So, our starting O-line Saturday will be as follows.RT Avery Young FR. 6'6" 295G John Sullen SR. 6'5" 313C Tunde Fariyke SO. 6'2" 301G Chad Slade SO. 6'6" 314LT Greg Robinson RFr. 6'5" 311Should be interesting
He's not the best colorman in the league for nothing, folks!
Don't worry...nobody's listening.Seriously the kid does come off intelligent and he does have size. I like the size of the line. I do wish Young was bigger but maybe that won't matter in this offense. I still don't know what to expect from this team and I have to write a pick 'em column tonight.
Don't worry, nobody reads your shit anyway.
I don't know yet if he can play SEC level football, but I like this kid! I hope he can play! He's got real smarts, football smarts, and seems humble. And he didn't get his ass arrested inside of 10 days to play the first game, so that's a plus too.
Godfather, this post is the reason why we need a like feature and a way to tag people in a post.
He's articulate. Well spoken. Sort of like a white guy adult.
There
AUBURN, Alabama -- Barely mentioned through most of fall camp, Tunde Fariyike has largely been an afterthought throughout Auburn’s constant shuffling on the offensive line.Fariyike was expected only to back up Freshman All-SEC center Reese Dismukes, one of the few "locks" to start up front.Now Fariyike — whose name is pronounced Toon-day Far-i-yah-kee — will make the first start of his career on Saturday in Auburn’s season opener against Clemson, replacing Dismukes, who has been suspended indefinitely after an arrest for public intoxication."Everybody is looking at me," Fariyike said. "I’ve got to show up."Fariyike, a two-star recruit coming out of Upson-Lee High School in Thomaston, Ga., had offers from Navy, Air Force, Duke and East Carolina before becoming a late addition to Auburn’s 2010 signing class.Tunde Fariyike steps up for Auburn at center Auburn sophomore center Tunde Fariyike is preparing to make the first start of his career against Clemson.After taking a redshirt year in 2010, Fariyike played in all 13 games as a punt protector last season, but he’s seen action at center in only one game — Auburn’s win over Ole Miss.Now, he’s in charge of making all the calls at the line of scrimmage for an Auburn team breaking in a young group on the offensive line.Fariyike will be flanked by returning starters John Sullen and Chad Slade at left and right guard, respectively, but redshirt freshman Greg Robinson and true freshman Avery Young will man the tackles against No. 14 Clemson."The center has to be the smartest person on the field, because he has to know what we’re going to do, and he has to know what the defense is going to do also," Sullen said.Fariyike rarely has any problems with the mental side of the game.When Auburn began installing new offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler’s NFL-style scheme this year, most players had to take a little extra time learning the complicated playbook.Fariyike, a biomedical sciences major who plans to become a doctor, picked it up with very few problems."I’m not going to say it was really easy, but it wasn’t really hard, either," Fariyike said. "You still have your gap schemes, your zone schemes. It’s the same with every offense. You just adjust to what the play-call is."Football is Fariyike’s second love.As a kid, Fariyike always wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps. Dr. Babatunde Fariyike is a specialist in internal medicine in Thomaston, and he set an example his son hopes to emulate.Fariyike’s ultimate goal is to practice medicine."Since I was a little kid," Fariyike said. "My dad was a doctor, so I looked up to him. He really affected me."Fariyike’s cerebral approach to the game, along with his experience at the position, earned him the starting spot over Auburn’s other options. Fariyike has been penciled in as Dismukes’ backup since the second half of last season.One by one on Sunday night, Fariyike’s teammates said they trust him to make the right calls at the line of scrimmage against Clemson.He hates making mistakes."He’s a perfectionist with every call he makes and every step he wants to get right," quarterback Kiehl Frazier said. "Every time he makes a mistake, he kills himself and tries to get better."Fariyike is no longer the forgotten man on Auburn’s offensive line.On Saturday, he’ll be the centerpiece."It really hit me today," Fariyike said. "This is it. This is my opportunity to show what I can really do."
That's "an" adult.
Is it "an" white guy or ain't it a white guy. Noone pays enough attention to gramer and speling in todays sociaty.
Black guys, help the white guys out.
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