'15 TX RB Soso Jamabo (UCLA Signee)

[greyhammer90]

I'd rather have Ty'son Williams and Soso than Soso and Josh Adams, but having two big backs come in in the same class in Soso/Adams is intriguing.

The rest of this post will be worthless opinion-sharing by me because I'm not an ND coach, but I much prefer multiple big backs over the "change of pace" idea that's so popular these days. I understand why the change of pace is so popular, because it makes such obvious sense. But Soso isn't Adams, and Adams isn't Jonah Gray, and Jonah Gray isn't Hughes. I think the natural differences between each of them provide plenty of change to keep D players off rhythm.

If you have a big, nasty OL (if we don't in the future all recruiting services are dead wrong), and three reliable, big backs who take two tacklers every carry, the name of the game becomes the consistent 5 yard run. Then the 5 yard runs become 7 yard runs. Then the 7 yard runs become 10 yard runs. Then your pissed off big backs get to the secondary and then they smell blood.

It's the Saban strategy. His backs are all different, but they'd all be big backs at a lesser program. Their natural physical differences provide all the "change of pace" you need to throw off defensive timing, but they all refuse to go down after the first hit.

 

[greyhammer90]

I'll also add that if Greg Bryant runs with as much of an emphasis on power as we've been told, I'm going to be a happy camper. Folston consistently runs through or wiggles past the first defender, and Cam truly has no idea how small he is and would totally lower his helmet on Ray Lewis if Alford told him to. Those three will be fine for now, but with Soso and Adams our rotation, size, and fresh legs will look even better. Damn it Hood and f*ck North Carolina.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

I'll also add that if Greg Bryant runs with as much of an emphasis on power as we've been told, I'm going to be a happy camper. Folston consistently runs through or wiggles past the first defender, and Cam truly has no idea how small he is and would totally lower his helmet on Ray Lewis if Alford told him to. Those three will be fine for now, but with Soso and Adams our rotation, size, and fresh legs will look even better. Damn it Hood and f*ck North Carolina.

 

[arrowryan]

gif if the year

 

[GoldenDomer]

Kinda hard to lure a kid away from UCLA to come play in the snow...

 

[stlnd01]

Kinda hard to lure a kid away from UCLA to come play in the snow...

Depends on the kid. And it would be harder if he was from southern California.

 

[pkt77242]

The rest of this post will be worthless opinion-sharing by me because I'm not an ND coach, but I much prefer multiple big backs over the "change of pace" idea that's so popular these days. I understand why the change of pace is so popular, because it makes such obvious sense. But Soso isn't Adams, and Adams isn't Jonah Gray, and Jonah Gray isn't Hughes. I think the natural differences between each of them provide plenty of change to keep D players off rhythm.

If you have a big, nasty OL (if we don't in the future all recruiting services are dead wrong), and three reliable, big backs who take two tacklers every carry, the name of the game becomes the consistent 5 yard run. Then the 5 yard runs become 7 yard runs. Then the 7 yard runs become 10 yard runs. Then your pissed off big backs get to the secondary and then they smell blood.

It's the Saban strategy. His backs are all different, but they'd all be big backs at a lesser program. Their natural physical differences provide all the "change of pace" you need to throw off defensive timing, but they all refuse to go down after the first hit.

While I generally agree with your point a case can be made that if you have such a big and nasty o-line that can open large holes why wouldn't you want a small and super fast back who can hit the home and explode through it and take it to the house.

 

[irishog77]

Kinda hard to lure a kid away from UCLA to come play in the snow...

How many games does ND play in the snow every year? One? Zero?

In Soso's entire career at ND, he might play like 2, maybe 3 games in the snow.

What happens if ucla ever plays a November road game at Utah, at Washingston State, at Colorado, or at Oregon State?

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

How many games does ND play in the snow every year? One? Zero?

In Soso's entire career at ND, he might play like 2, maybe 3 games in the snow.

What happens if ucla ever plays a November road game at Utah, at Washingston State, at Colorado, or at Oregon State?

He still gets to go to class the following week in Southern California and not

Although, if you ask me, ND is most majestic in the middle of a snow storm.

 

[irishog77]

He still gets to go to class the following week in Southern California and not

Although, if you ask me, ND is at its most majestic in the middle of a snow storm.

That I can kinda buy from recruits. The actual playing in cold weather part is what I don't buy from recruits.

Nobody in all of major DI football is really playing in that cold of games. Sure, there are some games that get below freezing sometimes, but in November it's not like some frigid conditions have set in.

 

[jspags10pg]

Kane, have to spread the reps around but that GIF is badass.

First it made me LOL. Then I watched it a few times and the blocking is just badass. Especially ZMart (no surprise) and that left side. Not to mention how Cam just keeps churning and churning.

 

[stlnd01]

Some people actually like the snow, you know, especially if you have a decent coat (which I'm sure Under Armour can supply) and don't have to drive anywhere.
I moved to southern California a few months back, and while the weather is quite pleasant, endless summer gets a little monotonous.

 

[GoldenDomer]

I dunno, I just feel like beautiful weather and beautiful women could be major selling point to an 18 year old. We have a lot of things we could sell, but that aint one of them.

 

[Domina Nostra]

I dunno, I just feel like beautiful weather and beautiful women could be major selling point to an 18 year old. We have a lot of things we could sell, but that aint one of them.

Are there really lots of beautiful women at UCLA? That's a pretty competitive school…. I guess you could mean in LA generally.

 

[Grahambo]

Are there really lots of beautiful women at UCLA? That's a pretty competitive school…. I guess you could mean in LA generally.

Become a superstar and a household name and you won't have to worry about being in a specific location to get women. Shouldn't be too hard! Lol


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[GoldenDomer]

Are there really lots of beautiful women at UCLA? That's a pretty competitive school…. I guess you could mean in LA generally.

Yes I meant LA in general

 

[#1rish]

Cold weather prepares you for the colder months on the NFL schedule.

 

[ResLife Hero]

Are there really lots of beautiful women at UCLA? That's a pretty competitive school…. I guess you could mean in LA generally.

Yes. I mean, not every girl is a 10, and there are plenty of average girls majoring in the really hard stuff, but the peak of the bell curve is a little closer to a "10" there then at many other schools. I almost went to UCLA and visited a lot of friends there before I graduated. It may not be the #1 school for it, but there seemed to be a lot more, hotter girls there than the Bend. Maybe it was the weather, the fact that I never had to attend a class or the "grass is always greener", but that's how I remember it.

 

[irishff1014]

He still gets to go to class the following week in Southern California and not

Although, if you ask me, ND is most majestic in the middle of a snow storm.

How can anyone say that they don't like that? That's beautiful.

 

[Irish#1]

How can anyone say that they don't like that? That's beautiful.

No argument there.

 

[Cackalacky]

How can anyone say that they don't like that? That's beautiful.

As one accustomed to the sweltering humidity and persistent heat, cold like that makes us southerners angry. Like angry to our core. This past winter was awful. So many people were just pissed at the weather. And it was not even that bad here where I live. LOL.

I freely admit that I could do that for a week or so but after that my will to live would be gone.

 

[#1rish]

I remember reading somewhere in the south (Georgia I think?) Got maybe like 2-3 inches of snow and people were flipping out. They basically shut down the whole state

 

[PANDFAN]

I remember reading somewhere in the south (Georgia I think?) Got maybe like 2-3 inches of snow and people were flipping out. They basically shut down the whole state

atlanta

 

[Grahambo]

 

[woolybug25]

I remember reading somewhere in the south (Georgia I think?) Got maybe like 2-3 inches of snow and people were flipping out. They basically shut down the whole state

The day that my father moved to Charleston, it snowed one inch.

His car was hit in two separate accidents. Neither caused by him. His new boss also told him to work from home because of the inclement weather.

We all went back and forth on this topic previously, but it's evidence of southern sissidom (except for Clack, of course).

harumpf

 

[tussin]

I remember reading somewhere in the south (Georgia I think?) Got maybe like 2-3 inches of snow and people were flipping out. They basically shut down the whole state

People were abandoning their cars on the freeway. Hysterical.


A bit off topic, but I lived in the South for 18 months and I HATED the weather. The summer down there was brutal. The North is better than the South for weather in every season (depending on if you have any winter sports interest).

 

[BeauBenken]

Think you're overthinking it a little. Most of the CBs are just analyst predicting what the guy for before them. I can count on one hand the amount of ppl's CBs I actually pay attention too.

I would have to go back and find my post from a month ago, but the predictions were essentially just a domino effect of Soso cooling on Texas (who was the early, early favorite) and everyone in the southwest still thinking he will stay in the southwest despite reports of it being UCLA and ND. So those guys who thought he was staying home dropped a ton of Baylor and OU predictions even though they haven't been mentioned in a while.

 

[NDinL.A.]

Are there really lots of beautiful women at UCLA? That's a pretty competitive school…. I guess you could mean in LA generally.

Dude, the women at UCLA are not even funny. It is a huge student body and the females are beautiful and aplenty.

FWIW, the girls at ND haven't gotten a lot better over the years and they get a bad rap. It'll never be the South or CA or ASU, but there are plenty of good-looking girls and you have far less competition.

 

[ginman]

Dude, the women at UCLA are not even funny.

That is an excellent point. Who wants a woman without a sense of humor! I hope Soso realizes this.

 

[yankeeND]

Dude, the women at UCLA are not even funny. It is a huge student body and the females are beautiful and aplenty.

FWIW, the girls at ND haven't gotten a lot better over the years and they get a bad rap. It'll never be the South or CA or ASU, but there are plenty of good-looking girls and you have far less competition.

Yeah I never understood the bad rap that northern schools get regarding the lady's. There are beautiful girls everywhere. Depending on the weather, you may see more, but if you are doing what you are supposed to, you are gonna see that anyway.