Luke DelRio transfering from Bama. Is it because of old OC or new OC
I wonder if the transfer is more because of the Kiffin hire, or because of Nuss' "northern promotion". Any chance he wants to follow old OC? I know, not very likely but.....
January 15th, 2014 at 3:52 PM ^
Drew Stanton said he cried when Nussmeier left Michigan State. Not too much of a logical leap to suggest DelRio might have been similarly crushed.
January 15th, 2014 at 5:41 PM ^
Here are Del Rio's high school highlights:
January 15th, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^
Magnus you are so Magnus.
January 15th, 2014 at 9:01 PM ^
That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.
January 15th, 2014 at 3:53 PM ^
both so hard to tell. My gut says it's only partly because Nuss left. Mostly because of his 3rd string roster spot and the influx of talent at Alabama. I'd love to be wrong and see that he announced his transfer to Michigan, though.
January 15th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
Could be Nuss leaving, could be Kiffen arriving, could be that he's buried on a loaded depth chart...
Nobody knows but him. My guess is probably all of the above.
January 15th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^
Alabama will have Sims, Bateman, McLeod, and Cornwell on the roster next year. For a 3* recruit who walked-on, I'm guessing he's looking for a place he can play.
January 15th, 2014 at 5:53 PM ^
When you are a 3-star and you decide to walk on to Alabama, shouldn't you be worried about playing time right then and there?
January 15th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
January 15th, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^
He'd be #3 or 4 on the depth chart. How much attention is the QB coach paying to the #3 or 4 guy anyway, especially, since he's the OC. He'd be better off almost anywhere else.
January 15th, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
"I had an incredible year at Bama, it's sad to say that it will be my last..."
Wonder if he was a victim of the $EC way. i.e. forcing him out to make room for others.
(bold emphasis: mine)
January 15th, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^
He wasn't taking up a scholly spot.
January 15th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
BINGO
January 15th, 2014 at 6:24 PM ^
I hear that when Saban leaves the athletic facilities at night, the gas lamps dim in certain players' dorm rooms.
January 15th, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^
And wasnt going to see the field behind Coker, Cornwell, and Town
January 15th, 2014 at 4:38 PM ^
hard to see this being based on anything other than PT.
January 15th, 2014 at 4:10 PM ^
Probably after losing 2 straight he didn't want to be on a crappy team.
/s
January 15th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^
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January 15th, 2014 at 4:17 PM ^
...Not sure why he'd transfer here, other than Nuss and comfort with his system. He is buried on the depth chart and is a walk-on at 'Bama. He'd likely be buried on our depth chart as well. If he comes here, it would likely still be as a walk-on when he could probably get a scholy elsewhere.
If he comes here, it would be a pleasant shock, and show an amazing amount of loyalty that Nuss generates, but seems highly doubtful.
January 15th, 2014 at 4:21 PM ^
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January 15th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^
I think this is just normal college attrition. A guy burried on the depth chart at an elite program wants playing time somewhere else. Likely has nothing to do with old or new OC
January 15th, 2014 at 4:23 PM ^
to a college program like Alabama and believe he will beat out the highly recruited players? Also, why would highly recruited players agree to go to a football program when the program has a stockpile of top players at the position they seek especially if the have offers elsewhere?
January 15th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
He did the same thing at Michigan and that seemed to work out pretty well for everyone.
January 15th, 2014 at 5:32 PM ^
had to beat out Tom Brady. I can't believe I said that.
January 15th, 2014 at 8:33 PM ^
it was scott dreisbach, who won the battle as underclassmen. i think everyone knew griese had a great shot to play here when he signed on. his dad made enough dough, so a scholly wasn't an issue really.
January 15th, 2014 at 4:43 PM ^
Alabama wasn't really stockpiled at QB when Del Rio walked on.
After AJ McCarron won the job, Phillip Sims and Phillip Ely transfered. Blake Sims had switched from running back to quarterback the year before and Del Rio, McCleod and Bateman were all freshman.
It looked like there could have been an opportunity for him to win the job this season.
January 15th, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
It's not like he was some nothing recruit... he had an offer from Oklahoma State and was being recruited by Florida State and USC.
January 15th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
January 15th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
January 15th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
It looks like Oregon State. According to some sources Nuss leaving played a role.
January 15th, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
He had a scholarship offer from Oregon State. He turned that down to walk-on at Bama. What a maroon.
January 15th, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^
January 15th, 2014 at 4:40 PM ^
Obviously as the son of an NFL Coordinator/Head Coach, money wasn't a huge issue for his family but I was shocked when he decommitted (i think from OK St.) to walk on at Bama. When he did so it looked like Bama might never lose again, which has been debunked...but this seems a logical conclusion to a weird situation, hope he lands on his feet somewhere.
January 15th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
Sheridan and just wants to be a coach and not suffer under Kiffikins?
January 15th, 2014 at 5:27 PM ^
he's good enough to play here. We don't lack talent at the QB spot.
January 15th, 2014 at 5:30 PM ^
Anyone have the same reaction I did. Not knowing what position this kid is or his relative skill level, I assumed a post about this kid would be, you know, actually worth all of us knowing. Five-star, something like that....
And then I saw, he's a WALK ON. And it's like... ok, why am I reading this?
So there goes a minute of my life I won't get back. And you can't say, "well you didn't have to read the post." I only realized this was a waste of electrons until after I started reading it.
January 15th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
Fortunately, after reading you didn't waste any more time on it, though...
January 15th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
Uhm, I feel you. So, obviously, the solution is to spend another minute of your life typing up a complaint.
January 15th, 2014 at 6:07 PM ^
But . . . but . . . he was an Alabama Walk-On. Alabama of the mighty SEC. Everyone knows that Alabama Walk-On's are better than everyone else's 5-Stars.
January 15th, 2014 at 6:07 PM ^
In the future, would you please be considerate enough to post the players Bio, GPA, and Measurables, along with pictures of his girlfriend in the title? Thank you.
January 15th, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
I totally saw this coming. Dude turns down a full ride at places like Okie State, Oregon State, and CSU to walk-on at Bama and then is shocked when he's stuck behind Cooper Bateman and now (presumably) Ricky Town?
January 15th, 2014 at 7:04 PM ^
is a 2015 commit. You mean David Cornwell.
January 15th, 2014 at 7:35 PM ^
It looks like wasn't 'just another walk on' - besides being a 3* in HS with a scholarship offer at Oregon State he was also moving up the depth chart.
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/10/alabama_qb_aj_mccar… http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/10/walk-on_luke_del_ri…January 15th, 2014 at 7:49 PM ^
I'm not so sure that he was buried as far on the depth chart as far as many saying. I know I'll sound crazy, but yesterday the link I've added said to look for Del Rio to possibly emerge as the starter for Alabama this year. It has obviosly been updated since then- the title says 9 freshman but in the body it says 10, and Alabama is still tagged after the story. The section was written by a supposed Alabama insider.
http://msn.foxsports.com/college-football/story/top-10-redshirt-freshme…