I was with someone in the know with the university on Monday and spent a good deal of time talking with them about our upcoming team. He informed me that Croom hates the Spring game and would prefer not to play. He also said that Croom deliberately kept it vanilla for what they plan on unfolding during the regular season, i.e. Bear introducing the wishbone. Croom is a bear protegee' and if you want to know his coaching style, go back and look at the Alabama teams of the early 70's. No offense, plenty of defense. That's it. I spoke to a lot of Bama fans and they said it would drive them crazy. Winning a game by 3 to 10 points was the standard, unless it MSU. Keep it simple to avoid miscues and let the other team mess up.
This person also said that Tyson Lee could be a "big" surprise. Kid is tough as nails and has more guts that anyone on the team. Also said our current signees for 09 are good. 2 guys are under the radar from "small" schools and they hope they will stay that way and not get discovered..
My prediction, and for those of you who don't know me, I called the Auburn game last year. I predict that we will try to play our first 2 games with showing as little as possible. Expect the Auburn game to be a totally different look. Also, Auburn has Southern Miss the week prior so expect the eagles to play hard, which will play into our hands. Do I predict a win? I will hold that prediction until week of. We will, however, have a good football team.
