Armchair QB observations from the "We don't give a shit about your observations" book of observations.
You know how you sit down and watch teams around the country like Texas Tech and Baylor and Houston etc. and see their QB's look like QB machines, making all the throws and racking up 400 yards a game and 187 TD's on the season and think, "Why can't we have nice things like that?" +1 to AU1
We do now!
Nuff said.
#3 QB Malik Willis is pretty damn good, y'all. Skrong, accurate arm and fast runner. Should be picking out a tux for HS prom. I'll probably eat these words but Barrett should transfer. Soon!
The BIL said he watched them throw to Hastings over and over again in practice. Apparently, dude is a weapon. Craig-Myers? Wow. Offense could be really good. Carry On looked like he fricked up an ankle. Any word on TV about that? He worries me. Great player but stays injured like Sean White.
#1 Defense is huge, fast, salty and other cool adjectives. DeShaun Davis is 5'11" 247 and nasty. All the LB's are top shelf. Guarantee they're as good a unit as this conference has. One guy that impressed me was Paul Blard James XXIV. 271 pound stand up DE/LB that has a motor. You can tell he's ADHD. Too bad he stayed injured last year. He gets after it and is pretty darn quick off the edge.
Long snapping? Adequate but a couple of shaky passes. Gonna' need some soul searching and serious reps over the summer. I'm watching.
Carlson handled both kicking and punting duties. Did a decent job punting but I wonder if Ian Shannon was hurt. You're a damn punter. How do you get hurt?
You know I'm a heights and weights kinda' guy. We are again, noticeably bigger and stronger. Dontavious Russell is up to 310. Andrew Williams is now 285. Braden Smith put on another 5 to check in at 305. Monster. All the LB's who came to AU in that 220 to 225 range like Tre, Deshaun, Darrell etc. are all 235 to 247. Derrick Brown has dropped to 317.
I don't read much into A-Day as far as how we'll do. Suffice it to say all the pieces of the puzzle are there. It's up to the staff to make it work now. If they do, look out. If they don't with this much talent? Buh-Bye!
On an insider e-penis note....got to talk with Tommy Tuberville briefly before the came. We were having a lot of laughs and rehashing some old times until security got there. I thought the choke hold and mace were a little excessive. But overall, a good time.