Red Five

I'm still on the fence about that ejection. But it was worth it for the resulting clown show we got. Any time the opposing coach has to get on the mic, that's fun.

"Say cheese!"

I can't tell if you're trolling or not, but teams normally have 3-4 scholarship QBs. And a lot more DTs than that, because of obvious reasons. Well, it should be obvious anyway. Arch Manning is our backup QB and you are bitching about depth at QB.

If you're playing your fourth-team QB, things are already really bad. You can't stack QBs like that. You should feel extremely fortunate that our 1-2 is what it is. Very, very, spoiled beyond comprehension fortunate. The answer is probably Cole Lourde, btw.

Helm is so good he pluralized himself.

Isn't he currently in a boot?

I keep doing that. I don't expect to stop anytime soon. Maybe by the time the season starts.

Think we'll see Burke at both Buck and Jack. It's fun to imagine third and long with Owens, Burke, Simmons, and Hill all on the field at the same time.

We really are. It wasn't that long ago that we entered spring practice like "Um I wonder if we can find five passable dudes to put on the OL...." Now our biggest issues are.... well I'm not sure we have any big issues. "Will Collins, Broughton, Savea, Mitchell, Bledsoe, and Bryant be good enough at DT or will we bring in another dude after the spring?"

I want Blue getting somewhere around that number.

Gibson is built like a tank. It may end up being him. Or a 230 lb. Cedric Baxter.

That seems kind of arbitrary, but also very doable.

Maybe a Lendale White/Reggie Bush type split of touches between Baxter and Blue?

Against Washington, Baxter and Blue combined for 18 carries for 123 yards and 2 TDs. (and yeah, those fumbles). They'll both be better, and the two guys we added are going to be really good. I sentence you to watching Kyle Porter for the rest of the morning.

It was a strength at the end of the year. We lost a guy who was going to be finalist for the Doak Walker and didn't really miss a beat. We return everyone and added Gibson and Clark. If it's not a strength next season then something went horribly wrong. Edit: Just hold on to the damn ball.

Our Lady of Good Counsel?

No one asked me, but I'd be perfectly fine going forward if our "marquee" OOC game was more Arizona St or Colorado than Michigan or Ohio St. Plus two Rice and UTEP type games. If a typical SEC schedule is going to feature OU, Georgia, Florida, etc.

Everyone always puts too much emphasis on who is "starting", but it's going to be interesting to see how we end up handling that. Meaning, four guys who I'm assuming all expect to be starters in September.

Very doable. This past year he was banged up and finished with 41 tackles, 5.5 sacks, and nine tackles for loss.

Didn't seem like a great sign that he came in smaller than one of our starting corners.

We're probably at 7 now? 8 if Robertson is thought of as "starter level"? Next up: Goolsby and Stroh. Although Baker and Cruz may show up at that level. What are we going to to with Agbo? He looked by the end of the year like he was down to about 280 lbs.

I am pulling for Williams and Neto there, for obvious post-spring retention reasons.

I would say that Wisner should get some of those Keilan Robinson type touches..... if I didn't already want those going to Blue. So not sure where that leaves Wisner. I'd say it might be easier if a switch to slot WR was made, but we've got dudes there too.

Baxter, Blue, Gibson, and Clark aren't going anywhere. That leaves Red and Wisner. No knowledge at all but my money would be on Red, unfortunately. If we bring back all six in the fall that's a pretty nice recruiting job by the staff.

Will Cruz be working exclusively at center? Really excited about our RB room. I'm curious to see how we juggle everyone, or attempt to.