My Day On Teh Planes

Snaggletiger · « **on:** August 21, 2012, 11:13:05 AM »

Hit God's country this past Saturday for the annual Tigers Unlimited weekend...go to practice...put on the feedbag. I've got a buddy who was in charge of giving out the passes for HS Corches and players parents so I got one from him to get on the sidelines. The practice itself was teh suxxors as they spent the first half of it learning how they'll come out of the tunnel and go through warm ups on game day. I guess I took it for granted that they automatically know that shit, but obviously you have to work on it to look polished on game day.

The second half they worked on fundamentals and situational drills. Some general observations:

Tre Mason, Mike Blakely, Corey Grant and Erique Florence were all nursing minor injuries and weren't even in the stadium.

Jay Porsche Prosch is a fire hydrant on steroids. He's got meat hooks the size of my thighs hanging off his shoulders. Chris Landrum is up to 240 and running back up at FB.

If they played Clemson today, the O-Line would be Robinson, Sullen, Dismukes, Slade and Kozan. The one's on the defensive line would be Lemonier, Blackson, Whittaker and either Ford or Egua. No surprises there but it appears Carter, Wright and Zigler are the backups and suddenly, AU is pretty damn deep across the Dee Liner.

Kris Kross Frost is up to 233 and Cassanova McKenzie is now listed at 6'3" 243 and has been turning heads in camp.

Got to stand right by the D-Line and LB's as Corch Pornstache worked with them on signals, calls, blitzes etc. Intense, hands-on guy with huge attention to detail. He brought in former UGA All-Everything LB Tony Gilbert as Graduate Assistant to help with the linebackers. Speaking of intense, Chizik lost it several times Saturday. He was pissed and screaming like a banshee.

And now for the QB situation. Moseley only warmed up but didn't participate in any of the drills. Frayzher and Wallace took all the snaps. Kyle looked like a 10 day old shit sandwich you found in the back of the refrigerator. He hit Blake on as beautiful a pass i the back of the end zone as you'll ever see. His next 4 passes would just be

I sincerely hope it was just an off throwing day but he sure didn't do anything Saturday to make me feel better about that position. Wallace took way more snaps but was doing it with the back ups. I know what we've been reading and hearing about him....but he was awful. He's got a weird, short-arm throwing motion and not accurate at all. Maybe just a bad day all around.

This O-line class is bad to the damn bone. They look like clones, all about 6'5" and 290-300. All good looking athletes. I heard several comments from people on the sidelines how noticeably different this team looks athletically from last year to this. I had to agree. One coach said he went to an Alabama practice last year and this Auburn team looks more like the athletes they had on the field.

Quick hitters:

Melvin Ray is a beast of a receiver. 6'3" 217

True freshman Jonathan Jones is listed at 166 but he laid Therezie out on a KO return,(Put him out of practice) and then popped the shit out of TE Ricky Parks causing a fumble

Talked to Brett Eddins for a while and he talked about how good it felt de-cleating J. Russell. I jizzed

We need a QB to step up

Godfather · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:13:50 AM »

bout fuckin time, I was about to eat a bullet.

Godfather · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:16:53 AM »

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And now for the QB situation. Moseley only warmed up but didn't participate in any of the drills. Frayzher and Wallace took all the snaps. Kyle looked like a 10 day old shit sandwich you found in the back of the refrigerator. He hit Blake on as beautiful a pass i the back of the end zone as you'll ever see. His next 4 passes would just be I sincerely hope it was just an off throwing day but he sure didn't do anything Saturday to make me feel better about that position. Wallace took way more snaps but was doing it with the back ups. I know what we've been reading and hearing about him....but he was awful. He's got a weird, short-arm throwing motion and not accurate at all. Maybe just a bad day all around.

Not what I wanted to read. Fuck me can anyone throw the ball. How do we not have a QB...this really boggles my mind.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:20:37 AM »

Quote from: Godfather on August 21, 2012, 11:16:53 AM

Not what I wanted to read. Fuck me can anyone throw the ball. How do we not have a QB...this really boggles my mind.

The drills they were running at one point were basically no contact. The QB's stayed back there much longer than they normally would and still couldn't hit my broad ass. So they weren't running their real offense and were actaully trying to simulate a lot of the Clemson hurry-up. But accuracy was a definite issue.

AWK · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:22:54 AM »

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And now for the QB situation. Moseley only warmed up but didn't participate in any of the drills. Frayzher and Wallace took all the snaps. Kyle looked like a 10 day old shit sandwich you found in the back of the refrigerator. He hit Blake on as beautiful a pass i the back of the end zone as you'll ever see. His next 4 passes would just be I sincerely hope it was just an off throwing day but he sure didn't do anything Saturday to make me feel better about that position. Wallace took way more snaps but was doing it with the back ups. I know what we've been reading and hearing about him....but he was awful. He's got a weird, short-arm throwing motion and not accurate at all. Maybe just a bad day all around.

This...makes me fucking sad.

DnATL · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:23:54 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 21, 2012, 11:13:05 AM

The practice itself was teh suxxors as they spent the first half of it learning how they'll come out of the tunnel and go through warm ups on game day. I guess I took it for granted that they automatically know that shit, but obviously you have to work on it to look polished on game day.

Did they get the helmets correctly aligned?

Godfather · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:24:09 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 21, 2012, 11:20:37 AM

The drills they were running at one point were basically no contact. The QB's stayed back there much longer than they normally would and still couldn't hit my broad ass. So they weren't running their real offense and were actaully trying to simulate a lot of the Clemson hurry-up. But accuracy was a definite issue.

Isn't accuracy kind of the main point behind being a Quarterback?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #7 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:26:07 AM »

Quote from: Godfather on August 21, 2012, 11:24:09 AM

Isn't accuracy kind of the main point behind being a Quarterback?

Only when you're passing

noxin · « **Reply #8 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:27:11 AM »

How accurate were the handoffs?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #9 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:28:34 AM »

The long snapping was flawless.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #10 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:37:29 AM »

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:42:03 AM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 21, 2012, 11:37:29 AM

And then afterwards, me and my BIL went back to my house and grilled up some cool recipes on The Egg

Godfather · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:42:47 AM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 21, 2012, 11:37:29 AM

Liar....you know you read the shit outta that.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:48:03 AM »

So, you forgot the waterproof lens?

djsimp · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:55:02 AM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on August 21, 2012, 11:48:03 AM

So, you forgot the waterproof lens?

Does no good when the camera is just laying on the shower room floor while........never mind.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #15 on:** August 21, 2012, 12:12:03 PM »

I forgot my shower pass. I took the 35 mm up there but just as we got out of the car, it started to rain. So I decided to forego toting it around. Turned out it stopped when we hit the stadium and stayed nice most of the day.

For those that haven't been on campus in a while, the construction going on is off the charts. It will look very different. Sewell Hall was torn down and they've already got about 3 stories of new construction on that site. The new student act buildings and whatever else they're constructing are huge and sit directly between Beard Eaves and JHS. The changes on this campus in just the last 3-4 years is mind boggling.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #16 on:** August 21, 2012, 12:28:29 PM »

Quote from: Godfather on August 21, 2012, 11:42:47 AM

Liar....you know you read the shit outta that.

True.

I am also really concerned about the QB position. I think this may be the downfall of Chizik and Co. actually. I don't see it getting better anytime soon. I am not overly thrilled about the 2 we have coming in next year either. And as you know, you can win some ball games without a good QB, but you can't go to the promised land. And right now, we don't have a good QB, and I don't think we will for a good 3 to 4 years.

WiregrassTiger · « **Reply #17 on:** August 21, 2012, 12:32:13 PM »

Some of my worstest fears are not yet confirmed but this doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies.

WiregrassTiger · « **Reply #18 on:** August 21, 2012, 12:34:42 PM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 21, 2012, 12:28:29 PM

True.

I am also really concerned about the QB position. I think this may be the downfall of Chizik and Co. actually. I don't see it getting better anytime soon. I am not overly thrilled about the 2 we have coming in next year either. And as you know, you can win some ball games without a good QB, but you can't go to the promised land. And right now, we don't have a good QB, and I don't think we will for a good 3 to 4 years.

I believe that CSL will have a big say in this. That hire was to address your concern.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #19 on:** August 21, 2012, 12:48:38 PM »

I'm not writing him...Frasier...off just yet because it was just a drill they were running and there really wasn't anything done in rhythm. And I say Frasier because unless Moseley heals up quickly and just blows em' away the last week, he's our guy. I did see enough to know that Wallace is not even close to being ready. I think I'd have a better guage if they were actually scrimmaging. It's just that in the 15-20 or so passes he threw in this drill, there was only 1 that made it move. We shall see.

Oh, and it looks like we'll see a good bit of the same option type plays that Frasier ran last year where he either hands it to the back coming or keeps it and heads into the line. That's fine and was effective last year until teams figured out that's the only play he was running.