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-- The whole "Gus Malzahn can't develop quarterbacks" thing has taken on a life of its own. Malzahn is not the QB coach. Chip Lindsey is. Teaching is clearly important, but all coaches get too much credit for so-called "developing." I think a lot more first-round draft picks at every position are recruited than are "developed." If not, Alabama has failed to develop several quarterbacks. I tend to give players more credit for what they do than their coaches. Dee Ford went from being an undersized defensive end to being a first-round. draft pick because of his relentless work ethic, not because of some secret some coach taught him. To say Nick Marshall was ready-made after he threw 20 interceptions in junior college and played DB the year before that doesn't make sense to me.
-- Jarrett Stidham, it seems, no longer gets credit for passing for more than 3,000 yards and taking his team to a 7-1 SEC record and two wins over No. 1 teams. But if he did, it seems the credit would go to Art Briles for coaching him for less than a year. It's really hard for me to figure why, in this year in particular, this whole thing would suddenly become a popular narrative anyway. Because Stidham has had some struggles with a new OL and new running backs, I guess.
-- Australian punter Arryn Siposs is more than living up to his billing. Heās averaging 45.3 yards per punt which is outstanding. Even better is that Auburn is second in the SEC in net punting at 43.1 yards.
-- Track stars who double as football players normally have to essentially learn how to play the game when they get to college. Not so with Auburn freshman Anthony Schwartz. He might the fastest player in college football, but heās also a very good route-runner with very good hands. And he is a tough, hard-nosed young man on top of that.
-- For much of the offseason, the talk was about the difficulty of Notre Dameās schedule. It was the same old story. The reality is this. Notre Dame has one win over a nationally ranked team (Michigan). It plays another one Saturday (Stanford). And thatās it. Notre Dame doesnāt play another team in the current rankings. I know a lot of SEC teams that would love to have schedule like that.
-- Speaking of schedules, Clemson doesnāt have a win over a team in the current poll, and plays just one. Thatās No. 22 Duke at home on Nov. 17.
-- Kentucky was fined $100,000 by the SEC because fans stormed the field after last Saturdayās 28-7 win over Mississippi State. I wonder when was the last time fans stormed the field to celebrate beating Mississippi State. Never?
-- Itās a different day in college football. The graduate transfer rule and now the redshirt rule have made it much easier for players to move between programs late in their careers. They are taking advantage of it, and so are the programs that need their services. Kelly Bryant will probably be somebodyās starting quarterback next season. So will Jalen Hurts. Alabama won a national championship with Jake Coker, a graduate transfer quarterback. Where coaches once looked at junior colleges to fill immediate needs, they now have a much larger pool of players who have actually proved they can compete and win at the highest level.
-- I don't believe ever, in all my years, I have seen such angst about a 34-3 victory as I have in the past several days.
-- Jarrett Stidham, it seems, no longer gets credit for passing for more than 3,000 yards and taking his team to a 7-1 SEC record and two wins over No. 1 teams. But if he did, it seems the credit would go to Art Briles for coaching him for less than a year. It's really hard for me to figure why, in this year in particular, this whole thing would suddenly become a popular narrative anyway. Because Stidham has had some struggles with a new OL and new running backs, I guess.
-- Australian punter Arryn Siposs is more than living up to his billing. Heās averaging 45.3 yards per punt which is outstanding. Even better is that Auburn is second in the SEC in net punting at 43.1 yards.
-- Track stars who double as football players normally have to essentially learn how to play the game when they get to college. Not so with Auburn freshman Anthony Schwartz. He might the fastest player in college football, but heās also a very good route-runner with very good hands. And he is a tough, hard-nosed young man on top of that.
-- For much of the offseason, the talk was about the difficulty of Notre Dameās schedule. It was the same old story. The reality is this. Notre Dame has one win over a nationally ranked team (Michigan). It plays another one Saturday (Stanford). And thatās it. Notre Dame doesnāt play another team in the current rankings. I know a lot of SEC teams that would love to have schedule like that.
-- Speaking of schedules, Clemson doesnāt have a win over a team in the current poll, and plays just one. Thatās No. 22 Duke at home on Nov. 17.
-- Kentucky was fined $100,000 by the SEC because fans stormed the field after last Saturdayās 28-7 win over Mississippi State. I wonder when was the last time fans stormed the field to celebrate beating Mississippi State. Never?
-- Itās a different day in college football. The graduate transfer rule and now the redshirt rule have made it much easier for players to move between programs late in their careers. They are taking advantage of it, and so are the programs that need their services. Kelly Bryant will probably be somebodyās starting quarterback next season. So will Jalen Hurts. Alabama won a national championship with Jake Coker, a graduate transfer quarterback. Where coaches once looked at junior colleges to fill immediate needs, they now have a much larger pool of players who have actually proved they can compete and win at the highest level.
-- I don't believe ever, in all my years, I have seen such angst about a 34-3 victory as I have in the past several days.
