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Redsnow — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:26:23 -0000

thnx for sharing the post of my favourite game and pictures

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swampie — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:32:34 -0000

Keith, thanks. Would love to honor your comment with a video comment but I've seen very little of Chris Scott. Was going to make one of the later practices but when I heard so many were banged up I sort of felt what the use. Wonder how they will play a spring game, wish they'd just make everything sort of fast, what they do in the second half just spoils it for me. Or just play a forty minute game with four ten minute quarters.

Don't know much about Scott, he went to Santa Fe C.C. for two and a half years. It's amazing he'd be out of football that long and play as well as he has, I've often heard his name mentioned. You got to root for someone like that.

Remember an Ocala walk on back in the early 1990's he had a great spring practice. He was tearing it up on Spurrier's draw play. Spurrier was talking about him, called him 'a draw play specialist', he was really good and they were giving Errict Rhett a rest. The next fall I think he carried the ball one time. Rhett was rested I guess. That sort of dashed my hopes rooting for walk on running backs in the spring.

I take my hat off to Scott though, he's following a dream and won't have to ask himself years from now 'why didn't I at least try to walk on at Florida or wherever.' That is the stuff of dreams, this man wishes him well.

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swampie — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:11:09 -0000

RH - Wanted to add. It would be easy if you could switch OTs for QBs but the issue here is a little more complicated. This is just off the cuff with nothing to prove it but it seems to me like they like to run a lot to the outside on the left side. And lets face it most of the QBs we face are right handed ones, can't remember the last left hander. So that puts the fastest rush ends on the left side. Even with the use of the I-formation from time to time, it would be hard for defenses to switch their rush ends to the other side. I'd think you still keep the best OT on the left??? Would love to ask Addazio this question. Where do you put your best OT with Tebow and when it's Brantley's time where do you put your best OT for him, does it matter that much with this offense? Does it matter if you were to just run the spread?

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keith — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:41:02 -0000

Swampie:

From all the spring reports I have read - it sounds like the biggest suprise has been this walk on tailback Chris Scott. But no one wants to talk about walk ons - even if they are kickin butt.

Thanks

Keith

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swampie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:42:17 -0000

yes I changed it, wrote you another reply don't know where it went off too. Thanks...

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swampie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:41:49 -0000

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swampie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:26:34 -0000

Thanks on the Siler thang, I got it. You wouldn't believe this but I have been fighting that mistake lately. I did a long last edit on this thing, two page editors came up started working the second. Actually changed that Siler mistake to Spikes. Anyway corrected a lot of things, saved, deleted that edit, got to the old one, forgot made one more change and saved then realized I lost all my work. Went back and made most of the changes but missed that one. LOL. So a belonged thank you. I really have to edit a lot for my stuff to ready fairly well and make sense to 50% or so of the public. take care

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The RH Factor — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:06:32 -0000

Swampie, I would think that with a left-handed quarterback, you would want your best offensive tackle on his blindside, which would be on the right side.

Also, I'm curious how it works when your team has a right-handed and left-handed quarterback. When one is replaced, do the tackles switch sides or are their duties so refined that once they are on one side, they need to stay there to be most effective.

On the defensive side, do you put your best rushing defensive end on the blindside of the other team's quarterback or do you put him up against the other team's weaker offensive tackle?

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Kavik — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:15:29 -0000

Imagine Brandon Spikes looking over the center at some rookie quarterback's face and talking to him during the snap count. Oh Boy.

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Kavik — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:10:56 -0000

Swampie, thank you. A very nice article as always. The reason we do not have receivers breaking out in spring is: A. too strong of defensive front, B. too strong defensive backs and C. our offensive line in a state of flux. David Nelson, Riley Cooper, and Carl Moore look very good to my eyes. I love your plan for Andre Debose.

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medigator — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:02:53 -0000

Swampie .....Dont you mean SPIKESS ? SIler is in San Diego !!