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Then dont post! your no genius. Nobody ever thought King Dunlap would play a down in the NFL. Yet he was drafted and by Philadelphia in 2008 after going back on forth in losing his starting position at Auburn and played 7 or 8 years in the league. If you dont think there is a way Prince Tega could be drafted this year then your not as smart as you want everybody to think you are. Either way i could care less what your opinion is because i can assure you it is no better than mine. You ever even played OL?

In regard to being underwhelmed with OL recruiting this year as E just pointed out we have 14 underclassmen on scholly. E and i disagree, i hope he is correct, that none of them try their hand at the NFL after this year. If so we will have a very experienced and deep OL next year. As to the two guys committed now, one is a four star guard, Jones, very highly thought of with a very nice offer list and the other Osborne was good enough for IMG to offer him to come from Texas to play this year there. I think those two are pretty good. With the good clearance to begin practice given Brahms we have good depth at center moving forward. The real need is for a true bigtime OT prospect and the only one i know of right now is in Juco. Unlike others i think Putnam could be as good as Golson was at RT but most think he is a guard. Whatever he is if we could get him he has a good looking future.

Bingo!

You know if the reigning Mr. football in the State of Alabama read all this he would think Auburn fans think he is second rate. Amazing!

Spanish Fort is what happened to Daphne. They share all that talent now and are in 6A Region 1, not 7A.

Both these guys, Putnam and Osborne are athletic enough to play either tackle. It would be great if they were taller but they are not and quick feet and athleticism are more important than just being tall. Greg Robinson was only 6"4" and he was pretty good. If we could get these two guys and Jones to go with Clarke we would be ok. If by some hook or crook we take five which i would like but dont know with 15 on scholarship now if we can, depends on how many stay or go after this year, throw Dobbs in and it is an ausome class.

Just to ease your mind our coaches are basing decisions on what they see on film and what they see and hear at their camp. They know what this kid can run, how he back pedals how he breaks on the ball, how he acts when its hot, how respectful he is to coaches and how his teammates look up to him, just to name a few. They are not taking a recruiting services word in a rating for that. They weighed him and measured him themselves. They know if he is 6'0" not having to take somebody else's word for that. If they know all this and know how important it is to win at AU and believe he can play winning SEC football then to heck with all the rating services in the country sign him up. I can assure you they know a whole lot more about these things than we do. So if they say he can play and want him in the class right now then lets please not star gaze and be supportive. Just my two cents.

One more thing wde is right he is a heck of a talent and has potential to be a super player if he has matured. I wanted AU to take a chance on him when he graduated from Jackson anyway

Just so everyone knows the entire history he did not live with his dad who coaches in Mobile but rather lived with his mother in Jackson so dad didn’t have a lot of influence either way just so all facts are on table.

He was a really good high school player. St. Paul folks can attest to that from 2016 state 5A semifinals. I suspect AU just does not have a scholarship to give but advised that if he does what he should do they will give him one in a year. Dont know that but would make sense. Anyway a very athletic guy who can help at the safety position. As to why Minnesota there are a number of south alabama area kids up there. Two from Murphy in the last four or five years i know of.

turns out we had room for Cam Taylor and the big OT prospect J. Goss. I bet the coaches wish now they would have taken those two. We did not have to have an OT from this class ready to play i 2018 and Goss had great potential. He was a TE in high school so he played a little high but he had very good athletic ability and was 6'6" and could have put on good weight. Anyway, water under the bridge.

We competed this year with the same caliber of signees we are signing in this class and have competed with Saban better than anybody else has over the last 9 years. So yes, we can compete with them with these players. The key for anyone to beat UGA or UAT is at QB. We have one coming back who is capable. We have one going to be a sophomore and one coming in that have better tools. We shall see if JG is what we want him to be. If he is even close, then yes the people we have signed or will sign in this class can compete with those two.

Dont know our coaches as you know are very good this time of the year in keeping secrets. Will be interesting to see just exactly who shows up for visits this weekend. A number of new faces apparently. On another topic per above it looks like UAT is going to run out of slots and not have room for Malik that would be to our benefit you agree?

E, he may be a buck end and if that is the case Mickey may get his way with them moving R. Jibunor back to pure linebacker and not a buck, however, UF is recruiting Caleb Tannor to be an OLB and not a buck for what thats worth.

E, i see that Caleb Tannor is coming in for a visit this weekend. He could be an outside LB. He said in an interview after his UF visit that he is 6'3" and weighs 205. That sounds like a LB and not a DE. Any idea if we are really working him as an OLB option for Quay when he goes somewhere else? Just wanted to get your thoughts.

Fugua and grayshirt will only be known on signing day. It is pretty clear that not counting that spot we openly have only 2 other spots after McCreary's committment. Those are for Anderson and Langham if they will take them. Now you say what about Walker or Ross well that is the third spot that we have in our pocket for the kid signing with Memphis that noone in the Athletic department for strategic reasons is talking about. If either of those two guys fall our way we have a spot for them. If neither then we keep that for a GT or for someone to count back next year. If by a miracle from heaven, not going to happen because Ross is going to UAT, we sign them both and Fuqua then grayshirts, but that is not going to happen. That is how i believe everything will shake out. If we get Anderson and Langham we will have done fine. Langham could go either way if needed DL or OL. He will make a great OT down the road.

If Gus is looking at Brad Davis he was the OL coach at UF that Gouraige originally committed too. May help us.

Cam is a very good athlete from Park Crossing. Committed early to play quarterback at Missouri but has no reopened his recruitment. Good size 6' 195lbs with pretty good speed. For sure safety prospect but may can play corner. Probably someone to look at if Fuqua's shoulder makes him grayshirt and we swing and miss on all the other big name guys.

it is just like being offered a job contingent on passing a drug test. You have an offer, you can accept but if the contingency doesn't occur then the offer is withdrawn and you go your way and the employer looks for someone else. Pretty simple to understand actually.

Beaker, no offense but the first play we ran against arkansas was the same speed sweep we ran in the first series of downs to a different wide receiver against clemson.

E, can you help me with this 29 number. They took 24 in 2015 and 2016. In order to take 29 this year they have to have 4 count back to last year. I assume that some of the 24 from 2016 did count back but to work they would have had to count 3 back. Gray shirting last year only makes them have to count them this year. So what your saying is they counted 3 back and with only signing 24 they have 4 extra slots for this year? correct.

E, not to just be disagreeable but the height deal is way over rated. Carl Lawson is 6-2. Kevin Greene was 6-2. The Harrison guy for Pittsburgh that is playing at 38 is 6-1 maybe. TD has great hips, a quick step and a huge heart. sometimes lower to the ground is better. The old adage low man wins is still as applicable today as 30 years ago. Frankly we miss alot of good players worrying about their height. Centers over 6-2 are at a disadvantage blocking a nose anyway. The point, dont worry about TD being only 6-1 he will be fine.