Clemson Vs Alabama 2022 Preview

For the first and certainly not the last time, DJ Uiaglelei and Bryce Young faced off this weekend in California. The showdown ended with Bama's recruit beating out Clemoson's 38-24.  DJ Uiaglelei, the Clemson commit, is 247 Sports' QB1 and #3 overall recruit. DJ is flanked by two other top recruits from 247 composite, Ohio St linebacker commit Kourt Williams and UCLA wr commit Logan Loya. Uiaglelei looked poised and unbothered by Mater Dei's constant pressure. While being blitzed he had one of the best plays of the game; dancing around the pocket shaking one defender, and then throwing a fifty yard touchdown with another rusher in his face. DJ Uiaglelei finished 19/31 for 312 yards, two throwing touchdowns and one rushing. He looked good, I won't lie. 

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BUT my God, Bryce Young. I don't think I've ever been this excited for an Alabama recruit. Bryce came into this game, ranked as the lesser quarterback, ranked the lesser team, and balled the fuck out. The future Bama Heisman finished with 250 throwing yards, 75 rushing yards, 3 throwing touchdowns, and two rushing touchdowns. Bryce has such a quick release on his throw but shows maturity in the pocket squaring his shoulders on each throw. If the pocket collapses, oh well, time to get your ankles snatched. The first drive Mater Dei had ended on a 51 yard touchdown and Bryce really didn't take his foot of the gas from there. In my biased opinion, the play of the game came in the 3rd quarter on his second touchdown to Epps. Extending the play, running out of the pocket, placing the ball perfectly in the back corner of the end zone where only his receiver could get it. Looking like a young Russell Wilson out there. I'm not taking any Kyler Murray comparisons because I don't like him. 

You can find the touchdown here: 

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I love what Tua has started. It's like he reminded the world that Alabama is also looking for top quarterback recruits. Alabama has opened pandora's quarterbox and Bryce Young is the next one to hop out. Put everybody on notice. I fully expect him to start next year as a true freshman following Tua's departure. Bryce slaps Trevor Lawrence on the ass and sends him on his way to the NFL with a loss in 2021. 2022 we get our first rematch between DJ Uiaglelei and Bryce Young. Book it.

Has PJ Lost His Flecking Mind?

"I said on TV I really hope College GameDay looks at our twin city, our university, truly to bring GameDay here. We have four million people that live in the twin city area. We are the only division one school in the state of Minnesota. Everybody here is Gophers. We have never hosted College Gameday."

I won't blame him for trying, but PJ can seriously fuck off. It's a valiant effort. His argument is basically that Gameday can do LSU vs Bama any year and who knows the next time Minnesota will be able to host GameDay. I don't know what to tell you PJ, be better. 

We're televising big boy football here Peej. What makes you think you will put on a better show than the #1 vs #2 team? Let's look at the facts here. Minnesota hasn't proven itself as a contending program in years. As for your 8-0 start this year, there was 0 ranked opponents. Penn St has a ranked win vs Michigan under their belt. Their defense is so so serious, giving up multiple touchdowns in only one game this season. The second they come into town, you guys will spot your shadows and run back into your little hole. Gophers and groundhogs are the same thing and you won't tell me otherwise. PJ's boys beat an abysmal Georgia Southern team by 3 points! THREE! The same Georgia Southern that the LSU Tigers beat 55-3. Tell me again how you'll put a better product on that field. 

I don't give a shit if four million people live in the twin cities. I wouldn't care if twenty million lived there, you will not pack the campus like Tuscaloosa vs LSU. Bryant-Denny Stadium holds more than double the amount of fans than the Gophers' stadium. I mean for fucks sake it holds 35,166 more fans than the Vikings stadium. Don't care how many people live there, don't care how many division one schools the state has, you will not have more people than us. This is what we live for. Everybody in Minnesota is Gophers? Wrong. They are also Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves, and Wild. We're talking college football in state of Alabama baby, this is what we fucking do.  

What is Turnkey Sports and Why Do They Make Big Decisions In College Football?

USC recently announced that they have hired Turnkey Search to aid in the hunt for their next Athletic Director. What exactly does that mean for USC? Well one of the reasons for hiring a private firm to do your job for you is the anonymity and the ability to keep things on the low low. Is it possible the connection for Turnkey is to not only look for a new AD, but to get the ball rolling on replacing Clay Helton after his 4-3 start? Who knows? But where the fuck do these people get off making these big decisions for big schools? 

Turnkey's headquarters is located in Haddonfield, NJ. I've lived in New Jersey my whole life and I have no clue where that is. Yet, "small-town" Turnkey has been involved with the hiring of LSU's Ed Orgeron,  Temple's head coach, and Minnesota's, Tennessee's, Michigan's and Alabama's Athletic Director. Oh and Ole Miss' head coach cause obviously they couldn't be trusted since the last guy they hired loved calling hookers on his school-administered phone. What makes these guys so special? This guy:

Gene Defillipo. The de facto President of the newly forming Shadow Government of college football. Gene's official title is Managing Director of the Intercollegiate Division of Turnkey. He has been an offensive coach for Youngstown and Vanderbilt, Villanova and Boston College's AD, on the Board of Directors for the National Football Foundation, former president of National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors, and father of John Defillipo (OC for the Jacksonville Jaguars). Gene oversees Turnkey's college involvements from media approach, to sales, and even recruiting. 

So if you see Mean Gene on your campus, buckle up cause heads are rolling. For schools like USC that would be sooner rather than later. 

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Katfish Kliff

Katfish Kliff Kingsb....nevermind. Not calling him that. Not today, Satan. Kliff Kingsbury went on to AJ Hawk's podcast, The Hawkcast (nice), and admitted to catfishing former players while he was the head coach at Texas Tech. 

"We have fake accounts with cute girls that they add right now so we can see what's going on, who's tweeting what. Those are heavily monitored for sure." You know, for looking like such a "bro" Kliff sounds like he loves breaking the bro code. People don't swap the first two letters of their names (ex: Pave Dortnoy) on their Facebooks just to go and get catfished by their coaches? That's bush league. The poor player. What happens if the young man falls in love with your fake account? Huh Kliff? That's how players get distracted. That's how people get Te'o'd. 

The worst part about this whole thing is that Kliff admitted to saving the funniest DMs to give a presentation on them to the whole team. That should be an NCAA violation. No, fuck that, it should be a federal crime. There's no universe in which a coach should present your private DMs to the boys for them to roast you. I can still think up drunk texts and DMs from years ago and cringe about it alone in my bedroom. Imagine seeing a shakespearean text sent you on a big screen and looking around the film room to see all your buddies crying laughing? Knowing that one day they'll quote your private DMs to your face when you least expect it. Picture being out at the bar and trying to court a young lady when all of a sudden your teammate walks up and says "Oh are you trying to [insert DM quote here]". Nightmare fuel. No wonder Kingsbury went 35-40 in his career.  

In Response To JackMac's Osama Bin Dabo Blog

Is Alabama America's team? Has to be. If Dabo Swinney has proclaimed himself Osama, then his biggest enemy (Alabama) must be America. Did fake nice guy Dabo compare himself to the man who was responsible for 3,000 American lives? Yup. Is Dabo so stupid that he didn't realize that Dabo Bin Laden has a better ring to it than Osama Bin Dabo? Double yup, right in front of his face.

Subsequently, the Crimson Tide have already been compared to post 9/11 America by none other than Nick Saban himself. Following a 2007 loss to a 5-6 Louisiana-Monroe Nick Saban said that his team needs to bounce back like America did following the catastrophic attacks of 9/11. Was it a bit drastic of a comment? Maybe, but Iron Bowl was the following week and we just lost to ULM 21-14.

I officially declare this season's mission of Alabama Football as ZeroDark30. Time to take out Dabo Bin Laden once and for all.    



p.s. I don't know dick about politics but I do know those people not passing the law helping 9/11 victims bill or whatever it is fucked up the second they let Jon Stewart walk through those doors. Fuck those politic people, do the right thing. 

The Steele of the Portal

All transfer portal roads lead to USC. This recruit class has been a headache so far playing leap frog with programs. The Bru McCoy thing is exhausting. To sum it all up in one sentence Bru McCoy signed to USC, Kliff Kingsbury left, Bru follwed him out the door to Texas, Texas rubbed USC's nose in it, Bru re-enters the transfer portal after a few weeks at Texas, Sam Ehlinger (QB1) and Tom Herman (HC) fly out to Bru to try to Mavs/Clippers DeAndre Jordan him, doesn't work, he wants to go back to USC where he originally started *exhale*.

Chris Steele is now on his third school since enrolling with Florida on January 5th. I believe it's not being talked as much as Bru McCoy for two reasons. 1. Bru is a higher ranked recruit than Chris,

2. His transfer from Florida involves a teammate's sexual misconduct and I'm sure the NCAA doesn't want to keep reminding everybody of that. 

So who is Chris Steele? Chris is a highly sought after CB, ranked 42nd overall by 247 Sports, who enrolled with the Gators in early January. During his time in Gainesville his roommate Jalon Jones was accused of sexual battery and it's rumored that Steele was named in the police report as a witness. That's when he decided to get the fuck out of Dodge. His Gator teammates didn't like that too much and subtweeted the shit out of him. 

Steele then decided to surround himself in a more positive atmosphere and verbally(?) committed to Oregon. He told the Athletic that he had a big brother relationship with their CB coach, Donte Williams. So it seemed like the Ducks added a top 50 recruit to their already historic recruit class. 

Now reports are coming out that Steele has changed his mind again. He's decided to head back to his hometown and play for USC. That's when I decided to write this blog. I wanted to rip him apart. I wanted to rip this recruit class apart and the transfer portal apart. I wanted to run outside, shake my fist at the clouds and scream "THESE DAMN KIDS!". Then I read Chris' article with the Athletic. Steele informed the Athletic that his mom recently was laid off and she has never missed one of his games. He said a plane ticket to Eugene, Oregon cost $400-$500. He said that his grandmother was helping to support his family but is now on dialysis. Chris Steele wants to transfer close to his home to help support his family, earn a degree, and play football. He's 18 years old. Sometimes as a rabid CFB fan I forget that these kids are just that, kids. I wish Chris Steele all the luck in the world and hope things work out in his favor. 

According to 247 Sports if both Chris Steele and Bru McCoy head to USC it will drop their Class Rank from 20th to 14th.