theibisrules
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They aint ****...thats why u never heard of themnever heard of them
They aint ****...thats why u never heard of themnever heard of them
If Pope did that, he would be a local legend and that would surpass Langham status.Mark Pope beats Josh Jobe on a game winning TD throw from King. Speaking it into existence!
I went back to last year's and they did the same thing. I think it's more of a recruiting ploy because alot of those guys didn't even play but they still listed them on the "depth chart". Even deep teams don't usually post half the team in a depth chartWhen you are as deep as they are with 4 and 5 stars you can have these kind of depth charts. Ours is mostly 2 deep because we don't have the kind of depth they have at most positions.
Bama plays a lot of press, man to man. It's hard to make a living over the top. It takes time.I think our best shot might be beating them over the top. Their front 7 is super impressive (especially the LB's) but there's nothing that scares me about their secondary. They've been prone to giving up some big plays in the past. If I'm Lashlee, I test them deep early. I'm not talking 50+ yard bombs either. Get Mallory out over the middle of the field 25-30 yards downfield. Throw a couple bombs to Keyshawn and Harley early.
Their offense doesn’t give me the creeps as much. That defense though.…………………………….. Dayum!
Smh. As the game gets closer, there will be the "Tale of Two fanbases". One side of the fanbase will get the big head and have unrealistic expectations of us winning this game with silly talk about Manny being on the Hot Seat if we lose and how he isnt ready for big time football.. and the other half will pray that half the team catches Covid somehow and we can get out of even showing up out of fear of what might happen as the SEC hype train starts to take off around Thursday/Friday! Smh.
In my opinion Bubba bolden would start opposite of Battle at Safety, Stevenson would start, Mallory as you said, Harley in place of slade bolden (IMO our top 4 wideouts in Harley, Rambo, Restrepo and smith are nearly = to their top 4) but I get what you’re saying. But having our top 10 players be: King, Stevenson, B bolden, W Mallory, N Donaldson, Keontra Smith, Nesta, JHH, M Harley and C Rambo is a SOLID top 10 who will all give Bama all they can handle (can even throw in Harris, Chaney, Rivers, Nelson, Frierson, D Johnson, Scaife or Frierson ) I expect these 18 players to be the guys that IF they live up to their billing (I.E camp reports) we got a punchers chancethat's all well and good. but the reality is this: Alabama wins. and probably by at least 2 TD's
there is no realistic scenario by which the 'Canes win, unless Alabama throws 3 INT's and fumbles twice. if they literally give the game away, sure. but ask yourself this: other than our punter, and MAYBE Will Mallory, is there a single player starting for UM on Saturday that would start for Alabama? ..... no, didn't think so.
But I really hope I'm wrong.
I think our best shot might be beating them over the top. Their front 7 is super impressive (especially the LB's) but there's nothing that scares me about their secondary. They've been prone to giving up some big plays in the past. If I'm Lashlee, I test them deep early. I'm not talking 50+ yard bombs either. Get Mallory out over the middle of the field 25-30 yards downfield. Throw a couple bombs to Keyshawn and Harley early.
Bama is going to come out stacking the box. If our OL can buy King some time to find open guys downfield (and they can actually make the **** catch), I think that changes their whole gameplan.
I'm assuming King threw it to another receiver on the play?Mark Pope beats Josh Jobe on a game winning TD throw from King. Speaking it into existence!
Jobe was really good in man last year but he did get called for double digit pass interference penalties. Davis hasn't played really so we'll see. Definitely worth testing him. I'm also testing the two inside linebackers. As good as they are they gave up some yards in man coverage. I think Harris gave up 539 yards and 3 tds last year which is 2.5 times more than jobe gave up. Sounds good in theory let's see how it works in practiceBama plays a lot of press, man to man. It's hard to make a living over the top. It takes time.
And methinks our dbs are going to be a lot more impressive in person.