Swamp Eagle 5,134 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 It’s a long read so I posted a link. This guy embodies the type of player CBH is looking for. See the Koy Moore Interview as well. We got MoJo...hell yeah! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SumterAubie 3,031 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) you get pancaked/run yourself out of the play. Kinda knew that part, did you now? Edited August 14, 2022 by SumterAubie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennypowers 1,431 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 SCRIMMAGE THREAD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Didba 5,256 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Kinda knew that part, did you now? less of the pancake more of the running myself out of the play... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didba 5,256 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 SCRIMMAGE THREAD Thank you kind sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFE12 9,191 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 12,835 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Anyone know how McPherson has looked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennypowers 1,431 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Thank you kind sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bigbird 60,512 Posted August 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2022 Anyone know how McPherson has looked? I always thought pretty dang good 4 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPTiger 5,153 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 14 hours ago, bigbird said: I always thought pretty dang good Decent legs, decent hinny, decent midsection, decent smile, decent hair.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,512 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 minute ago, LPTiger said: Decent legs, decent hinny, decent midsection, decent smile, decent hair.... Decent pick up ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toddc 13,194 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) For me, this might be the biggest takeaway after Saturday’s scrimmage. Linebacker is a big deal after loosing two great ones from last year. They are going to be needed big time for our defense to be good. Linebackers earn major praise following Auburn's scrimmage 20 hours ago AUBURN, Alabama–In a scrimmage during which the defense held the upper hand the majority of the session on Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium, the play of the rebuilding linebacker corps was one of the reasons that happened. After the session Auburn’s head coach, Bryan Harsin, said the performance of that group got his attention. The big play on defense was set up junior linebacker Wesley Steiner, who blitzed through the A-gap and crashed into quarterback Robby Ashford as he was trying to make a handoff in the red zone. Safety Craig McDonald scooped up the fumble and ran 95 yards for a score on what Harsin said was a “great play” by the defense. Earlier in the week Auburn’s new linebacker coach, Christian Robinson, had good things to say about Steiner’s progress. Harsin had praise for Steiner on Saturday night. "People haven't asked much about him, he's a guy that's really coming on," Harsin said. "I think he's having a great training camp and has made quite a few plays. He's just getting better and better." With the Tigers replacing last year’s top two tacklers (2021 seniors Zakoby McClain and Chandler Wooten), who are both linebackers, the opportunity is there for Steiner to take a bigger role in the defense. Robinson noted that his linebackers were looking forward to the scrimmage and the opportunity to play physical football and make big hits on everybody other than the quarterbacks, who are off limits regarding the rough stuff. “Steiner has really stood out,” Harsin said. “I think Cam Riley is starting to really come into his own as far as being a long, athletic, physical guy that knows what he is doing. Those three guys, Owen (Pappoe) included, are students of the game. “Eugene Asante missed a lot of spring when his father passed away so he is catching up now,” Harsin said of the junior transfer from North Carolina. “I think he is going to be a really good player for us. “Robert Woodyard, tonight, he made some plays,” Harsin said about the newcomer from Williamson High in Mobile. “On one he kind of got pushed back and you think he is going to react like a freshman and all of that. “The very next play he ripped through whoever was trying to block him and made the tackle. He got upset and it was like he found the play. You could see that guy really turn it on and I think that is part of Christian Robinson’s mentality in that group. Those guys are going to know what to do and then they are going play physical. “I have really been impressed with our linebackers,” the coach added. “(Desmond) Tisdol, all of these guys that played for us a little bit last year are showing up to be guys who will help us whether it is at linebacker or special teams. They are going to be out there doing something. I think that group has kind of elevated the whole standard of that room to what they want to accomplish each and every practice.” A big plus for the group is the return to action of Pappoe, who is expected to be one of the top defenders in the SEC. A standout as a freshman and sophomore, he was voted a team captain in 2021, but was very limited due to injury. He was still getting well and missed spring training this year, but was in the middle of the action on Saturday night. “Getting Owen back from the spring was huge in terms of leadership, in terms of how he makes other people feel when he is out there with them,” said Robinson, who joined the staff in January after spending four seasons coaching linebackers for the Florida Gators. Pappoe watched spring drills, but didn’t participate while trying to get healthy, which has happened. “I am very proud of him and the strides that he has taken to come back into being conditioned and ready to perform so he has done an awesome job with that,” Robinson added. 10COMMENTS The Tigers, who will open the season at home on Sept. 3rd vs. Mercer, are scheduled to have their second major scrimmage of the preseason on Friday. Edited August 14, 2022 by toddc 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,512 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 52 minutes ago, toddc said: For me, this might be the biggest takeaway after Saturday’s scrimmage. I thought the same thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddc 13,194 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Just now, bigbird said: I thought the same thing Great minds and all… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didba 5,256 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Randman5000 said: I was looking for this. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,109 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 12 hours ago, toddc said: Great minds and all… Really Todd?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddc 13,194 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 2 hours ago, augolf1716 said: Really Todd?? You are probably, maybe, in that group. 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank2020 3,199 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, toddc said: You are probably, maybe, in that group. 😝 Is that a goal, or punishment? Curious minds want to know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,109 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, toddc said: You are probably, maybe, in that group. 😝 That's OK I think I'll pass for now thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,600 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Mike G all over it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredst 9,064 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 2 hours ago, toddc said: 4 hours ago, augolf1716 said: Really Todd?? You are probably, maybe, in that group. 😝 Really Todd 🤨? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnNTexas 7,140 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 In the Harsin interview the whole Defense apparently looked good. He talked about how well LB's did, how well DB's did and how well D-Line did. To me what some of the key things was when he was talking about D-Line in addition to our known studs he mentioned some of the Portal players as looking good. I knew we had a really good starting D-Line but depth was the big issue if what I head from Harsin it is not as big an issue as I thought it might be. Todd already talked about the LB's but again between scrimmage and practice players Steiner and Riley have really stepped up to play with Pappoe and I have heard good things about Asante the transfer and Tisdol also. Plus the two Freshman Gordon and Woodyard. The downer is the O-Line while Harsin tried to give them benefit of the doubt they were not there yet. Hopefully some of that is because of how good defense is. I expect that by Monday after the Friday scrimmage we will have our QB1 decision and we will be locked in on 1st tean and second team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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