5:00 pm est press conference

[Dol-Fan Dupree]

Did Saban really say that line about Aj trying too hard? If that is the case then he just might make it past the cuts. Crap!

you would have to know nothing about football to not be surprised if Feeley got cut.

 

[SWS84]

Yes. The premise is this. Springfield is having a film festival and all the locals turn in their entries. Mr. Burns's entry is an overproduced, expensive piece of poo that everyone hates. So, they start booing. Burns is mortified but his loyal assistant Smithers, swears that they are not booing, but in fact, saying boo-urns in praise. So, Mr. Burns ask the crowd if they are saying one or the other and is, of course, booed out of the building.

The crowd goes silent except for the funny old man Hans Moleman who declares that he, and he alone, was saying boo-urns. Hmmm, doesn't translate too well on paper but if you have seen the episode, it is a very funny bit.

Thanks for sharing. It does sound funny!


Steve

 

[SWS84]

I just saw the hit for myself. The only thing that saved #66 AUSTIN KING is that he wasn't behind Vickerson when he hit him. But he wasn't infront of him either.

At the snap of the ball, Vickerson was engaged by the RG and the center and driven left, which was where the running backs were going. After following the RBs to the left side, the center disengaged leaving the RG on Vickerson, but never took his attention off Vickerson. When Vickerson recognized the bootleg had gone right (one second later), he disengaged the RG and turned right. And it was at this moment that the center (#66 Austin King) looked him right in face, then ducked his head and exploded into Kevin Vickerson's left knee from the side.

Alex Gibbs strikes again. Like Bob Griese said, King didn't have to do that. The play was well beyond them. It may be "legal", but it sure ain't right. It was cheap. Remember, Warren Sapp's hit on Chad Clifton was "legal". But it was a total cheap shot away from a play. Clifton spent a month in the hospital.

Even though it looked like he was waiting for Vickerson to come back to him so he could chop him, I don't think the Austin King was necessarily being low class or overly malicious here like Sapp was. I just believe that he's been coached that way by Alex Gibbs. It may be "just football", but only teams like Denver and Atlanta play it that way.

Honestly, when was the last time you saw one of our lineman pull a stunt like this??

I didn't see the game, thanks for breaking it down. They way you described it, there was no reason in the world King needed to dive at Vickerson's knees. He simply could have engaged Vickerson again above the waist as I doubt Vickerson was in possition to make a play anyway.

Steve

 

[PhinBeck]

I like AJ, dont care for Gus. BUT, Gus should start, and looks like he will. Wasnt it obvious AJ was trying too hard? But that is teh problem, he cannot seem to get his mind around teh idea that it is not up to him to do everything, he cannot be a Marino and force balls. When the pressure is on him, he doesnt respond like he should. Inexperience? Maybe, but you want to see progression. I didnt see any in Thursday. I saw it the prior 2 weeeks, but it was against backups and scrubs. The pressure to perform wasnt there to teh degree it was Thurs either as Gus was teh front runner, so he had nothing to lose. That is part of teh mental toughness required to play and as much as I like AJ, he didnt show it. He does better in a backup role.

But those that think Gus is a slotion to our qb problems, I hope your right, but I have my doubts. I dont think he will make the killer mistake, but I dont think he will consistently make the crucial game-winning plays.