McCarron, a 6-foot-4 Mobile native and former standout at St. Paul's, is not quite seven months into his patience test as a college quarterback. He hasn't played a snap in a game and has long appeared destined for a redshirt in 2009. But thanks to a midseason promotion, McCarron hasn't really known what to expect from the season's final six games.
He has impressed coaches at practice, which is why his wait could end any instant.
"I've always got to know I'm one play away from going in," McCarron said. "I have to prepare just as much as Greg does."
Gentry Estes: Frosh QB AJ McCarron 'one play away from going in' for Crimson Tide
It has been speculated for several weeks now that AJ McCarron was indeed our back-up quarterback, and now we have official confirmation straight from the horse's mouth. McCarron is the back-up now, period.
And don't kid yourself that our staff would hesitate to put him in in Pasadena if something really did happen to McElroy. Burned redshirt be damned, we'll never have another game bigger than this one, so if something happens to McElroy in Pasadena, prepare to see Mr. McCarron jogging towards the huddle. Rest assured, our coaching staff would burn that damned thing quicker than Bryant would burn a Chesterfield.
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won't matter
if McCarron has to come in or Star has to come in
If either situation happens with the game still in question, we’re up shit creek
That’s when I’m chugging the whiskey and starting the crying
Terrence Cody drinks your milkshake!
by Wallacewade04 on Dec 16, 2009 11:01 PM CST up reply actions
The kid is the best quarterback
on our squad. Every person who has seen him throw knows it. I don’t know how that will translate to playing, but there’s a reason he’s been running the second team offense most of the year.
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
If you go back...
… to the beginning of the season, when players were asked what freshman impressed them the most, who’d they say? Was it Trent? No. Was it Nico? No. It was A.J. McCarron! When I heard Ro say McCarron impressed him the most of any freshman, I knew he wouldn’t be on the scout team long. Although the present is bright, the future seems even brighter! ROLL TIDE!!!
MMMhhh.... Chesterfields.
sorry I’m trying to quit.
rather unsuccessfully i might add.
Fight on, fight on, fight on men! Remember the Rose Bowl, we’ll win then.
Probably good to roll the dice with McCarron..
you can’t get much worse than what Star Jackson looked like against friggin’ UT Chattanooga. Can you imagine that ugly performance against Texas?
Gotta agree.
Star is truly a pathetic bust. I never want to see him taking snaps other than snaps coming with us up by 30 or more.
Not sure
you can call a RS freshman a bust yet.
Auburn fans are like slinkys... not really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
Agree
its too early at this point to call him a total bust. I highly doubt McElroy would’ve looked any better when he was RS Freshman.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
fair enough
but I still don’t want him taking meaningful snaps over McCarron any time soon. (not that I want either taking snaps in January, but if I have to choose…)
by billycthulhu on Dec 17, 2009 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
in Fact Greg looked
terrible in the 2008 A-day…i remember most of us praying to god that nothing happen to JP..
"The goal is to be a champion," Saban said. "I didn’t say to win a championship. I just said be a champion. That’s our goal here. That’s what we want to do."- Nick Saban
Maybe just you.
Everybody I knew was calling for McElroy to take over for years now. JPW sucked and so does Star. Definitely a bust….
One thing they both have in common? Bad decision making.
I did not know McCarron was the #2 QB.
I saw him on the sidelines during the SECCG and wondered why he was wearing eyeblack. For some reason, he reminded me of Milhouse from The Simpsons. But if you guys say he is the future of the offense and the future is bright then, um, that’s great!
Steers & Queers
Mr. Kobayashi, is that your picture or someone else's?
I’m curious to know.
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
If only...
I radiated such machismo.
Steers & Queers
by Mr. Kobayashi on Dec 17, 2009 10:32 AM CST up reply actions
Who is that?
I ask because it looks like the most frightening clown in the history of frightening clowns.
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
Also, is he available for children's birthday parties?
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
You have some unusual notions about child-rearing.
I would give you the link to the morally dubious website where I found this creepy little bastard but I really have no idea. Have you ever woke up in the morning and found disturbing images saved on your hard drive and you had no idea how they got there? Muy disconcerting, to say the least.
Steers & Queers
by Mr. Kobayashi on Dec 17, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
I use to find a disturbing image when I woke up.......
its called my ex-wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't mind bad news, and I don't mind good news, but I can't stand surprises! Coach Nick Saban
by jtCRIMSON on Dec 17, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Arne Duncan will tell you that children benefit from psychotic clowns
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
I really hate that they disabled the YouTubes in the comment sections
Anyway, check this video for some super creepy clowns
A question
I remember during Shula’s tenure, it came out that we could have played some freshmen without them losing their redshirt year eligibility. Shula apparently wasn’t aware of the rule so he got some criticism based on that. I wonder if that would still be the case?
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