Steve speaks the truth, he issued the Chris Todd warning back in the spring.
I'm rollin' with Rollison. No matter when they decide to start putting him in.
And for the record, I am not in love with Todd. I see him as the best decision maker we have with experience. I liked what I saw from him in terms of decision making last season. I did see his throws get more and more erratic, but the decision making was there.
I think Todd gives us the best chance of having a consistent offensive performance. I in no way think he has the big play potential that Kodi does. I just think his down side isn't nearly so low.
Burns should use his redshirt this year and transfer.
Agreed, RK.
Video DEBUT may be delayed slightly. I'm experiencing an unusual upload issue. I'll keep you updated.
Mon...he got her to the brink and smartly went to a commerical.
Steve definitely predicted Toddzilla as the most likely outcome. Of course Steve has also predicted every possible outcome.
Oh Lord...here we go...
I don't know, Hoop. Steve has been saying Todd for a while now.
Hypothetical question...Is it wrong to wish for someone to die in a car crash?
Well, there was my Brent Poole period, but other than that, it has been Todd.
Video problem solved.
DEBUT on schedule: 3:30 p.m. CDT.
Get ready, JZ!!!
And contrary to popular opinion, our offensive problems were not related to Todd early on. It had more to do with Lee Ziemba being able to count to 3.
Kristina..yes it has been what he has predicted as most likely. He has also over the course of the past spring/summer covered most every other possible outcome.
His analyis is solid and I generally agree....I'm just poking at him.
If Chris Todd's arm is healthy, then I am fine with it. He definately made better decisions and seemed to have the team behind him far more than Burns last year.
why when I read the QB's qotes about each of them "starting" does the song "three blind mice" keep spinning throught my head.
Honestly, someone has got to be better that the others... I getting real nervous about the " they all suck equally" answer
Well I didn't think there was a chance Todd would be the guy this year, so I have to hand it to him for predicting that at all.
I think most of us were just thinking there was no way his arm would be where it needed to be.
I say start tyrick from the get go....The others are just simply no good.Really not much argument to be made, Tyrick has more talent than all of the rest combined. But I will support whoever they start....no booing please!
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And Todd had plenty to do with the offensive problems. NOODLE ARM. If he is "healthy" now so be it but I better not see those wet noodle middle school looking passes or I might throw up in my mouth a little
All aboard the Kodi train...
Choo Choo!!!!!!!
Burns is out. Wildcat man or safety. or middle tennessee.I hate it cause I like the guy but he is not an SEC QB.
Burns cant even throw a pass to a back in the flats!!!! I mean its a 9th grader throw and he throws it at the feet of the WR EVERYTIME!
With a healthy CT my predictions for the season are elevated to 8 wins! Malzahn must already have his pecking order. I saw it's Todd, Rollison, Burns. Tyrik gets a year to learn behind a pretty good decision maker before taking over the team.
It's funny that the QBs performances seemed to be a reflection of the reputations that they have earned thus far. Burns : FG and a 3 & out Caudle: INT and 3 & out.
I just read that D. Bates had an INT, a forced fumble and several tackles! He said he was going to prove the scouts wrong about ranking him so low.
If I remember correctly, Steve qualified his prediction, based on Toddzilla's recovery. The chances of full recovery from that injury are low.
DL..I have the 3 blind mice fear also. I've refrained from comment so far hoping that one really has outdistanced the others and the coaches are just waiting.
New thread's up kids
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Having to wear pants while you work is such a barbaric concept.
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