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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Wade was a senior last year and is no longer with their team. 

They do return Robinson, who is a guard that averaged about 13 ppg last year. Hopefully we can contain him better than we did Barry's guards.

Should be an interesting first game, I hope the team is more inspired than against Barry. Glad to see us playing against some size early on, it'll be "fun"(hopefully) to see how we match up without Wiley. I've heard Spencer has developed somewhat of an outside shot this offseason, it will be interesting to see if that was just a rumor or not.  

Not sure what to expect from this team after the suspensions. Still a lot of talent but I'm not sure if it competes consistently enough in this year's SEC. we need to see some of last year's problems fixed, regardless of who is on the court. Thanks for the preview @JwgreDeux

I'm guessing this situation doesn't help us much with Hagans, Brown, etc either.

EJ had a good day from what I've seen, he's gonna be special. 

6 hours ago, cole256 said:

Also if you look at his highlights in this thread, there is NOTHING about his game that looks like a power forward. His high school team wasn't even using him there. He has excellent form on his jump shot, even when he posted guys his natural reaction was a fall away jumper (common to guards in the post) he can handle the ball great with his left hand, finish with it as well. Now I don't imagine there's any way they don't try him in our system as a stretch 4.....But UNC, duke, or Kansas has him at wing reaking havoc and erasing pick and rolls situations and have him at the top of the key messing up teams entire offenses trying to pick for mismatches. If boheim had him at Syracuse he'd be at the top of his match up zone defense making coaches cry

I agree for the most part but I think we need to get Chuma on the floor wherever he can get the most minutes next season to help with rebounding. If his rebounding transitions well he could be a monster on the boards. I think he's a special talent at SF though. Chuma has much more potential there. I just think it may behoove our lineup more next year with him primarily at the 4. Not sure if I see anyone giving us better minutes at the position next year and I'd rather spread the talent than have him and DP battling for minutes at SF. Personally.

In the long run, i 100% agree with you. 

3 hours ago, Piketiger1990 said:

38 Daniel Carlson K 6-4 223 Sr. (+5)  Wow, we might have the best, and biggest kicker in the country

21 Kerryon Johnson RB 6-0 212 Jr. (+8) Great

He's not the biggest if that kid from Penn State is back, wasn't he about 300 last year? 

Regarding OP, I like the weight gain by Ruffin, up 11, and the losses by Paul James and Malik Miller. I'm hoping those two weight losses mean that those two are back into football shape. Or that they're in even better shape if they already were.

1 hour ago, AuburnNTexas said:

The problem is with his size and athleticism his potential is for multiple positions. He might develop into a great QB but size and athleticism alone is not what  makes a great  QB. Long term he might be better off in a different position. I am not suggesting he move and I am not saying he won't become a great QB but there have been a lot of players over the years who didn't make it to the NFL because they wanted to be a QB who might have made it there in a different position. Good coaching will help and I think we have a good one but even that is not always the case.

I'm not suggesting leaving him on the bench at QB until he decides to transfer or graduate. 

But assuming QB is the position JG wants to play when he gets here, I think it would be a huge waste of talent to not put him there at first. Even if it's against Malik, Stidham, Fields (just throwing that in the mix for fun) with Nix committed, JG could still come out on top when it's all said and done if he's properly developed. 

i think it wouldn't be as likely as someone like Fields and would be a longer process and a bigger project than the other names mentioned but Malik only had a year of QB1 coming in and most of us love what we've seen from him so far. 

Other than not being QB1 in HS, JG looks like a great prospect to bring in at QB. 6'4 230, can run and sling the ball down field, we're finally (somewhat) confident in our ability to develop QBs. 

7 hours ago, lionheartkc said:

On the bright side... hopefully we won't need him at QB in 2019, and he can get reps at Auburn.

I agree on this. Id love to see our staff develop develop JG into what he has the potential to. It'll be interesting to watch.

For those of you not ranking any of Tre/Rudi/Ronni/Cadillac/etc, is there any way Pettway can move up into that #2 spot if he has a good, healthy season?

even with only a partial year under his belt he had some monumental moments. First back since Bo to put together four-straight games of 150-plus yards.

i want to say there were a couple of other leader boards he climbed to the top of too but am too lazy to put the work into it. Carries in a single game? Top 5 fastest to reach 800 yards?

Quindarius Monday and Master Teague. I'm liking the names we're going after!

in all seriousness, the more big, talented DBs the better. 

1 hour ago, GwillMac6 said:

and EAAAAAAAAASY fellas haha. You make 1 comment with it and people run with it and assume you meant something else entirely. I think Joey G is very talented as a QB and can a awesome starting qb for us. I just think Bo Nix has IT and will be special. Not a knock on jpey G at all!

IMO. If JG is playing near his potential and starts at QB for us, no one else will be our QB1 while he's on campus, barring injury.

This is still the same JG that we all went crazy about when we saw his high lights for the first time and when he committed to AU. 

He didn't lose any of that potential or ability due to getting competition in his high school QB race. He might have lost some experience but is being pushed by a QB (who might be a better "QB" than joey) to keep getting better. 

I cant watch this kid push 5 different DLmen off of him like it was nothing while he stands in the pocket unfazed before deciding to take off or throw it without thinking of some certain plays from the 2010 season. 

Im not necessarily directing all of this at you, just venting some of my thoughts of JG in addition to replying to you. 

It feels like a lot of fans seem to be less pleased about JG than they were a year ago. I know his stock hasn't really risen but if we get this kid onto campus and turn him into the QB he has the potential to be, oh boy.....

11 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

Really? I'll defer to you on any technical scores and he was no Gayle Sayers in the running looks department, but I loved his low center of gravity and leg drive. Not a home run guy but could regularly turn 2 into 10. (Just like Golf's PBRs.)

I was surprised to not see Dyer on any of those lists even though he only had two seasons, unless I missed him on there. 

I was always a big fan of Dyer until all the off the field issues started surfacing. 

I'm not too worried about Joey. It would be nice to see him getting the full QB 1 reps but it's not like he's splitting time with a slouch. No P5 offers is one thing but the kid seems to have quite a few, including the Ivy Leagues and has been watched (or visited?) by some p5 coaches IIRC. 

I agree with much of what @lionheartkc said in his post a few above mine. If he blossoms into the QB he has the potential to be, we've got one hell of a QB. If not, there are a few other positions we could see him playing. Joey seems to love AU and to be committed to the school, considering he's hung on through all of the turmoil we've suffered (I mean, he even committed in 2015). 

I hope we continue to show him love and keep him as a solid commit throughout the process, as long as he's fine with us possibly bringing in some competition for him in his signing class I see no problems. I don't see any reason we shouldn't give him as much of a shot as anyone else at QB in the beginning either, as long as that's where he wants to play.

On 5/4/2017 at 5:59 PM, bigbird said:

I may be wrong in my assessment, but I could see him in the Hastings type role.

I agree with this. I want to see him get a shot at RB if that's where he's projected. Seems like he's got a great quick burst and would be able to get separation without a problem. 

I also think he'd be dangerous receiving out of the backfield. On slip screens, he wouldnt be able to be found behind his blockers and definitely has the speed to take it home. 

On 4/18/2017 at 1:26 PM, cole256 said:

Well as you know I preferred him at the 3 but I at least thought they would try him out at point forward a little. And I have a theory but it's JUST a theory I haven't talked to anyone but this is what I'd had done if I was playing us.

Since everybody on our team were specialized and NOBODY offered a well rounded game....(actually maybe Herron but only him) it allowed teams to not have to prepare for the possibility of things like Purifoy driving, or brown driving or any of the guards posting and only one big man who tried to play with his back to the basket. Sort of like our offense in football....in theory we were supposed to be setting up for play action but EVERYBODY knew on first down we were running. I think people matched up with our personnel accordingly and exploited our weaknesses. Example. DP is open on corner big man is covering Spencer once DP gets the ball one guard comes down a little the big man comes out a little and the weak side big man rotates to middle of the paint. Weak spot is the middle, another big man in the paint now has a clear side if we get the ball to him. Maybe the big guy that went out extends out even more because he knows Spenser is down in the paint and isn't a scorer...something like that.

I believe Mustapaha does. He needs to take charge more, in my opinion, and hopefully we see more of it his soph season. 

He can dribble, drive, shoot and pass and does all of them fairly well (at the least). If this team can depend on Heron to get the ball to the hoop/get the ball to Wiley (or anyone else) for easy dunks when we are stagnant it will be huge. 

I feel like Heron's disappearances in the second halves of a few games did a lot to the team in terms of how flat we played some second halves. If heron can start closing games for us, we're in good hands.

1 hour ago, AU64 said:

I first though of Dunans but hated how out of control he was so many times.    D had the desire and speed....hoping this guy has the eye for the hoop but makes better decisions.  

I found some older videos when he was in HS....again wondering why he was in Juco ....maybe academics but one site called him the best kept secret in South Carolina.    i  note he played on the same team as PJ Dozier....not a great team and as a forward he might not have attracted much notice.

A lot of times it's academics or being overlooked in high school, undersized in high school. 

i think Dunnans problem was he tried to take over the games at the wrong times, a lot. When he did so against Uk, it was great but it didn't always turn out that way. Better decision making, I agree. 

22 minutes ago, AU64 said:

that's how I saw it....and not afraid to take it to the hole....hoping for a bigger version of Denson perhaps? 

I liked his ability to get to the rim but that's always one of the tougher things to judge in terms of how it'll translate to college, imo. But he did beat some teams that had some impressive big men playing for them this past season. 

from his ability to slash and score, (seemingly) decent shot, crazy athletic and tough, I would compare him to Dunnans. I know a lot of Auburn fans won't really like to hear that but they have a similar skill set and like Dunnans, he'll be able to play multiple positions without giving up much size/speed/athleticism.

That's assuming his defense is good, which I wouldn't doubt. Even if it's not, if he gets motivated to become a good defender then he'll be able to with his athleticism. 

21 minutes ago, ellitor said:

Maybe to both.

FWIW Skip Jansen who is a respected AU fan & big follower of AAU & juco ball, says the Florida juco competition is as good as it gets at the juco level.

It is. A friend of mine is head coach of one of the teams in Dunbar's region. I keep in touch with him mainly for basketball talk but he and many of the teams around him having been sending a good amount of talent to big name schools. 

not unusual to see 3-5 or so teams out of that region in the top 10 nationally. (ETA: they ended the season with only one at #3 and 4 ranked)

I hadn't heard of Dunbar before our interest in him but I know my buddy's team had 2 kids with SEC offers on his team last I talked to him and a couple others receiving decent offers as well. 

Good coaching and talent in that region for sure. 

I liked seeing the confidence behind JG saying he's confident that he will make Ross his WR. 

Ross also tweeted this to JG and JG and Shaun Shivers both responded to him, which was pretty cool to see. 

Seeing QBs (or any player for that matter) make a serious effort to help recruit while still in HS is always one of my favorite things to see. 

34 minutes ago, auburn4ever said:

As of now, we have 7 3 star players. we're never going to beat LSU and UAT with that kind of recruiting.

There are only two 5* players playing in the Super Bowl. (Julio and Michael Floyd). They must be doing something wrong, not only going after players who were 5*s. There can't be any reason for that

i mean, worst comes to worst, if it was a violation he'd just have to pay for the fish...right, Julio?

On 12/27/2016 at 1:31 PM, WDE_OxPx_2010 said:

RPI: 59 RPI

Didn't see this posted yet

A win here and the SEC starts to take us seriously. As cole said, when we're on we can beat them. 

Great write up. I'd love to see Wiley have a game where he can get hot. I feel like that would do a bunch for his confidence in giving him the reassurance that he can still dominant. It would also be fun to watch. Wiley dominating the post so much that defenses are forced to leave our shooters open would be an amazing addition to this team (and next years), I'm getting a little carried away but this would be a great time to move in that direction