Can anyone tell me how many holding calls our opponents have been flagged for?

Warning - may not be a REAL account but cannot confirm

Bryce Young • Follow
59m • 0
If you want us to cry- we will not. If you're looking
for excuses
- there are none at the University of
Alabama. Tired & Weary, but never broken. The
things you learn from losses are far more
important than those moments when you're
standing on the mountain top.
Romans 5:3-5 says
"More than that, we rejoice in
our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces
endurance, and endurance produces character,
and character produces hope, and hope does not
put us to shame, because God's love has been
poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit
who has been given to us."
Win, lose or tie, I'm Alabama til I die. If you
haven't given up on the Tide go grab a jersey

Has Alabama ever rushed the field?
Has Alabama ever torn down the goal post?
Is there a known case of a Bama fan tearing an ACL after a win?

did anyone notice the poor UT fan with his fingers laced together in prayer towards the end of the game? I wonder how hard the camera man was laughing at that one. You know that’s why he focused on him! Hilarious!

We have some on here who are crying the sky is falling and want to go as far as saying coaches should be fired on the spot and Saban should retire . then there are others who want to blame the refs and say had this and that not happened we’d be undefeated every year.
To begin with, we didnt get our azz kicked, we lost to an undefeated #6 team on their home turf by a late fg despite some calls that could’ve gone either way (and yes home team do usually get the calls)and 17 penalties which was an all time high for a Saban coached Alabama team. refs are human too and its no surprise that home teams usually get calls. its called home field advantage for a reason. refs give calls , teams have the sideline that has the sun directly on them, crowd noise affecting the offense in a variety of ways, traveling, etc. etc.
Now the 17 penalties , there is no other way to slice it, thats on coaching. and what makes it worst the #2 most penalized Saban game was by the same team a few weeks back. kind of hard to change that midway through the season

Alabama head coach Nick Saban commented on the two controversial calls against Tennessee during his Monday press conference.

"Look my big thing is consistency, call it the same for everybody," Saban said.

Pass interference penalties are such judgement calls that many times they can be argued by both sides - and I would argue that there were a couple of calls on Bama that were iffy, at best. However, the NO CALL for targeting on Bryce was simply egregious. In that instance it does not matter if the crown of the helmet missed by a few inches, it was still helmet to head on the QB. That alone justifies targeting. The fact that he was a defenseless player at that moment even confounds the NO Targeting ruling. The refs on the field and in the booth all should be disciplined over their participation in this instance. When has any late hit or even on time hit to the QB's head and neck area not been called a penalty - much less leading with helmet while lunging with body. Never!
If you noticed, Gary and the broadcast gang agreed it was classic targeting until the official said it was not. Then they never mentioned it again. Yet they kept on and on about a probable pass interference by Bama that was not called. You could definitely feel them pulling for Tennessee.

I read where he said some starters may not be starters much longer. He also said that he is tired of all of the penalties. I have faith in Saban that through his message and his practice this week (I would not want to be there), that his players should get straightened out. There is probably not a worse feeling than being benched. He also needs to call in former players who can also speak to the level of play needed to succeed at the college level.

Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media

Login to view embedded media
Nick Saban spoke to reporters Monday, addressing Alabama’s 52-49 loss to Tennessee over the weekend while stating what his team needs to do to improve moving forward. Here’s a transcript of what he said as well as my take on what it means.

Opening statement

So after watching the film, this was kind of a collective loss by our team. I don't think we played the way we wanted to play, for sure. We didn't execute the way we wanted to play. We had a few great individual performances. Guys played extremely well. But we also had some guys that _ it's our expectation that we need as coaches to try to help them get to where they can play better.

There was too many things that we did in the game. I mean, 17 penalties is, you know, just 130 yards of field position. Probably lost about 70 yards in field position on special teams, whether it was poor execution by a specialist or the mistake we made in trying to pick the ball up when it wasn't a live ball.

I mean, that's 200 yards in the game, so that's like two touchdowns, probably. Gave up explosive plays on defense, which is something that we had done a good job to that point of not doing. And the last five plays of the game, we didn't execute. We can talk about running the ball but we dropped a pass, the clock would be running and we would be closer. We miss a 'hot' and don't run the route right, the clock would be running and we would be closer.

So this is something that from the bottom up — I mean, I'm talking about coaches, I'm talking about every player, I'm talking about me — we've all got to do a better job to help these guys learn from their mistakes, improve and get better. This is not the way you want to manage through a season by games coming down to the last play.

And the things that you did up to that point got the game to that point. We want guys to focus on, hey, have fun doing your job. Have great energy and enthusiasm, intensity and go out there and play the next play. Don't worry about results and the consequences of that result because sometimes that creates anxiety, which sometimes doesn't lead to positive performance. So that's something that we need to improve on.

Tony’s take: You can tell Nick Saban is frustrated. He’s been calling for better focus and discipline all season, and his players finally paid the price. Alabama’s 17 penalties were the most it's been flagged for in school history. The 52 points the Crimson Tide surrendered were the most since a 54-4 loss to Suwanee in 1907. That game was played on Alabama’s quad.

On Mississippi State

Mississippi State's an outstanding team. I think they're 5-2. Mike Leach is one of the most difficult guys offensively to try to defend relative to their offense. The quarterback, Will Rogers, does a great job of that. They're one of the leading passing teams in the country. They've got a good receiving corps. I think they're running the ball more effectively this year than maybe in years past.

Their defense is very aggressive, create a lot of turnovers, do a lot of pressuring the quarterback. They're good on special teams. They've got good specialists so it's going to be a challenging game for us. And we'll see how our players respond to the situation that we've created for ourselves.

Tony’s take: This is a better Mississippi State team than the one Alabama wallopped following last year’s loss to Texas A&M. The Crimson Tide should still be able to handle the Bulldogs comfortably, but it can’t afford to experience a hangover from last weekend’s tough loss.

On if there has been a specific type of penalty that has been the biggest problem

"Oooh. We've been harping on pass interference, to keep our hands off of people. I do think in some cases we do a good job of guarding them. We've just got to do a better job of timing up the swat or whatever. Too many pre-snap penalties, false starts on offense. I think we had three in the game. And two of them were guys that they're looking at the ball. They're not even thinking about the clap or the snap count or whatever. Jumping offsides on defense, we had a couple of those.

“Those are the kind of penalties that are undisciplined, not focused, not looking at what you're supposed to look at so we don't have those issues. But they all put you behind the eight-ball. When guys are out there competing, sometimes we drive a guy to the ground and end up getting a holding call. You like that kind of aggressiveness. You don't want guys to hold. We're certainly not coaching that, but there are penalties sort of of omission and then there are penalties that guys are just playing hard and trying to do the best they can and every now and then something bad happens. Easier to live with those than the others."

Tony’s take: Penalties happen, and Saban gets that. If his players are sticking to their duties and happen to make a mistake, he can live with that. It’s the careless pre-snap penalties or foolish personal fouls that really get under his skin.

On how undisciplined penalties are addressed, fixed in the week afterward

“I think you’ve gotta do it in practice. I think you create all these habits in practice. I think we’ve gotta make players more accountable in practice for doing things correctly, paying attention to detail and doing the little things right. We can’t go hang ‘em up for doing this. They’re our players. We need to get them to understand what they need to do not to allow these things to happen and understand the consequences of what happens when you do it, and I think if you continue to do it consistently, maybe we need to play somebody else.

There’s always a little fear that goes with respect and respecting what it takes to win. You also should know that, hey, my job could be in jeopardy if I don’t respect the things I need to do to win.”

Tony’s take: While Saban might be able to live with effort penalties, he’s had enough of his team’s undisciplined. It will be interesting to see if Alabama really does make a change in personnel on the field this week. This could be an opportunity for second-team players to make their move and earn increased playing time moving forward.

On if he was given an explanation on why the hit on Bryce Young wasn’t ruled targeting

“No, no. We turned the plays in. I’m sure the league office will look at it and make a determination. There’s two things that are an issue here: targeting but you’re also not supposed to hit the quarterback in the head. Last year against Texas A&M, Malachi (Moore) got thrown out of the game. The guy was out of the pocket, jumped up to block the ball and ended up, almost accidentally, hitting him in the head and got ejected from the game. So there’s really two things that should be looked at.”

Tony’s take: It certainly looks like Tennessee defensive lineman Omari Thomas should have been flagged for targeting for his hit on Bryce Young in the second quarter. Saban isn’t going to publicly attack the officials, but a complaint to the SEC offices has been filed. Unfortunately for Alabama, not much can be changed at this point.

On what needs to be done to limit explosive passing plays on defense

“Well, we’ve limited them all year long. We’ve had less explosive plays this year than we’ve had all year. We certainly don’t wanna give them up. They did a good job of taking those wide splits and creating some matchup things because of the wide splits. So guys gotta play with better focus, better leverage, gotta be able to cover people better. I mean, it’s as simple as that. They are our players. We think they’re good players. We think they’re capable. They need to play with good technique and good focus on the little things that help you make those plays.”

Tony’s take: Alabama gave up six plays of 20 yards or more against Tennessee, including five through the air. The Volunteers have one of the nation’s most explosive offenses, but the Crimson Tide’s defenders certainly could have done a lot better. Things will have to change if Alabama wants to have better success against a Mississippi State offense that ranks No. 9 nationally averaging 333 yards per game through the air.

Fortunately for Alabama, Mississippi State has done most of its damage on short passes. The Bulldogs rank seventh in the nation with 92 passing plays of 10 or more yards but have recorded just nine of 30 or more and one of 40 or more.

On what he expects from his leadership group after the loss

“Look, I think that our players all wanna win, and regardless of how everybody feels, we feel worse. The players are out there competing. They’re playing hard. Maybe not always playing smart, maybe making too many errors that we need to fix. And as coaches, we need to help them fix them, teach them. They need to learn from the lessons that – learning occurs best when you make a mistake. But you’ve gotta take advantage of that. And I think it’s important for our players to get that.

“It seemed like we had maybe – you wanna have great energy and you wanna be loose. I thought we were tight, especially starting the game. Coming out of the locker room, our players always chant. They weren’t chanting. I said, ‘Why aren’t you guys chanting? What’s up with that?’ It’s not that they don’t wanna do it, it’s not that they’re not trying. I just think we’ve got to place our focus in the right place and our psychological disposition in the right place so that we can – look, when you compete, it’s fun to compete when you play the next play.

“It’s no different than playing a pickup basketball game, aight. He’s got the ball, I’ve gotta guard him. I’ve got the ball, I’ve gotta beat him. That’s how you play, that’s how you compete. You have fun. Sometimes he wins, sometimes you win. But you’re having fun doing it and you’re competing. That’s what’s important. And you can’t worry about the outcome. You can’t sit there all tensed up because you’re afraid the guy’s gonna shoot a three on you. You’ve gotta play the play and then go play the next play if he does make a three. It’s so much more fun that way.

“Not looking at the scoreboard, not worrying about results, not being fearful of what’s gonna happen if something bad happens or if we lose a game. Just go play, compete, and then when the game’s over and we do that and do it well as a collective group, we can live with the results. So that’s what it’s our job, my job to help these players get to that point.”

Tony’s take: Following Saban’s press conference, Will Anderson Jr. admitted Alabama’s players “had a lot of anxiety” against Tennessee. The starting edge rusher said fixing the problem comes down to himself and other leaders on the team making sure they not only get themselves going but also fire up the rest of their teammates before games.

On if he just has to trust his players to be more disciplined or if it’s on the coaching staff

“It’s both. It’s both and everybody responds differently. I think you’re exactly right. But we can’t continue to tolerate guys that aren’t doing the things they need to do to be successful. Nobody is entitled to a position. Everybody’s earned the position they’re in by showing they have the capability and ability to do it on a consistent basis. And that’s something you have to continue. And the grind of the season, being the middle of the season -- a little bit hurt or tired or whatever -- you can’t lose your focus on doing the things you need to do to continue to improve and get better because other people are looking at your flaws too. So I told the players a little story about the carpenter who has a special light that carpenters see that the wood is exactly what he wants it to be. He’s looking for flaws in the wood. Well, people are looking for flaws in you whether it’s how you block or how you tackle or how you cover, whatever it is you do. How we cover punts, whatever it is we do and we have to be aware of that and know we have to correct these things so they don’t become issues for us in the future.”

Tony’s take: Once again, Saban is challenging his players to hold themselves to a higher standard. If they don’t, there could very well be changes on the field.

On what he says to Bryce Young about taking big hits

“Look, Bryce is a competitor and he’s a great competitor and he’s a good leader on the team and we need to do a better job of protecting him. We certainly don’t want him to get hit. Can we do that 100%? Sometimes he scrambles and runs and gets hit but he’s a competitor and he’s one of the guys that is a real warrior on our team relative to doing whatever he needs to do to help the team win whether it’s to scramble, sit in the pocket for the last minute and deliver a ball and maybe take a hit because of it. We don’t want that to happen and we need to do a better job to be sure that doesn’t happen. But can we eliminate it happening and will he ever be a guy that doesn’t do everything he can to help the team be successful and help that play have a chance to be successful? I don’t think so. I think that’s why he is who he is. That’s why he’s a great player because of that. So I don’t know how to change that.”

Tony’s take: Alabama would love it if Bryce Young could avoid taking shots, especially to his shoulder. However, you can’t make the Heisman Trophy winner change the way he plays.

On if pass interference should be a reviewable play?

“Look, my big thing is just consistency. Just call it the same for everybody and it’s hard to define exactly what you can and can’t do. I would rather see that happen. In the NFL, they defined exactly what you can and can’t do and it’s a really, really difficult judgement call but you knew exactly what you could and couldn’t do. I think that would be beneficial. I don’t know whether it should be a reviewable call or not. I mean, if we make everything reviewable, why would you call anything? I mean, we reviewed one of the hits on Bryce and it wasn’t."

Tony’s take: Making pass interference reviewable didn’t work out in the NFL, but when you see a call like the one on Malachi Moore during the fourth quarter of last week’s game, it makes you wonder if something should be done. Saban believes that could come from a better definition of what defenders are allowed to do during plays. Still, that often leaves a tough judgment call for officials to make.

Assuming Tennessee makes it, and us for that matter, all we need is 16 penalties or less and we win.

However here comes the let's fire Pete Golding crowd.

I remember Gus talking about attacking Bama to the boundary with certain things and they always knew they’d get the same look regardless.
Login to view embedded media

l said before the season started that l felt like it would be hard for us to win all 5 of our road games. l was afraid we wouldn't get thru that ganulet.

We got to take them one at a time, but l think we can make it to Atlanta. Would love to play Tenn. again. l think we run them out the end of the stadium on a neutral field. Never seen a team get as many penalaties at crictical game changing times. As far as Georgia we will see what happens.

l think we are going to see a big improvement in this team, but we got to start out by winning this week.

ROLL TIDE and lets get to Atlanta and then see what happens.

Login to view embedded media
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Following Alabama’s 52-49 loss to Tennessee on Saturday, Nick Saban spoke to the media, stating his team has “a lot of work to be done” to respond from its first defeat of the season. Here’s a transcript of what the head coach had to say as well as my take on what it means.

Opening statement

“I’ll kind of tell you what I told the team. Very disappointing loss. We didn’t answer the bell today. Obviously, there’s a lot of work to be done. Way too many penalties, did too many things to help them, gave up explosive plays, had a major error on special teams that was totally unnecessary that led to a score on their part. You’ve gotta give them a lot of credit. They did a nice job with their offense based on what we were trying to do on defense.

“But we didn’t execute well enough. You’ve gotta give our players a lot of credit for fighting back, getting back in the game after getting behind 21-7 and having an opportunity to win at the end. I wish we could do some things a little different in the end, play a little better. Played way too soft at the end to let them go down the field 50 yards and get in field goal range. I think that the big thing that our players need to do is learn from this experience, have more respect for playing with discipline so we don’t get penalties, we don’t help the other team, we don’t make mental errors that help the other team.

“But I also told the players that we can accomplish every goal that we’ve had starting at the beginning of the season. There’s no room for error in the West. If we win out in the West, we can win the West and still have a chance go to the SEC Championship Game. But I think the key to the drill is you’ve gotta learn from these experiences. You’ve gotta learn from mistakes that you made. You never improve if you can’t learn from the mistakes that you made. And obviously, we have a lot of work to do. I hope everybody is all in on trying to do that work so we can improve and play better.

“I thought Bryce played really well in the game, made a lot of plays offensively. Just didn’t get going on defense when we had the chance. On the last drive when they tied the game, got a third-down penalty, got a fourth-down penalty that led to their score to tie the game. And had an opportunity, needed to get a little closer for the field goal kick, and we didn’t get that done.”

Tony’s take: This time, Alabama had to pay for its mistakes. The Crimson Tide has had double-digit penalties in each of its three road games this season. It was able to survive sloppy play against Texas (15 penalties for 100 yards) and Arkansas (10 penalties for 101 yards). However, a school-worst 17 penalties for 130 yards was just too much to overcome. If Alabama wants to save its season, it will need to start learning from these mistakes. Perhaps this is finally the wake-up call it needed.

Saban seems rightfully annoyed at Alabama’s defensive effort, even going as far as to call it “soft” on the games final drive. Whether that’s a message to defensive coordinator Pete Golding, his players, or both, it’s worth noting.

On Alabama’s strategy on its final drive

“We were trying to move closer. We thought that they were blitzing and had a loaded box a lot and thought we could make plays with the passing game. Jahmyr had a chance to make a play. That’s the best things we did all night, so that’s how we thought we could get closer. When I say that, I don’t mean we should have ran it instead of pass it. I didn’t mean that at all. They were blitzing and we were in empty, so we’ve gotta throw the ball hot, and we didn’t do it exactly right.”

Tony’s take: During its final possession, Alabama drove the ball down to the Tennessee 32-yard line before attempting three straight incomplete passes to set up Will Reichard’s 50-yard missed field goal. Tennessee had much more success stopping Alabama on the ground than it did through the air, so Saban was hoping his offense could connect on one more big play to set up an easier score. In the end, that’s likely all it would have taken to pull out the win.

On Tennessee’s tempo

“I don’t think the no-huddle offense was the issue for us. I think it was covering their receivers and allowing way too many big plays. They created a lot of mismatches. We were trying to play nickel, so they were trying to get their best receivers on the safeties, and they hit a couple times and we gave up big plays. We started dropping eight guys, that helped us in the second quarter. We did the same thing in the third quarter and played some dime so we’d have some better matchups against them. So we made some good adjustments in the game, but we just gave up too many big plays. Even in the second half, they scored on big plays.”

Tony’s take: Tennessee’s fast-paced offense limited Alabama’s ability to rush the passer and allowed the Volunteers to create the mismatches they wanted throughout the game. However, in the end, it came down to execution. Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt flat-out beat Alabama’s defensive backs, hauling in six receptions for 207 yards and five touchdowns. The only thing slowing him down for most of the game was the length of the field.

On what he wants to see changed to achieve consistency

“I think you can’t have consistency unless you have discipline and execution, and I mentioned that earlier. So it’s not just penalties. It’s just did I block the right guy? Did I do it the right way? Did I cover the right guy? Did I cover the right way? Did I rush the passer the right way? Did we run the stunts, stop the run, stay in my gap? All those things are little things that you have to pay attention to detail on so that you play together as a unit. And we’ll watch the film but obviously, when you give up (52) points, there’s things we need to do much, much better on defense, and we need to be able to take advantage of the situation we had on offense at the end of the game – although the offense did a really good job of moving the ball, keeping the ball and scoring points.”

Tony’s take: This comes back to Saban’s message in the opening statement. Eventually, Alabama is going to have to start learning from its mistakes. If it does, this game could end up being the wake-up call Alabama needed to take the next step in its pursuit of a national title. If it doesn’t the Crimson Tide might not be playing in a meaningful game after November.

On Tennessee's crowd noise

“I thought the offense handled the crowd noise extremely well. We were able to go on the clap, and the motion penalties that we had, a couple of them had nothing to do – a guy with no clap, no nothing. I don’t know why. But I thought we handled the noise extremely well in the game. They had a great crowd, the crowd did a great job in the game and we changed the momentum in the game several times. We just weren’t able to take advantage of it by getting enough stops on defense.”

Tony’s take: Crowd noise really only plays a part when the visiting team has the ball. Alabama piled up 569 yards of offense and 49 points, so it really wasn’t too much of an issue other than providing an adrenaline boost to the Volunteers.

On the pass-interference call that negated Kool-Aid McKinstry’s interception

“I can’t really comment on it. It’s hard to see when it’s down in the corner. I thought the guy made a good swat on the ball and we intercepted a tipped ball. And we had another one on 3rd and 6, the guy had coverage on the guy. I think pass interference is one of the most controversial calls in college football right now, and I’ve talked about it before but just inconsistency in how it gets called. Not just on those calls but on all calls. Officials do the best they can. I’m not making any negative comments about what they called.”

Tony’s take: Looking back at this call, it’s a really tough break for Alabama. I’m not usually one to criticize the referee’s as I think they generally do a way better job than fans give them credit for. However, this looks like a missed call. Unfortunately for Alabama, it was a costly one, too. Had McKinstry’s interception stood, the Crimson Tide would have likely at least gone up by 10 points with less than three minutes to play.

On Bryce Young

“I had total trust and confidence that he had practiced enough that he wasn’t gonna forget how to play quarterback. And he didn’t. So even though he wasn’t able to practice, especially throwing the ball as much in the passing game, getting him healthy so he could go out there and throw it effectively was probably the most important thing. I think the way our medical staff managed that gave him the best opportunity to do it, and obviously came through and played really well today.”

Tony’s take: Bryce Young had one of his best games in an Alabama uniform, coming back from injury to complete 35 of 52 passes for 455 yards and two touchdowns. Had the Crimson Tide helped him out a bit more, this could have been his Heisman moment. On the plus side, his shoulder looks fine moving forward, and Alabama still has everything to play for this season.

he Rotary Lombardi Award®, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Houston, is pleased to announce the 90 players who will compete for this year’s coveted award. The Rotary Lombardi Award® goes annually to the college football offensive or defensive lineman, who in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi.

This year’s watch list is filled with talent from a multitude of schools and conferences, which should make for an exciting voting process. To be considered for the Rotary Lombardi Award®, players must be a NCAA FBS College Football team member and meet the following qualifications:

• Be a down Lineman, end to end, either on offense or defense, setting up no further than ten (10) yards to the left or right of the ball at the time of the snap.
• Be a Linebacker on defense, setting up no further than five (5) yards deep from the line of scrimmage.
• Must not come out of the offensive backfield and set up on the line of scrimmage as a Blocker or a Receiver or listed in the program as an Offensive Back or Receiver.
• Be eligible to participate in the current season.

The 2022 Rotary Lombardi Award® watchlist is compiled by a subcommittee of the Rotary Lombardi Award® committee and included SID submissions. On the preliminary watch list, players were selected based on their past performance and expectations for the upcoming 2022 college football season. The updated list includes additional players whose play on the field at the halfway point in the season has merited their inclusion. Also, some players were removed from the initial list due to injury.

Arranged by conference and then alphabetically by player last name.

ACC (8)
Bryan Bresee, Clemson, Rs So DT
Caleb Chandler, Louisville, Rs Sr G
SirVocea Dennis, Pittsburgh, Sr LB
Cory Durden, North Carolina State, Rs Sr DT/DE
Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh, Rs Jr DT
Jordan McFadden, Clemson, Rs Sr OT
Myles Murphy, Clemson, Jr DE
Trenton Simpson, Clemson, Jr LB

American (4)
Dwayne Boyles, USF, Sr LB
Elijah Chatman, SMU, Sr DT
Patrick Paul, Houston, So OT
Lorenz Metz, Cincinnati, Sr OG

Big 12 (14)
Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State, Jr DE
Cooper Beebe, Kansas State, Jr OL
Trevor Downing, Iowa State, Rs Sr C
Jaylan Ford, University of Texas, Jr LB
Zach Frazier, West Virginia, So C
Connor Galvin, Baylor, Sr OT
Siaki Ika, Baylor, Jr DT
Brock Martin, Oklahoma State, S-Sr DE
Will McDonald IV, Iowa State, Rs Sr DE
Wyatt Milum, West Virginia, So OT
Chris Murray, Oklahoma, Rs Sr OG
DeMarvion Overshown, University of Texas, S-Sr LB
Dante Stills, West Virginia, S-Sr DL
Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech, Sr OLB

Big Ten (15)
Jack Campbell, Iowa, Sr LB
Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State, Rs So LB
Zach Harrison, Ohio State, Sr DE
Ryan Hayes, Michigan, Rs Sr OT
Nick Herbig, Wisconsin, Jr OLB
Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State, Jr OT
Dawand Jones, Ohio State, Sr OT
Sam LaPorta, Iowa, Sr TE
PJ Mustipher, Penn State, S-Sr DT
Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois, So DT
Olu Oluwatimi, Michigan, S-Sr C
Alex Palczewski, Illinois, S-Sr OT
John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota, S-Sr C
Peter Skoronski, Northwestern, Jr OT
Jacob Slade, Michigan State, Rs Sr DT

C-USA (7)
Praise Amaewhule, UTEP, Rs, Jr DE
Abraham Beauplan, Marshall, Sr LB
KD Davis, North Texas, Sr LB
Jordan Ferguson, Middle Tennessee, Rs Sr DE
Tyler Grubbs, Louisiana Tech, So LB
Ahofitu Maka, UTSA, Sr C
Jadrian Taylor, UTEP, Sr DE

Independents (8)
Jayson Ademilola, Notre Dame, S-Sr DL
Clark Barrington, BYU, Jr LG
Andre Carter II, Army, Jr OLB
Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame, Sr DE
Blake Freeland, BYU, Jr LT
Michael Mayer, Notre Dame, Jr TE
Chris Ojoh, New Mexico State, Sr LB
Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame, S-Sr OL

Mid-American (2)
Darren Anders, Bowling Green, Sr ILB
Jamal Hines, Toledo, Sr OLB

Mountain West (3)
Viliami "Junior" Fehoko, San Jose State, Jr DE
Caden McDonald, San Diego State, Sr LB
David Perales, Fresno State, Sr DE

Pac-12 (8)
Braeden Daniels, Utah, Jr OT
Brandon Dorlus, Oregon, Jr DE
Alex Forsyth, Oregon, Sr C
Jaxson Kirkland, Washington, Sr OT
Noah Sewell, Oregon, So LB
Ron Stone Jr., Washington State, Rs Jr Edge
Tuli Tuipulotu, USC, Jr DT
Andrew Vorhees, USC, Rs Sr OG

SEC (15)
Will Anderson Jr., Alabama, Jr OLB
Brock Bowers, Georgia, So TE
Nick Broeker, Ole Miss, Sr OG
Jalen Carter, Georgia, Jr DL
Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M, Rs So LB
Brenton Cox Jr., Florida, Rs. Jr DE
Ali Gaye, LSU, Rs Sr DE
Derick Hall, Auburn, Sr Edge
Broderick Jones, Georgia, Rs So OT
Bumper Pool, Arkansas, Rs Sr LB
Layden Robinson, Texas A&M, Sr OG
Nolan Smith, Georgia, Sr LB
Henry To'oTo'o, Alabama, Sr ILB
O'Cyrus Torrence, Florida, Jr OL
Darnell Wright, Tennessee, Sr OT

Sun Belt (6)
Kivon Bennett, Arkansas State, Rs Sr LB
Cooper Hodges, Appalachian State, Rs Jr OT
Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina, Jr C
Carlton Martial, Troy, Sr LB
Javon Solomon, Troy, So LB
Josaiah Stewart, Coastal Carolina, So Bandit


The voting process will follow this schedule.

• October 24 - 31, 2022: Vote to determine Semi-finalists
• November 2, 2022: Semi-finalists announcement
• November 4 – 14, 2022: Vote to determine Four Finalists
• November 17, 2022: Four Finalists announcement
• November 18 – December 5, 2022: Final vote to determine winner
• December 7, 2022: Rotary Lombardi Award® Winner announced

I guess I was living in a make believe world because not in my wildest dreams would I have believed Tennessee could score that much against our defense. Pittsburg did a better job.........Florida did a better job.........LSU did a better job. ........

Overrated all freaking year. The secondary has no freaking clue what they are doing. Straight butter.

Love him in run support. Hell put him at LB and maybe he can cover a RB or TE but we have to have a better option at safety. Especially with this type of offense. We need someone who can cover not so much run support with UT.

Most undisciplined team in the Saban era. Time to bring in some more coaches who can teach technique and developed. We need to dump a lot of position coaches this year.

Gage updates his overall recruiting as he lines up visits with Bama, USC, and Ohio State.