I think we can be even better next year than we were this year. We've got a lot of good players...

I think we can be even better next year than we were this year. We've got a lot of good players returning and a lot of younger players who didn't play as much who're going to be a year better. They've been working hard this offseason, and you can tell they're ready to show what they can do this year. You saw it in the first practice of the spring.

Terrence Cody from a Q&A with ESPN's Chris Low

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Is it August yet?

When you are an Alabama fan you are expected to hate Auburn, I hate Tennessee because I want to.

by bammer on Mar 18, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

ditto

Is it August yet?

by Bens4vcobra on Mar 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Process at work folks.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster

I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.

by 5026 on Mar 18, 2009 1:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

well, not bigger...

cody says he’s down to 365 lbs from the 375 lbs he weighed at the end of last season. his goal for the start of next season is 350 lbs.

by kleph on Mar 18, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weight =/= Size

That boy had a lot of blubber on him last year.

by PeteHoliday on Mar 18, 2009 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that’s what i meant. he says he’s both stronger and faster having lost the extra girth and replaced it with muscle. that also bodes well for his staying healthy through the whole season.

by kleph on Mar 19, 2009 8:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just don’t think him losing his gut really makes him “smaller” in any way that really matters.

I certainly still wouldn’t talk bad about his momma to his face.

by PeteHoliday on Mar 19, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

My

guess would be simple physics. Wouldn’t losing excess body fat allow him to move better and have a positive affect on stamina? I think so.

Is it August yet?

by Bens4vcobra on Mar 20, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can anyone say...

No #1 Defense this year?

by brandonh on Mar 18, 2009 1:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Just

like ‘03 LSU. I’ll take it.

Is it August yet?

by Bens4vcobra on Mar 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

some are saying better than '92

but I’m not going there…

by brandonh on Mar 18, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

we have one pass rusher who can get some meaningful sacks during the season and a second rusher who can at least get some hurries. If we can get pressure on the QB we can be as good or better than 92.

Wish we had a stud punter.

I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.

by 5026 on Mar 18, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't

say that to Brother Oliver. Word on the streets is that he and Saban don’t exactly see eye-to-eye X’s and O’s wise.

Is it August yet?

by Bens4vcobra on Mar 18, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Word on the street is....

….who cares?

Roll Bama Roll

by Todd on Mar 18, 2009 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can you dunk it?

Any way you want. haha
Man he is great. I wish our whole team had that type of attitude.

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.

by IHC800 on Mar 18, 2009 2:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Did you say altitude or attitude?

BOTH!

by CousinEddie on Mar 18, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

that was an awesome read

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

by comer4tide on Mar 18, 2009 4:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the one thing that really struck me

was the fact i had completely not realized he missed the spring practice last year. if he got in as good a form as he did last year on a limited off-season of development i’m all atwitter thinking about what we can expect this year.

by kleph on Mar 18, 2009 5:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

My favorite part

The funniest ones are always after games, because you’ve got the fans there who’ve been doing a little drinking and they’ll say anything. They’re already acting crazy, and then when you autograph something for them, they go even crazier. I’ve had a few people come up to me and say, ‘I can take you on.’ I look at them and laugh.

I cannot even imagine saying that to a man that big! Also, I like how he tries to be nice about the drunken fans.

by Kenny483 on Mar 18, 2009 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This quote should scare some offenses...

They can plan to see me on third down. They were taking me out on third down and passing plays last year. That’s one of the main reasons I worked so hard this offseason, getting in better shape, getting better at pass-rushing and sustaining it the whole game. Instead of playing on two downs, I want to play on three downs this year.

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Mar 19, 2009 12:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope the Bama stores.....

start stocking up on #62 jerseys, cause I want one! What a man, what an athlete, what a greek god!!!

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

by jtCRIMSON on Mar 19, 2009 7:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

cody gives another QnA. this one to the tuscaloosa news.

by kleph on Mar 19, 2009 8:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't even think about that...

Chemistry..Our defense was that good with guys that had limited time to learn the schemes…its scary to think whats going to happen next year when they ALL know what to do…and by scary i mean i get that funny feeling down in my pants that my pastor said was an abomination…

When you are an Alabama fan you are expected to hate Auburn, I hate Tennessee because I want to.

by bammer on Mar 19, 2009 9:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I truly believe......

we will have the #1 defense in the nation this year. I can just sense something special brewing at the Capstone. UUMMM, sacks and run stuffing by the dozen, that smell of rb’s getting pounded and qb’s looking to be sacked before the play even starts.
PRAY FOR ME bammer, I’m feeling abominated.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

by jtCRIMSON on Mar 20, 2009 7:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

I hope to hell the ’Bama d will light people up, and that will give that O time to adhere, the one to the other, as it were. Last year your first 22 were quite good, the biggest concern I have for Alabama this year?

Can you replace a payer without missing too much, I mean any player out there. Depth is what separated y’all from Florida last year, and too from Utah.

Deeper at wideout especially would be sweet.

But, again, I expect that Defense to be great, not just good. We’ll know right out of the box since you guys play Virginia Tech, which typically plays to your strength of smash mouth football.

I am really, really looking forward to that openeer more than any other.

by MeanBobMean on Mar 20, 2009 8:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I seldom...

…worry about Alabama’s defense, that typically seems to come together. It’s almost always the offense I worry about.

RollBamaRoll.com

by Nico2.0 on Mar 21, 2009 10:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"Almost" always? Really?

I was just sitting here after reading that, trying to think back on a year in the past 2 or 3 decades where I DIDN’T sweat some facet of our offense prior to the season starting! I mean, I have gone into the season feeling completely confident in our D (rightly or wrongly), but wouldn’t that be a marvelous feeling to go into a season and NOT be sweating our offense? QB? I don’t yell for any other teams, so tell me, does that REALLY happen or is that just a myth???

by crimsongirl on Mar 22, 2009 12:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs