Quote Originally Posted by Captain Falcon View Post
We were a really young team on offense last year (especially after Kylin and KJ had their unravelings), and for whatever reason that lack of experience doesn't get talked about much when discussing some of our struggles.

Leading passer - true freshman
Leading rusher - true freshman
Leading receiver (catches) - true freshman
Leading receiver (yards) - true freshman
Three first year starters on the OL, all of which were freshmen or sophomores

That's not even mentioning it being Year 1 of a big philosophical shift from what our program had been doing for years, and doing all of that with no spring practice and very limited depth.

I personally believe it will be difficult for us to NOT be better this year. We are far better equipped for this season than we were a year ago, at least offensively. There was a time last season about mid-year when Kylin was gone, KJ was a bust, and Walley had not found his groove yet, and things were looking very bleak. It was pretty evident from the Georgia game on that we had some pieces to work with for the future, even in some games we ended up losing.
Naw man ... You don't get it. If Bama had a bunch of true freshmen leading their offense in Saban's 1st year with no spring practice, they'd be going out and scoring 30 a game. Just go back to 2008 and check it out.