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  1. Don Castavez

    Don Castavez Still liking scotch

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    They score more points when we play them also.
     
  2. Fishhead

    Fishhead Founding Member

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    So we'll agree no way y'all should lose a game this season?
     
  3. dachsie

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    Am I in the right forum? I think someone just said something good about Miles. :D

    Hey all! Hope everyone is well! Looking forward to the season.
     
  4. Don Castavez

    Don Castavez Still liking scotch

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    Rollllll Tide!
     
  5. Fishhead

    Fishhead Founding Member

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    Yes, better than anyone else y'all will face. I stated Bama is the #1 WR corps. Who do you think is the #1 secondary?
     
  6. TerryP

    TerryP Founding Member

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    Let's put some context into this.

    In '17 as a true freshman he had 17 snaps with the 1's up until Mercer. An injury to Hamilton gave him his first start against Auburn. He didn't play against UGA or Clemson to end that season because Terrell Lewis returned from injury for the last couple of games of that season. Lewis, starting outside 'backer this season.

    You can't take '18 and define his ability at MIKE. He played inside and outside last year—again, a move driven by injury. Now, as a sophomore he did earn 2nd team honors in the SEC and Walter Camp (I believe.) Remember, he was one of the five finalist for the Butkus award last year (the one White won and he's in the league.) I'm struggling with overhyped seeing this out of a sophomore.

    Whose expectations are we looking at here? Yours?

    He's a Junior. Based on what I've seen and mentioned here I'd say he's progressing as well as a lot of the linebackers I've seen over the years. Seriously, can you name the number of linebackers that started at Bama as sophomores? Hamilton was one...the guy Moses replaced due to injury when SDH was a junior. (I think Hamilton had 25 or so snaps as a frosh, started as a sophomore.) Foster, didn't start until his junior year. CJ Mosley, didn't start until his senior year.

    Now, I could ask if we should take the opinions of the coaches in the SEC when they select their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teams. I don't think that's anything other than a rhetorical question. That being said ...

    The SEC has just announced the 2019 Preseason Coaches All-SEC football team.
    LB — Dylan Moses, Alabama
    LB — Erroll Thompson, Mississippi State
    LB — Cale Garrett, Missouri
    IF we go by the coaches opinions the nod goes to Bama in the linebacking corps.
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  7. Don Castavez

    Don Castavez Still liking scotch

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    Oh that reminds me . Free trip to Vegas for whomever guesses exact time of Deculus’ first false start of the season.
     
  8. TerryP

    TerryP Founding Member

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    Bama likely won't face Florida this season. ;):D
     
  9. Don Castavez

    Don Castavez Still liking scotch

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    Yo Mama’s MAMA.
     
  10. TerryP

    TerryP Founding Member

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    I would never go there. No one in their right mind should on any team. (The odds are with Clemson but we're also delving into the ACC here.) 12 seasons under Saban, only one undefeated. In those 12 season there have been four where Bama made it through the regular season without a loss. It's unheard of. Still, even with a 25% chance (based on history) of that happening in the regular season...no freakin' way I'd put any money on it. Not a chance.
     

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