I like yours better. Will delete mine and bump yours.

Aaron Williams is going to hurt someone.

Not especially surprising this season. Would have been in 2007.

QB: Gilbert as clear “2” (no joke when you see how many OR’s are on this thing). Sounds like he’ll be on mop-up duty in 9 days. No redshirt here.
RB: Little surprised to see the Codester ahead of Fozzy. No Tre Newton on the depth chart, Mack? Why limit to just 3?
WR: Kirk is “ahead” of Collins. Malcolm Williams, he of two OR’s, hasn’t stepped up like we want him to.
Flex TE: Not as important as nickel. Or fullback.
TE: GoBR will be thrilled.
OL: David Snow seems to have impressed. The starting guards have not. Tray Allen still second team LT. If Ulatoski getting hurt or being ineffective is a scary thought.
K/P: Embarrassment of riches.
DE/LB: Pretty clear 1/2 over here. Gotta love that depth.
DT: Concerning. Randall looks like he’ll claim a starting spot at some point. Howell looks like he’s already in the mix—bye, shirt. Tray Allen is for serious.
DB: Aaron Williams is going to wreck shop, but he can’t play both positions at once. Will the nickel be Scott, Gideon and Thomas? Or are we going to see Beasley or Curtis Brown come in? Where have you gone, Deon Beasley?
Returners: That Jordan Shipley returning kicks is a smokescreen, right Mack?

USC names Matt Barkley starting QB.

Why not have Sherrod Harris as holder? He could get some, albeit a small amount, of playing time and we would have a better option for a 2 if trickery were in order.

So I was under the impression that Earl Thomas was going to play the nickel and that Scott/Gideon were going to be the safeties, which makes sense to me. Since we’re going to be in the nickel a lot of the time and therefor Aaron Williams won’t be playing corner, I guess Curtis Brown will be in there at CB?

Does is make more sense to have (i) Williams, both Browns, Earl and either Scott/Gideon rather than (ii) Williams, Chykie, Earl, Scott and Gideon? I certainly think Earl can do some elite nickel cover D, so I don’t know.

Beasley backin up huh? A lot of what I saw last year was that he was kinda feast or famine. I like Blake Gideon, I’m surprised at Scott getting the nod but that’s cool he’s a big hitter. I didn’t realize he had speed though ( or at least enough to return kicks) they have him listed at 210 lbs. that’s a little heavy. The Acho brothers and Aaron Williams are gonna be headhunters this year. This team is loooooaded with talent. COME ON SEPT. 5TH.

… that Vondrell has a bar separating him from CoJo and Fozzy. I thought he was our best back last year, behind Ogbonnaya, but he got seriously thrashed on one play pretty early on that may have slowed him down. He’s definitely physical enough to pick up a blitz, which was the biggest thing holding him back last year (that and his propensity for running into the backs of our blockers instead of the big holes next to them). Here’s hoping he’s brushed aside those stumbling blocks.

David Snow is a backup at all interior OL positions; this means you are one injury to those three away from almost no depth, and Mason Walters losing his redshirt. Reminds me of the problems you had in 2007.

Tray Allen is a backup at LT and NT? Ulatoski needs to stay healthy all season. I’m not impressed with Ulatoski, but disaster is sitting right behind him.

I thought Houston had moved inside to 1-tech and Randall was going to be a 3-tech. This changes things. The weakness of your defense right now is right up the middle.

Shipley at X and Williams at B is just downright scary, especially if Williams becomes the player he has the potential to be (he has only scratched the surface so far).

Is Sam in front of Eddie? Or does the Buck position that Kindle and Okafor play sometimes make it to where those two play at the same time? If it is the former, is anyone else surprised by that? I thought Jones was a stud?

Thanks Sunkit.

You have Justin Tucker as #9 twice and #6 once. I assumed he must be #9 as his uniform number in this case. Also, I didn’t realize Nolan is 4 inches taller than Earl. What a difference of their height as left safety. I hope Muschamp will always remind his tallest players on the front line that they need to utilize their height to knock down the pass from the QBs. Sam Bradford is one of them, for sure. OU still sucks!!!

Off topic: Thunderstorm is rolling through as I typed… We need the rain very bad as Austin is under the freaking drought right now.

Both Achos are starting

Is anyone else a little dissappointed about Barrett Matthews being buried behind Greg Smith and Ahmard Howard?

If one of the writers here could write something about the “Buck” position — I know vaguely what it is, but I don’t know of teams in the past that’ve used it and with what degree of success. I was hoping someone would have written about this before but I couldn’t find anything. Such a glaring deficiancy on BON, for the kind of cover charge you guys have….

What?

Geez…I would have hated to see you guys looking over Billy Shakespeare’s shoulder when he was cranking out some literary masterpieces!?! We have about two games to see how all of these “ORs” or players we are scratching our heads about are going to pan out. ULM has a decent secondary to provide a little test for some of the inexperienced receivers. Wyoming will be good practice to move players around for tinkering purposes. However, the only think I am concerned about is overplaying Shipley on Special Teams as I think there are other options for at least one of those spots with either Monroe, Chiles, or Collins. We need Shipley to have fresh legs going into OU, Mizzou, and OSU especially.

This guy has shown enough already not only to get playing time as a true freshman, but he is the primary backup at the weakside DE slot. The thing that amazes me is the lack of an OR and another player behind him.