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2023 A-Day game; Sat, Apr 22, 2pm CT (RollTide.com)

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A myriad of activities punctuates the 2023 Golden Flake A-Day Game that will be televised on SEC Network+ with Jordan Rodgers and Roy Phillpott calling the game.

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Live links: Audio | Stats | Replay (youtube)



Recap: Crimson team bests White in Alabama's 2023 A-Day Game (BOL)



Instant Analysis: Crimson 30, White 21

sounds like they can set up an o line for whatever the situation calls for. need roadgrader run heavy, got it. need better pass protection, got it. need a good mixture of both, got it. this would be great. althougth, saban likes one group, only. the best starting 5. one thing i always look for at seasons start is, have we bulked up our olinemen to much. to big and to slow gets beat regularly.


tidalsurge1, i spend a lot of time in here reading and rereading this stuff. i cant imagine the time it takes to gather it all up, reword a lot of it and post it. thank you sir and a tip-o-the-hat to ya!

I'll be 100% honest here - my biggest concern for 2019 is Pete Golding. I know he's a great football mind, I know Saban loves him and I'm sure he'll have a very bright future. But last year was an utter disaster at his position and general adjustments and play calling on that side of the ball (which we've sense learned his did most of, especially late). We need for him to have matured and gotten a lot better in year 2.

I know it was popular to hate on the Sark hire, but I have zero concerns there. He'll be very solid.

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Yeah, biggest concerns for me are 1) Golding, 2) the likely fact that a major ILB talent upgrade didn't walk through the door this off-season, so, even if you thought our ILB issues were primarily talent-based, I'm not sure we have a fix, and 3) Flood, but he's more of a disappointment than a concern, really - we've won with OL coaches who can't really get the most out of our talent, and I'm guessing he'll be more of that.

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Agree re: #2. We keep bitching about Mack Wilson, and with good reason, but I'm not sure how you can feel like we are going to upgrade there. Moses should be a year better, so that is an upgrade, but Mack's replacement is either going to be a well trained but less talented upperclassman (McMillon) or a very talented but raw and learning freshman (Lee).

Also agree re: #3. I guess I'm a little more wait and see, as some people seem to think he was a solid OL guy when that was all he did, but I can't seem to find much that backs that up.

I've said this in other threads, but I really would like to see Lee and/or Christian Harris (even though he will probably extremely raw) rotate in for McMillon early and fairly often. The offense will be good enough to mitigate any mistakes that these guys will make early on. Having these guys get quality experience early will pay huge dividends later on. Obviously you give McMillon a chance to show what he can do, but IMO it would be very beneficial to rotate often and let the young guys go through their growing pains.

As for OLB, losing Anoma sucks, but I think Chris Allen is going to turn some heads this year. The kid is a freak and I think would have played significant snaps last year prior to his injury. We'll see how he rebounds from that injury, but physically, the kid is a freak.

Regarding Golding, like y'all said, he has to get better from last year. I'm optimistic. I think overall the defense as a whole should be improved from last year. Moses needs to have a huge year. He's got the tools, we'll see if he's developed the instincts and mentality that our other great backers had.

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I've said this in other threads, but I really would like to see Lee and/or Christian Harris (even though he will probably extremely raw) rotate in for McMillon early and fairly often. The offense will be good enough to mitigate any mistakes that these guys will make early on. Having these guys get quality experience early will pay huge dividends later on. Obviously you give McMillon a chance to show what he can do, but IMO it would be very beneficial to rotate often and let the young guys go through their growing pains.

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Absolutely agree

Secondary Wise.... I think we are gonna be solid. Especially if we do Diggs like Eddie Jackson and move him to safety. Also really excited to see what Josh Jobe can do

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I think the negativity towards Golding last year is over done. He may have taken over play calling later in the year but that couldn’t have been easy.

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I wouldn't even call it negativity (at least on my end). But there is absolutely an unknown there, and the early results were not great. I think it's understandable why they weren't, but anytime there is zero evidence a guy will be very good (especially at a place like Alabama where that is the expectation) there is cause for pause. Saban loves the guy, which makes me think he will figure it out, but he's young and inexperienced and like young and inexperienced players he's going to have some hiccups

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Secondary Wise.... I think we are gonna be solid. Especially if we do Diggs like Eddie Jackson and move him to safety. Also really excited to see what Josh Jobe can do

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I'm very excited about the secondary. If they figure out the FS spot it could be as good and deep a group as we've had in a long time.

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I've said this in other threads, but I really would like to see Lee and/or Christian Harris (even though he will probably extremely raw) rotate in for McMillon early and fairly often. The offense will be good enough to mitigate any mistakes that these guys will make early on. Having these guys get quality experience early will pay huge dividends later on. Obviously you give McMillon a chance to show what he can do, but IMO it would be very beneficial to rotate often and let the young guys go through their growing pains.

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Yeah, I'd be all for getting these guys in games as soon as they can even sort of handle it. And I should've said there likely wasn't an immediate upgrade at ILB coming in, because these two really do have a lot of potential and may eventually be better than what we had last year. I just think both will need a lot of seasoning before that can be the case.

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Shane Lee has a high FB IQ, along with excellent vision and instincts. Christian Harris has those traits as well, and he is a freak athlete. Lee did very well in spring camp.

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I'm really looking forward to seeing those 2 get a lot of snaps. We almost always identify 1 or 2 LBs and play them - considering the situation I got to think that happens with Lee at ILB this year. Especially with the likelihood Moses goes to the NFL next year and we need someone to slide in as the alpha.