Travis could do effectively to stick to in Lamar Jackson's footsteps In terms of producing an increased comfort and ease building throws from inside the pocket, particularly with anticipation plus a heightened football IQ. Jackson, a two-time NFL MVP, is clearly entrenched as the starter for that foreseeable long run, but Doing the job in a quarterback space with Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Monken could serve Travis very well.

"Almost certainly fifty percent of the guys in our secondary were largely offensive guys in highschool. Antonio Langham was a really very good receiver. George Teague was an excellent offensive player.

"It absolutely was generally (ESPN's) Beano Cook dinner and Lee Corso that we listened to. There wasn't pretty that much sounds that there's now. It had been kind of aggravating as they have been individuals just had been refusing to offer us any credit rating."

"Langham, I called him the sly fox. He generally located a means to come up with the massive Participate in when no one was expecting it. I don't forget him generally indicating 'Teague, I'll create a Perform.

The second-round draft pick from Alabama spent eight seasons with the Dolphins and was chosen to 5 consecutive Pro Bowls. Stephenson was also durable, participating in in 107 straight game titles and setting up eighty consecutive games until the 1987 gamers strike ended the streak.

"We knew that if we covered them for quite a while, Curry and Copeland have been going to find the quarterback on the ground.

"When the sport was in excess of once we were being while in the locker place, coach Stallings started to give his post-activity speech and all our followers were collected close to ideal beside the buses had been, right by our locker home.

"I actually considered the game was gonna stop in a very tie. I had remaining the press box and long gone all the way down to the sphere since the (time beyond regulation) vintage t-shirt rule experienced just appear into the picture.

"I remember getting a telephone connect with about midnight on (Wednesday) night, because I used to be visiting the activity the next day, that Pat Dye was intending to resign once the match."

"I ain't lying, I did not Imagine I'm going to get there to help make that Perform. I thought I'd in all probability get there to produce a deal with. But After i broke on that issue And that i went approximately try and idea it with a single hand, I observed it and I caught it and was like 'oh well, I am from listed here of right here now.

"When you really recognized that he was certainly a Exclusive player, I'm able to try to remember like it absolutely was yesterday, his initially punt return in college a freshman, if I am not mistaken it was at Vanderbilt.

"I don't know if I spotted it at the time. Every one of us knew how potent the defense was, with Curry and Copeland since the bookends, not to mention Every person else.

"You knew he was intending to toss it to the proper dude, and never the incorrect guy. You understood he was planning to get you away from a bad play and into the best Participate in.

While in the Iron Bowl finale in opposition to Auburn, the Tide offense struggled. Jay Barker threw two interceptions, which includes a single on 2nd and eleven for the Auburn sixteen, and the sport was scoreless at the half. Auburn acquired the ball to start out the 2nd 50 %, but Antonio Langham intercepted a go by Auburn's Stan White and returned it sixty one yards for the main factors of the sport. Barker's struggles led Stallings to immediate an ultra-conservative game in the next 50 %, because the Tide tried only one pass just after halftime.