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Others on other podcasts saying the same thing about TJ. Ran all the different pass configurations and he was nailing most of them. Now bringing in McCall for a one and out would be interesting to say the least. I doubt Faulk is going against Wade. Wright said no one has gotten past Wade all spring. Now he did say Mba is the real deal, as did Jason Jones, said he is very quick and stronger than an ox. Playing him at strongside end rather than inside and said he is quick enough to stay at end even with his size.

Apparently its not just one person saying that about TJ. In this scrimmage they ran several, several different passing routes and situations and TJ darn near nailed them all. The plot thickens.

Lets not use iverson as an example for anything, that POS should have gone to prison for five years for criminally maiming a kid instead of Georgetown. And the story about his chinese tattoo shows just what an idiot he is. Now back to football......

This department that AK Mogulla is running is certainly finding some fellas that arent on the most wanted list til he serves them up. This Phillips kid is now wanted by everyone, same with this OT Eagan Boyer, he is a three star, we start courting him and now everyone is offering. SO SO nice to see us start working with kids early instead of just "mailing it in".

And I was agreeing with you Bird, might sneak in there and pick Riley up. That Hill kid though, he has great hands. And when he runs his RAT (thats runs after touching), lol, cause the defense looks scared to get close to him once he touches the ball, are pretty stout.

I saw where bama is only going to take one RB, makes sense they got two beasts last cycle. Im not sure Hill would be considered number one on their board, at least at running back and I think he has made it clear he wants to play that in college. But who knows he sure does fit that running mold of Bo Scarbrough or Henry. Hill and Riley, oh la la what a backfield that would be. And I dont think we poached Seth from Alabama. If you look at their roster, the previous year they signed Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs, and DeVonta Smith. For good measure the following year they passed on Seth and picked up a fella named Jaylen Waddle. My fondest memory of Seth was when they called a play, it wasnt his so he decided not to participate. The ball is snapped he takes a couple of steps off the line and then turns around to watch Bo scramble for his life. The corner "covering" Seth runs around him and sacks Bo. Seth adjusted his cup and walked back to the huddle.

Most of the comments on here about a mobile QB, ASSUME the QB can also throw, if he cant, they stack the box with eight and lose the game. Of the QBs in the pros, some can run but ALL can throw the ball, hence the reason there are holes to run. Holden will win the job in the spring, he just fits what the offense needs, but I dont think the comfort level will be there. Thus I hope McCall comes. Regarding him still playing ball in the spring.....isnt he on a football scholly, he cant just quit and continue to go to school I dont think.

I heard the same comments from two different internet sites who said the players themselves said, if we had an OL last year Holden would have started he is by far the most accurate. Coach Freeze said the number one thing he wants in a QB is .....accuracy, mobility was fourth on the list. You see thats because bama, georgia, and LSU have won fistfuls of championships and none of their QBs had the last name Newton. Mobility is WAY over rated. Or perhaps you would rather have Milrose than Joe Burrow?? Holden has a big arm, but who cares, its his accuracy and his reading of progressions that gives me the jimmies. And once he had scanned his progressions, the ball is out of his hands in a Dan Marino second. He is perfect for a Freeze offense. I read the stories about he is so behind, they had a 20 minute viewing window of them mostly throwing in drills.....and he is way behind??????? But given a perfect world, Id love to see him get a year behind McCall. That just went away after he could not transfer. He was 31 credits short of graduating, very doable in spring and summer. Nick Marshall came in the fall and he was not too shabby. McCall has four years experience not like he is coming out of HS.

WED, Id hope between the two in the portal OTs and the transfer, one can slide into one of the guard spots which would be ideal. You still need one in the portal cause you have no one left if one guy goes down. But then Harris are one of the other underclassmen maybe they step up. Good news on feedback regarding Holden, boy will get his shot, I think he shines and never looks back.

Holden has been in the system a year, albeit with little coaching help, but he does know the process and the players. Some on the team have said if we had any line he would have been the starter last season because in practice he is by far the most accurate passer. He will come out of spring the starter, the question is, do the coaching staff feel confident enough in him or do they go to the portal. McCall, I dont know why he cant graduate and then come over, 31 credits in two semesters particularly with one being a compressed summer session is not a lot, but who knows. Vandagriff could probably challenge that SEC conference rule transfer and win if he wanted to come, seems totally against the NCAA ruling as a whole and you cant pick and chose your regs for your conference. But he is just another inexperienced, highly touted HS QB. He walks into spring as the number 2 as it is, note the championship game, when they were up by six touchdowns he didnt get the call, Beck did. And behind him is Gunner, who BOBO wanted as a qb at Auburn. And as others have mentioned, we need help now not a year or two from now, that hopefully is already fixed with baby goat and White.

Some other things regarding recruitment, boy we have a large administrative side for it. And it makes sense with HS and portal and various compliance regs, Coaches come to them and say we want two guys for lets say Jack/Edge linebacker and we want someone who plays like Leota. Someone who can seal the edge against the run but also rush, and maybe even fall into coverage on from time to time. We go scour the films and come up with candidates and serve them up. They prioritize, then we schedule the visits, with all the film background, the personal bio info, his coach their background and we schedule a route that puts them in contact with the most kids in the shortest and most geographic manner, which is quite a logistics feat. Seems to be working thats how you get in early on someone like Phillips from Tuskegee that has now blown up in recruiting after we offered. Boy just a breath of fresh air on the recruiting front.

You guys should go check out the interview Keith and company had with AK Mogulla Auburns new Director of Player Personnel. He followed Freeze from Liberty, very well spoken fella. From India, came here at four years of age didnt speak a word of english. Fell in love with football, different college stinte a few pro stops, very young guy. Said his whole family are all doctors or IT engineers and he just loves football. With all the ways hi tech has become important for communications and particularly evaluations, I got the feeling I was watching a scene from moneyball! Which is a good thing. Said the number one thing after evaluations....we need linemen, lots of them, and on both sides of the ball and we didnt need just bodies, we needed players. We did okay, but that is and will continue to be a focus, the trenches win championships. AHHHHHHHH what a breath of fresh air.

I dont think we have to worry about spots in this new era. The portal works both ways. Gone are the days when we didnt want to pull a scholly cause a kid would have to sit a year after transferring. If they think the grass is greener and want to enter the portal, we too can think a spot on the roster would be better suited to a performer. If we are paying, they better be playin. Speaking of, anyone catch the news about Saban and the portal. Said one of his starters wanted 500K and to pay for his girlfriend to go to law school at Bama and he told him to hit the road...they say it was Cohen but he did not mention a name only said it was a starter....and he has only lost one true starter in the last portal so go figure.

AEAgirl, I was agreeing with you that it wasnt the money and it never was close to the exorbitant amount people were claiming he was offered. And it was his supporting cast that caused the drop off as much as the playcalling.

Regarding the QB situation. If Sanders did not come, with spring this close, he is not our choice and someone else is. And Im not certain we will have to wait til after spring to find out. Consider this, you are at another SEC school and you are going into spring to battle one or two other QBs who are pretty good. Do you wait to see if you start or do you transfer to Auburn where it will be pretty easy to be named the starter?