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Some Notes on Alabama, Notre Dame, and a Little on Ohio

By hart20 — July 30th, 2012 at 3:48 PM — 16 comments
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Alabama

On the rumors that OT DJ Fluker has been suspended:

They’re just that. Rumors. For those who missed it, the rumor was that OT DJ Fluker has been suspended 4 games for illicit contact with an agent and that Alabama is trying to negotiate it down to 2 games.

Turns out, this was just an epic trolling job by a guy named Kingpin on one of the Alabama sites. He posted that Fluker had been suspended and by the time people had started calling BS, the rumor had already spread to 10 other sites and momentarily taken the Alabama world by storm. No legitimate site has reported anything on the situation, but if you want to hold out hope, wait for later this afternoon when the announcement is supposed to come out. Personally, I think sitting around waiting for a Green or Treadwell commitment would be a better use of your time.

Link to the original thread

 

As the conclusion of summer workouts beckons, the depth chart at running back stands as this:

1.      Eddie Lacy

2.      TJ Yeldon

3.      Jalston Fowler

 

Eddie Lacy measured in at 6’0’’, 232 lbs and should be playing in the upper 220s to low 230s. The depth chart is pretty clear cut at the position at this point in time. Still expect Fowler to get a good number of carries though.

 

Other news from summer workouts:

 

5-star Fr ATH Eddie Williams could be starting as the outside WR, the same position that Julio Jones played. He measured in 6’4’’, 218 lbs.

Looking at the LBs:

Mosley is getting looks at Sam LB to try and get the combo of Johnson, Mosley, Depriest, and Hubbard on the field at once. Dickson will likely be the 5th LB, Patrick and Ragland right behind. All of them will play.

And the DBs:

Clinton-Dix may start in every down situations over Sunseri because of coverage skill difference against passing teams. (Arkansas) 

Milliner and Fulton outside, Belue Dime as of now.

 

But wait! What about our old friend Dee Hart?

Likely Kick Returners are Chris Jones and Dee Hart, possibly Milliner.

Dee Hart will see a role comparable to Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey at West Virginia thanks to ideas from Nussmeier in the new offense.

He mentioned the both of them in a sense that Hart would start his routes out of the slot and back field.

Dee Hart is also 100% recovered from his injury.

Link 2

Link 3

 

On the Eddie Lacy injury:

 

According to the source above, Eddie Lacy is fine and at 100%. However, other people are saying that conditioning is currently an issue. Expect him to be ready to play on Sept. 1st.

 

On the Reuben Foster decomittment:

 

This link is a very interesting read on how it all played out. I recommend you take a look at it.

Link to insight on the Foster decomittment 

 

Nick Saban on stopping Denard:

"You got to be very disciplined any time you play a quarterback that can move between the tackles," Saban said. "Everybody has to be disciplined as far as their responsibility. The guy's already a fantastic athlete, so if you're not doing the right thing, you have no chance to succeed. Even if you do it exactly right, it still may be a challenge. Everybody's got to play with great effort, great intensity, great toughness and everybody's got to play team defense when you play against guys like this." 

"This isn't the only guy that can beat you, but you've certainly got to make sure he doesn't beat you." 

Also look for Alabama to air out it out a bit more than in the past:

"You always try to feature the players you have on offense," Saban said. "I certainly think AJ is a guy who has proven that he's trustworthy to do the kind of things when you open up the offense, not to make the kind of mistakes with turning the ball over that can really hurt your team. I think you can make a lot more explosive plays that way. 

"I think it's going to be important for our team this year, with the offensive line we have returning and the experience AJ has at the quarterback position, to be that type of team."

Link 5

 

Notre Dame

Everyone’s favorite topic, ND’s QB carousel:

If I had to guess, here’s what ND’s depth chart at QB looks like to begin this fall:

1.      Everett Golson

2.      Tommy Rees/Andrew Hendrix

3.      Gunner Kiel

 

On Everett Golson:

He’s apparently been stellar in summer 7 on 7s, but he hasn’t had to read defenses or pick up blitzes, which is what he struggles with. He’s an athletic and mobile QB, so he is what Tommy Rees is not.

Link 6

 

On Andrew Hendrix:

“His reads in the passing game can improve a lot. Too many times he's thrown to the other team. 

His arm is one-dimensional right now... meaning - very strong. On short passes he makes balls difficult to catch. On longer patterns, he throws with a flat trajectory. His release point is also fairly low, but I don't see that as being as big of an issue. “

Link 7

 

On Tommy Rees:

“Rees, has had issues with his decision making, but didn't show much, if any, improvement over the course of his playing time. He does not have Hendrix's strength, but has nice touch”

No word, as of yet, on what his punishment will be.

 

News from summer workouts:

 

At the WR position look for Freshmen Chris Brown and Davonte Neal to compete for significant playing time, if not start. Both are very fast receivers with the ability to stretch the field.

Sheldon Day will likely replace Aaron Lynch.

Link 8

 

On turf in the stadium:

 

I have no idea if they’re getting turf in the stadium or not and ND fans seem just as clueless.

Here’s what is known: Brian Kelly wants turf. ND AD Jack Swarbrick said that it’s eventually coming. Last season, their field was grass.

Now apparently ND is replacing the sideline area with turf and redoing the drainage system, but they’re not replacing the grass on the field with turf.  I’ve read that there were plans to replace the whole field with turf, but they were scrapped because of alumni backlash and I’ve also read that they’ll come out and announce the field has been replaced with turf in the next month.

I have no clue.

 

On new OC Chuck Martin and his philosophy:

 

“He wants to run the ball 60% of the time.  He wants to use the run and screens and draws to set up the pass.  And when he passes he likes accuracy and long completions. He likes big plays---he said "last year we had two plays over 40 yards"  to him that is unacceptable.”

“He likes his teams to score a lot and his QB has to be mobile, able to run and pass on the run..  (Probably leaves REES out).  His QB has to have big-play ability.  Coach would rather have a 3-play TD than a 15 play TD. “

“Coach MARTIN likes to use 2 TEs---WE have the #1 guy TYLER EIFERT and he is backed by KOYACK, WELCH and NIKLAS---all big strong smart guys.  Two at a time, Lads.”

 

Link 9

 

On how playcalling will work:

 

Martin will call the plays and send KELLY 2 or 3 to pick from

 

Link 10

 

On to ND recruiting:

 

-ND LB commit Alex Anzalone visited Florida for their FNL camp this weekend and as you can imagine, ND fans are none too pleased with this. He reaffirmed his commitment to ND but he might be someone to watch for the annual ND-decommit-on-or-near-NSD

-ND has 17 commits for 2013 and 21-23 scholarships to give this year, leaving 4-6 spots available.

If you want a detailed analysis of who the top targets on their board are, click on this link: Detailed Analysis of ND's last available spots

Or click on this one and scroll down a couple comments for another detailed analysis: Another Detailed Analysis of ND's last available spots

 

If you want the not so detailed version, here’s what they want:

We need a couple of DL,Ideally, ones who can rush the passer. A CB or two and a speed WR are also needs. IMO, anything else is gravy, but that could change as the season unfolds.

Link 13

 

Ohio St.

Ohio has somewhere around 4 spots left and they plan on filling it with some combination of LB Tyquan Lewis, LB Mike Mitchell, WR Shelton Gibson, WR Devon Allen, S Vonn Bell and/or OL Donovan Munger. 

 

 And with that, I'll end this write up. Now that fall camp is starting, I'll hopefully be able to do this every week and include some meatier revelations.

Hope you all enjoyed this.

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July 30th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
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Also: Here are ND's gloves for the upcoming season:

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July 30th, 2012 at 8:07 PM
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Also hearing Head Coach Brain

Also hearing Head Coach Brain Kelly will have to wear these during games & practice after Tommy Rees' soc professor starting inquiring about the bruises:

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July 31st, 2012 at 6:36 AM
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What's a chapion?

What's a chapion?

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July 30th, 2012 at 4:02 PM
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Ha Ha... redshirt?!?

Can anybody explain the seemingly serious reference to a redshirt year for Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix?  He saw some playing time last year as a Freshman, yes?  Would Alabama play him as a Freshman, sit him as a Sophomore, and then hope to get three more years from him?

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July 30th, 2012 at 4:23 PM
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I'm not sure that I follow. Where are

you seeing that?

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July 30th, 2012 at 6:16 PM
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Weird.

I can't find it now.  Did any of the linked content change?  (Not through any fault of yours; but rather because of ongoing message board-pagination.)  I really looked; it was a message board comment; but it referenced some other source.  Oh well.

It was such a strange comment, I'm just going to let it go.  They can't possibly be thinking about redshriting HaHa now.

Anyway, good diary; thanks much.  +1.

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July 30th, 2012 at 5:01 PM
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Good information hart20.

Good information hart20. Thanks again.

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July 30th, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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Funniest thing I read is that

Funniest thing I read is that the new nd off. coordinator likes his team to score a lot. Novel concept for an offensive coordinator!!

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July 30th, 2012 at 7:42 PM
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Alabama Link

I tried to read the Alabama message board link but I'm not fluid in Southern. Apparantly run-on sentences are acceptable and punctuation is optional.

Alabama public school motto: "Better Than Mississippi"

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July 30th, 2012 at 10:31 PM
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every state south of the Ohio

every state south of the Ohio River has that as the motto for their public schools......

 

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July 31st, 2012 at 3:28 PM
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Oddly enough

That includes Mississippi.

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July 31st, 2012 at 9:38 AM
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To be fair, they could come

To be fair, they could come on here and mock us northerners for misspellings (apparantly) and misused words (fluid).

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July 30th, 2012 at 7:56 PM
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From that Foster article

"anyway Bama told Foster not to go Dawgnight and what you heard, that it was time for him to "Stop going on visits and show his commitment" which was Saban who told him and STILL wanted him"

 

what the...

 

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July 31st, 2012 at 9:37 AM
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Nice knockoff Comic Sans, ND.

Nice knockoff Comic Sans, ND. Even Papyrus thinks you could have chosen a better font.

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 "You got to be very

 "You got to be very disciplined any time you play a quarterback that can move between the tackles," Saban said. "Everybody has to be disciplined as far as their responsibility."

That reads as if Saban is merely stating the obvious, but from what I understand this is exactly why Alabama defenses under Saban have been so good.  Yes, he's loaded with talent.  But he also makes sure that talent is disciplined.  That's a wicked combination.

Michigan's margin for error will be very slim ... they're going to have to counter Saban's disciplined defense with some disciplined offense of their own.

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Foster

From the Foster link...

"I was told original plan was to drag BAMA along (AU's plan of course) as long as he could and it was obvious Saban wasn't gonna let it drag out much longer anyway, but RF's mom just closed on a house last week (quarter of a mil house, she makes 40 thou a yr at most) had a co-signer of course and there is much more)"

I don't know if this is just sour grapes or what... but if true, it is amazing to me that they continue to be so obvious about payoffs but still never get in trouble. 
 

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