I never read his articles but even running across one of his random inane tweets makes my head hurt
🏈 All four QB's got reps last night...
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I never read his articles but even running across one of his random inane tweets makes my head hurt
nastynate05
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Not sure. Maybe Brandon Avalos does.
Gideon Swashbuckler
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Spencer just threw it away on 4th down with under a minute to go down by 3.
Gideon Swashbuckler
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I drank.
bama alum
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Now...This is just one person's opinion (not mine).
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ris-will-factor-big-time-in-alabama-qb-battle
Alec Morris has yet to throw a pass for Alabama. (USATSI)
The assumption has been that with Blake Sims gone, Jake Coker -- the Florida State transfer who backed up Sims during Alabama's run to the 2014 SEC Championship -- will ascend to the top spot on the Crimson Tide depth chart during his senior season. And if he doesn't? Most of the buzz in Tuscaloosa would surround true freshman Blake Barnett, the five-star from Corona, Calif. who enrolled early for spring practice.
But no less an authority than Sims himself told al.com that there's another name that shouldn't be overlooked in the Tide's starting quarterback battle: redshirt junior Alec Morris.
"He's going to factor big-time," Sims said. "Right now, everything's open. Coach [Nick Saban] is giving every guy an opportunity to prove to coach Saban, to teammates and obviously [Lane Kiffin] that they're the guy that can lead the Crimson Tide to victories."
Sims cited Morris's knowledge of the playbook, team spirit, and even an incident vs. Western Carolina last season in which he pointed out a hole in the Catamount defense to Sims even before the coaches did.
What Sims didn't cite: that Morris has never so much as attempted a pass at the college level; that Coker surpassed him on the 2014 depth chart without seemingly too much trouble; that as a run-of-the-mill three-star recruit from Texas, Morris arrived in Tuscaloosa with by far the least amount of recruiting cachet; and most damningly, that after watching Morris in practice for two seasons, the Crimson Tide coaches still felt it necessary to bring in Coker in the first place.
So which is more likely: that despite not being groomed for the starter's job at all in 2014 (despite several blowouts giving Alabama ample opportunity to do so) and -- in his fourth season on campus -- needing to make up ground on a player Alabama's coaches likely rated more highly before said player even arrived on campus, Morris is a legitimate threat to win the starter's job ... or that Sims is doing his best to say nice things about a legitimately hardworking, team-first teammate who deserves to have nice things said about him?
Supporters of the "don't just assume it's Coker" viewpoint will point out that it was just last year Coker was supposed to beat out Sims in a walk. But in that instance, Sims and Coker hadn't actually gone head-to-head until they did. Coker and Morris (and former four-stars David Cornwell and Cooper Bateman)? They have. Until more evidence to the contrary arises, Morris leapfrogging the former Seminole seems like the longest of longshots, despite Sims' endorsement.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ris-will-factor-big-time-in-alabama-qb-battle
Alec Morris has yet to throw a pass for Alabama. (USATSI)
The assumption has been that with Blake Sims gone, Jake Coker -- the Florida State transfer who backed up Sims during Alabama's run to the 2014 SEC Championship -- will ascend to the top spot on the Crimson Tide depth chart during his senior season. And if he doesn't? Most of the buzz in Tuscaloosa would surround true freshman Blake Barnett, the five-star from Corona, Calif. who enrolled early for spring practice.
But no less an authority than Sims himself told al.com that there's another name that shouldn't be overlooked in the Tide's starting quarterback battle: redshirt junior Alec Morris.
"He's going to factor big-time," Sims said. "Right now, everything's open. Coach [Nick Saban] is giving every guy an opportunity to prove to coach Saban, to teammates and obviously [Lane Kiffin] that they're the guy that can lead the Crimson Tide to victories."
Sims cited Morris's knowledge of the playbook, team spirit, and even an incident vs. Western Carolina last season in which he pointed out a hole in the Catamount defense to Sims even before the coaches did.
What Sims didn't cite: that Morris has never so much as attempted a pass at the college level; that Coker surpassed him on the 2014 depth chart without seemingly too much trouble; that as a run-of-the-mill three-star recruit from Texas, Morris arrived in Tuscaloosa with by far the least amount of recruiting cachet; and most damningly, that after watching Morris in practice for two seasons, the Crimson Tide coaches still felt it necessary to bring in Coker in the first place.
So which is more likely: that despite not being groomed for the starter's job at all in 2014 (despite several blowouts giving Alabama ample opportunity to do so) and -- in his fourth season on campus -- needing to make up ground on a player Alabama's coaches likely rated more highly before said player even arrived on campus, Morris is a legitimate threat to win the starter's job ... or that Sims is doing his best to say nice things about a legitimately hardworking, team-first teammate who deserves to have nice things said about him?
Supporters of the "don't just assume it's Coker" viewpoint will point out that it was just last year Coker was supposed to beat out Sims in a walk. But in that instance, Sims and Coker hadn't actually gone head-to-head until they did. Coker and Morris (and former four-stars David Cornwell and Cooper Bateman)? They have. Until more evidence to the contrary arises, Morris leapfrogging the former Seminole seems like the longest of longshots, despite Sims' endorsement.
planomateo
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Crimson&WhiteGecko
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This thread isn't about second guessing a game that 'Bama lost... it is bout the QB rotation for this season... Extrapolate all you want about CNS especially with hindsight. Impressive (sarcasm).
Now when it comes to determining who gets behind center. I'm not going to sweat it because CNS is more than capable....MUCH more than you.
Not sure, but feel certain he doesn't have any punches left on his meal ticket.
planomateo
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That is stupid as hell. What happened to the idea of neighborhood schools? At 100k and one school you're driving at least 1.5 hr in the morning to get your kid to school and the school will be crowded as fuck. I had 2600ish at my HS and that was like a slow ass cattle crawl in the hallway. I can only imagine more than that. All in the name of fielding a better football team?
Y'all are forgetting Jimmy Barnes
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