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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Townhallsavoy on March 01, 2016, 11:29:08 AM
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Not sure what we'll learn. Gus won't tell us shit.
But today marks the day that JFIII starts to earn his Cam name.
Also, the schedule next season is favorable. I'm not sure what it was like before 2015, but we only have three teams on the schedule with a preseason rank. Clemson and Alabama are our toughest tests. We get LSU and Texas A&M at home. No more Dak at Miss State. NCAA investigators at Ole Miss.
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Not sure what we'll learn. Gus won't tell us shit.
But today marks the day that JFIII starts to earn his Cam name.
Also, the schedule next season is favorable. I'm not sure what it was like before 2015, but we only have three teams on the schedule with a preseason rank. Clemson and Alabama are our toughest tests. We get LSU and Texas A&M at home. No more Dak at Miss State. NCAA investigators at Ole Miss.
lolwut?
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You and I and everyone will know what kind of Auburn team this is sometime on Saturday, September 3. Just hope Gus and Co. have a clue what this team is before that day.
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You and I and everyone will know what kind of Auburn team this is sometime on Saturday, September 3. Just hope Gus and Co. have a clue what this team is before that day.
This would help a lot.
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He can run. He’s somewhere around that area. I’d say him and Cam (Newton) are similar as far as speed. As far as speed, I think they’re very similar. I don’t like to compare any players to the players before. He has potential. He’s set up, he’s in a good spot with his knowledge of the offense.
His experience, even though he hasn’t started a full year, he has really good experience compared to the players we’ve had in the past. He is a big guy in high school that ran — I’m not going to say the exact offense, but it was real close. And he had a lot of success in high school running the football.
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He can run. He’s somewhere around that area. I’d say him and Cam (Newton) are similar as far as speed. As far as speed, I think they’re very similar. I don’t like to compare any players to the players before. He has potential. He’s set up, he’s in a good spot with his knowledge of the offense.
His experience, even though he hasn’t started a full year, he has really good experience compared to the players we’ve had in the past. He is a big guy in high school that ran — I’m not going to say the exact offense, but it was real close. And he had a lot of success in high school running the football.
Its like you say it, and then I read it.
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Clifford Franklin
6'1" 174 (Soaking wet with bricks in his pockets)
Running QB in the SEC West.
Bug...meet windshield.
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Clifford Franklin
6'1" 174 (Soaking wet with bricks in his pockets)
Running QB in the SEC West.
Bug...meet windshield.
Nick was 6'1 but 210(+/-). I'm thinking an extra meal ticket is in order.....and lots of protein shakes...lots.
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Clifford Franklin
6'1" 174 (Soaking wet with bricks in his pockets)
Running QB in the SEC West.
Bug...meet windshield.
Clifford Franklin is lookin' for a new Ho!
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lolwut?
We've had White Cam, Mocha Cam, Jew Cam, Uganda Cam, Snowboard Cam. JFIII is next. Unless Queen Cam steps up.
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Unless Queen Cam steps up.
I really hope so, just to hear uncle Sani scream Haaaay Queen!
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We've had White Cam, Mocha Cam, Jew Cam, Uganda Cam, Snowboard Cam. JFIII is next. Unless Queen Cam steps up.
Cocoa Panda.
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Clifford Franklin
6'1" 174 (Soaking wet with bricks in his pockets)
Running QB in the SEC West.
Bug...meet windshield.
Awe hell man, he good. He fast like Cam!
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Awe hell man, he good. He fast like Cam!
I saw a little clip of him in his first day of practice. Sweet Haysus, they'll break this guy in half. He might go a Buck 60. It looked like he should have trouble holding that big ole helmet up on his head.
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Clifford Franklin is lookin' for a new Ho!
You know this don't look natural. Looks like I jacked off an elephant.
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I saw a little clip of him in his first day of practice. Sweet Haysus, they'll break this guy in half. He might go a Buck 60. It looked like he should have trouble holding that big ole helmet up on his head.
A little Creatine and some Deer Antler spray should take care of that.
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I saw a little clip of him in his first day of practice. Sweet Haysus, they'll break this guy in half. He might go a Buck 60. It looked like he should have trouble holding that big ole helmet up on his head.
Maybe we can tape his neck real tight. And cover him with grease.
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He can run. He’s somewhere around that area. I’d say him and Cam (Newton) are similar as far as speed. As far as speed, I think they’re very similar. I don’t like to compare any players to the players before. He has potential. He’s set up, he’s in a good spot with his knowledge of the offense.
His experience, even though he hasn’t started a full year, he has really good experience compared to the players we’ve had in the past. He is a big guy in high school that ran — I’m not going to say the exact offense, but it was real close. And he had a lot of success in high school running the football.
You guys missed the point of this....this is what Gus said about Jeremy after spring practice last year.
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You guys missed the point of this....this is what Gus said about Jeremy after spring practice last year.
i was your wingman...i knew you were buzzing the tower.
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You guys missed the point of this....this is what Gus said about Jeremy after spring practice last year.
Look dude. We are trying our best to forget last year. Chill with those references. It's A New Day!
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Look dude. We are trying our best to forget last year. Chill with those references. It's A New Day!
You so Two thousand and late
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You guys missed the point of this....this is what Gus said about Jeremy after spring practice last year.
Movie quotes we can handle. Old Gus Malzahn quotes...yeah....not so much.
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You guys missed the point of this....this is what Gus said about Jeremy after spring practice last year.
And this is what the fans said after game 2:
I've seen monkey-shit fights at the zoo that are more organized than this.
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When John Franklin III signed with Auburn out of East Mississippi Community College in December, the hope among Tigers fans was that he could be another Nick Marshall.
If that's the case, Franklin will have to gain about 35 pounds.
According to Auburn's official spring football roster, Franklin is listed at 6-foot-1 and 174 pounds, a stunningly light weight for someone hoping to be an SEC quarterback. Marshall played for the Tigers at 6-1, 210.
(Auburn also hedges its bet by listing Franklin as an "athlete" rather than a quarterback, a designation you rarely see outside of recruiting rankings. Most dual-threat quarterbacks are listed as such, even if they are more "athlete" than quarterback).
There's a possibility Franklin could gain 15 pounds or so by the fall. At 190, he'd still be below average for an SEC quarterback, but not an outlier like he is now.
However, you wonder if gaining weight would rob Franklin of some of the elite speed that led him to be a member of the track and field team at Florida State. Speed is a big part of his game, so I'm not sure you'd want to mess with that.
At any rate, that got me to thinking about whether or not someone as small as Franklin had played quarterback at a high level in college football in recent years. (We had a similar discussion Wednesday on WNSP's "Sports Drive," which I co-host weekdays in Mobile from 3-6 p.m).
You'd have to go back a long way to find an SEC starting quarterback who weighed less than 180 pounds. The smallest of recent vintage was probably Mississippi State's Michael Henig, who checked in at 6-feet, 185 when he was the Bulldogs' starter in 2007.
Auburn has had successful smallish quarterbacks in the past. Randy Campbell was listed at 5-11, 175, as was Lloyd Nix. Phil Gargis was 6-1, 185.
But Campbell and Gargis ran the wishbone and Nix played nearly 60 years ago. Not sure they're apt comparisons. (For the record, Pat Sullivan was listed at 6-foot, 198 as a player, while Dameyune Craig was 6-0, 186. And neither was the runner Franklin is purported to be).
Indiana's Antwaan Randle-El (5-11, 180) had great success as a small, dual-threat quarterback in the Big Ten from 1998-2001 before going on to a solid career as an NFL wide receiver. But again, we're talking about more than 15 years ago.
The best current example might be Georgia Tech's Justin Thomas, who checks in at 5-11, 179. However, he's an option quarterback who passes the ball maybe 15 times a game. (When Marshall was Auburn's first-year starter in 2013, the Tigers averaged 20 passing attempts per game).
West Virginia has had success in recent years with a couple of smaller quarterbacks, Pat White (6-1, 192) and Clint Trickett (6-2, 186). But White was still nearly 20 pounds heavier than Franklin. And the Big East (in White's time) and the Big 12 (in Trickett's) are not the SEC.
Randall Cobb was just 5-11, 191 at Kentucky. He also wasn't a full-time quarterback, but more of a situational player. Perhaps that's what Franklin will be for Auburn.
The all-time example of a small-but-successful quarterback is probably Doug Flutie, who was a pocket passer at Boston College despite being just 5-10 and 180 pounds. But that was more than 30 years ago, and comparing anyone to an all-time great like Flutie isn't really fair.
All of this is not to say that John Franklin can't be a successful SEC quarterback at 174 pounds. But if he was, he'd be exceptional in more ways than one.
So what do you think? Is Franklin too small to succeed at quarterback in the SEC, or will he have to put on some weight?
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Oh no! We suck again!
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Oh no! We suck again!
Again? No, we're still shitty.
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Oh no! We suck again!
A lot folks are looking for consistency from the team.
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Just a reminder, fans, comin' up is our "Die-hard Night" here at the stadium. Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time Auburn won the SEC.
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Just a reminder, fans, comin' up is our "Die-hard Night" here at the stadium. Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time Auburn won the SEC.
And bonus admission if you have someone who was alive last time Auburn had a top ranked defense.
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How's that white boy doing?
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How's that white boy doing?
He's still white.
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How's that white boy doing?
He still can't jump.