You are right. I see a great season coming also. In two years, we will be back in the SEC West race.

…..as far as any predictions from me, for next season. Won’t really have any idea, till I see the A-Day playback a few times.

…..Defense: With Coleman back, we’ll be solid, at least, on the line. Linebacker is a real worry. Secondary: good corners, safeties need coaching up. We still really have no clue who’s going to be running the defense, other than at linebacker.

…..Special Teams: We could be really good, here. Good players returning. As long as a new special teams coach doesn’t screw ’em up…

……Offense: Potentially good line. Hurting BADLY at receiver and blocking skill positions (tight end and fullback). Some good tailbacks. QB… don’t want to think about that. Even with a power-I offense, the QB is the focal point. I know this… We’ve GOT to be able to throw the ball from the center of the field to the sideline, and downfield more than 20 yards. And get it to the receiver. Right now… we don’t have that. Any spread is going to be jello, unless that gets fixed.

…..Remember how, when I was previewing the Iron Bowl, I said that we HAD to get the ball to the outside receivers, and work the sides of the field? Utah knew. Every time Bama thought they had the Utes stopped, there was another hitch/curl/out to the outside guy for another first down. Bama likes to defend from the inside-out. Take away the inside guys, and make you go outside. Utes hurt ’em there, all game long. Made me sick. I think our outside guys had two catches against Bama…

…..There’s a WHOLE lotta fixin’ to be done, on the offense. We’ve got a guy who’s famous for fixing broken offenses. Can he do it in one off-season? Not sure, at all. It will be interesting to watch, though!

…..Hey, is Aaron Savage coming back? No one has mentioned him. He was out for the season, and I haven’t heard a peep concerning him. I think the defense will be good enough-I actually think LB won’t be that big of a problem. Eltoro is going to wreak havoc. On offense, the answer can’t be Burns. He just isn’t good enough. I think Barret Trotter may be the near-future. He is rather mobile, and I think with a little tutalage he could be a solid passer too!

WDE

ArieGold, Aairon Savage redshirted last year and yes, he will be playing probably the number 2 CB spot next year. I’m not sure if he’s a Jr or Sr next year though. on the LBs, I don’t see that as a big problem either. Blackmon should be coming back for the Middle spot, and Bynes will probably take an outside spot. Then there’s Eltoro too. They’re all solid. And on QBs, I haven’t given up on Burns yet. I’m holding out for a breakthrough, like with J Campbell

just go back and watch some of his high school stuff on you tube,,, it shows what he’s capable of.

The kid has a solid arm and can run. He basically hasn’t had any coaching the last couple of years. If you remember even Brandon Cox, a solid technical QB, got worse the longer he played under Tubby/Borges/Ensminger. It is a marvel that we did as well as we did the last few years given the shoddy coaching on the offensive side of the ball. I think Malzahn will really do some good things with Kodi and hopefully Coach Chizik will stick to what he knows best and not hamstring the offense like Tubbs used to do.