Texas v Alabama National Title Game thread

It was.

 

Yeah...me too.

Where is he projected to go?

 

That was all Blake Gideon's fault. He took a terrible angle there.

 

I guess the questoin taht will come up in the FO minds in terms of McClain is...is there another player tha tcan do waht he does slightly better or just as well in round 2.

You think Weatherspoon would be a better ILB then McClain?

 

Agreed Boomer, he is in on alot of plays I like him, not at 12 though...if they trade down...different story

 

I thought of that too. Then I thought at safety you might have meant read the QB.

Thanks for the clarification

 

Oops...my bad.

But, still...very fast, no?

 

Starting to look that way.

 

No. I think McClain is the best ILB in the draft but I wonder how much better he's going to get given that generally he's fundamentally sound.

 

I wonder what kind of impact it will have on Bama players if they win this game in terms of whether they come out?

 

Ouch, thought Williams had that

 

You think he might be near his ceiling?

 

Looked like the TE was wide open in the middle on that INT

 

Scouts Inc has Berry as the number one player in the draft. Thomas is faster and rangier. Berry is better playing run. There's one inch, 5lbs and one year of experience difference. Thomas ABSOlUTELY is worth the 12th pick because you can do so much with him.

 

So it all depends what your personal philsophy is.

Do you take the athlete and try and teach him to play football, or do you take the football player who is only an above average athlete.

 

Gaping holes for RBs to walk through.

 

good point...

 

A little bit.

 

Tide are really beginning to roll now

 

Texas playing 6 guys on the LOS

 

That's a decent enough analogy Alex, although McClain is still a good athlete.

 

Still, if he continued to make the plays in the NFL that he is making here how much better would he really need to get?

 

Great stop by Thomas on 3rd down.

 

What a tackle by Earl Thomas.

 

Thomas with a fantastic tackle

 

Oh man, great punt. Could be disaster here for the Texas offense.

 

HOW ABOUT THAT RUN STUFF BOOMER Man Earl Thomas is a player. Its always fun watching him. Best player on a defense stocked with good players

 

Things are bad when you go for a 2 yard QB sneak on first and 10

 

That's exactly right.

 

Definitely.

Which is why I'd take him. He's probably as close to a finished product as you're going to get, and he has the athletic ability to do mostly everything you would ask of him.

He's safe. Because even if he doesn't get leaps and bounds better, he's still going to be a very solid player year in and out IMO.

 

They just said Thomas is a sophomore (and, according to what I just found out online, he is).

Is he still draft eligible?

 

I hope for Colt's sake he gets a 2nd half shot with the game not out of sight.

 

Shipley looks like a Welker clone