Question: In light of Andre's suspension, who will start at left tackle?

rgw

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Could we just move Mike Johnson from LG to LT because of the experience factor and try to put one of our young guys in at LG? Or could we have a big time reshuffling like the last 1/3 of 2007?
 

REBELZED

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Didn't Boswell play some LT this year? I seem to remember that being the case, and I also seem to remember that he got good reviews. I hope we can just plug a player in at LT and not have to do too much shuffling down the line.
 

rgw

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Tulane game: Johnson at LT; Ross at LG. Boswell's good play might get him the nod at LG possibly.
 

rickvox79

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I know I read this "Left guard Mike Johnson was practicing in Smith's spot at left tackle on Monday, and sophomore David Ross moved into the starting rotation at left guard." on ESPN.com's article regarding Andre's suspension. Not sure if that holds up or not though.
 

Queasy1

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And that's the biggest disappointment to Andre's suspension...we don't have someone that can just step in to his spot yet without reshuffling the line.
 

jps1983

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And that's the biggest disappointment to Andre's suspension...we don't have someone that can just step in to his spot yet without reshuffling the line.
Yep. I think this can really mess with unit cohesion. Thankfully we started showing that we could run right at the end of the year. We might have to depend on that side of the line now.
 

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Yeah..I think it's a foregone conclusion that Johnson takes over at LT and Ross is at RG. A guy who has been quite though, is Brian Motley. I know last season he was make some serious noise after a move to NT before hurting his hand. And then he got moved back to offense. In the Tulane game, he banked some minutes when one of the linemen got dinged up. So we've got some guys over there with some experience; interchangeable parts, if you will. In addition to Motley, Evan Cardwell is over there too. And as always, it would be nice to see the young guys like Boswell, Jones, and Love log some effective minutes.
 

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Tulane game: Johnson at LT; Ross at LG. Boswell's good play might get him the nod at LG possibly.
That was our worst offensive production game with 1 TD and a total of 172 yds. I hope the guys can pull together and do better this time.:BigA:
 

Bama-fo-life

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Personally the thought of moving MJ over makes me uneasy. It is not because he cannot handle it but rather because it is taking a player and making him play in a position where he is not comfortable so now we have two wholes on the line. One would think that keeping MJ at gaurd would only create one hole. Then again I am a nobody and Saban it the football king.......but it still makes me uneasy.
 

rtr1973

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Why can Colin Peak play?
Colin Peek will use up a whole year of eligibility if he plays in the Sugar Bowl, but is willing to do so because the five years part of the "five years to play four" eligibility clock will run out before he's played four full seasons.

Timeline:
2005 Season - Played as a true freshman at Ga Tech.
2006 Season - Redshirted at Ga Tech.
2007 Season - Played as a redshirt sophomore at Ga Tech. Transferred to Alabama in December 2007 when Tech hired Paul Johnson (who doesn't use TEs in his offense).
2008 Season - Sat out one calendar year (Dec 07-Dec 08) at Alabama per NCAA transfer rules. Asked the NCAA to extend the 'five year" clock to 6 years due to the circumstances of his transfer. Request was denied. He appealed the NCAA ruling and his appeal was denied.
2009 Season - Will play at Alabama.
 
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tidefanblake

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Am I correctly remembering that Drew Davis moved to LT and JM Boswell was at RT for most of the Tulane game?

It may have been said earlier in the thread but the report from practice is that Mike Johnson is at LT and David Ross is in at LG.
 

rtr1973

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Both Tyler Love and Barrett Jones are out for the season with injuries and are applying for medical hardship waivers (often wrongly referred to as "medical redshirts").
 

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