This morning, Coach Tommy Tuberville was on WJOX' The Opening Drive with Al Del Greco and those two other guys. Here are some of the interesting points and comments made by CTT...-Very excited to finally get Coach Paul Rhoads, CTT has been trying to get him for 10 years. CPR is a great teacher and that they were working on getting back to the basics of fundamentals and techniques, that Auburn had gotten away from that the last couple years.
-Singled out Terrell Zachery and Michael Goggans as having good springs.
-Mike McNeil could be an All-American if he keeps up his progress.
-Jermarcus Ricks broke his hand and is out for the rest of spring.
-Antonio Coleman will be back after spring break.
-Mario Fannin will have surgery by Dr. James Andrews and his shoulder has been popping out of place for a few years. Fannin is going to play RB, FB, WR, QB and Auburn is going to ride him this fall.
-Tray Blackmon will be a key to the defense.
-Craig Stevens has tons of upside.
-Spoke very highly of Brandon Cox and it seemed like he had been around forever and it was weird him not being there.
-Running about twice as many plays as before in practice due to the no-huddle. If they ran 150 plays last year, it's 300 this year.
-There will still be some two-back sets because CTT still believes you need a strong running game to win and you won't see Auburn throwing 50-60 times a game.
-Kodi Burns is really improving and CTT is looking forward to him in the fall. There will be a starter, CTT doesn't know who it is yet, but there will be multiple QBs playing. Could depend on the situation.
-Spoke with Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti about the spread and how you needed more than one QB because of the hits that they take. CTT thought they had the best team in the nation last year until Dennis Dixon was injured.
-Only position that needed help with the change in offense was WR because you need so many but he feels the number they've signed in the last two years will help.
-Mentioned all QBs on the roster and their strengths, including Barrett Trotter and his experience in this offense.
-CTT thought it was amazing to have a two-loss team win the Mythical National Championship and is in favor of a plus-one system for college football.
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2 comments:
Thanks for posting that summary! I hardly ever listen to WJOX. I'm down in a hole near Brookwood mall, and the reception is TERRIBLE!
I'm also ticked about the AM station dumping Matt Coulter. Coulter and Griffin ARE morning radio sports.
I'm starting to be worried about the defense. We were thin at cornerback going in, and now we've lost two important linemen for the spring. Last time that happened in the regular season was 1995, and we got toasted regularly by SEC and Penn State offenses. Wayne Hall lost his job over it.
We are a lot deeper than the 1995 team, though. Tuberville does have some capable players stockpiled. They'll be young, though.
I'm glad that Coulter is gone from the radio. Total Bammer and most of the show was shilling for advertisers, especially Salvatore's whenever he could mention it.
The show is much more pleasant to listen to and more informative now that it's just Griffin. Plus he doesn't feel the need to giggle constantly or act like an idiot for Coulter. Now he just talks sports. Much better.
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