BOL Round Table

Cooper redefined the High Point Snatch against Bacarri Rambo and UGA

Everyone forgets that Black was projected over Cooper, he was a higher ranked prospect as well. Cooper is awesome, no doubt, but wait until you see Black next year too. Assuming 100% recovery from his injury, he's sick.

i have no idea but if he could elevate his game to the point where he is clearly ahead of the others (not cooper) then we would have a lethal 1-2 punch for the next couple years

Nope it's not

...which was a miss by recruiting analysts. We heard strong rumors of our staff believing Amari was the best WR they'd seen in camp since Julio.

He's pretty good.

First post on the board, so be gentle. Went back and checked the 2012 composite ratings and found that Chris Black was slightly more highly rated than Cooper coming out of HS (Black was #4 and Cooper was #6). I plan on going back and watching the A-Day game from last year because I seem to recall Black making some plays. It seems he was doing very well in practice until he got hurt. Anyway, AJ is going to have a lot of targets this year with everyone healthy and the new additions. Plus, I would think that Coach Nuss will be even more comfortable with an entire year of play calling under his belt.

My only concern (and its a small one) with the offense is that they will be developing so many new starters on the OL with a new position coach. I would feel better if Coach Stoutland was still there. Since CNS likely has his pick among the top candidates, I would assume that the new OL coach will fit in just fine. Plus, he has some talent to work with. Can you say, reloading?

Agreed-bad time for Stoutland to leave

Just thankful we have both of them

If he turns out to be as good as everyone predicts, Black could bump jones. Best player plays. Incentive to do all the little things right because somebody is looking to take your job.

Cooper made a comment between the SECCG and the BCSCG that was something to the effect of (paraphrasing), "I know I am getting a lot of hype about how good a year I have had but if you think I am good, wait until you see what Chris Black can do." This comment came out about the time when Black was back at full speed in practices and CNS and already spoken to Blacks parents about possibly burning his redshirt if need be for either of the Championship games.

IIRC, that was based on the fact that Coop did not start competing in the underwear Olympics until late in the process. If he had spent more time on the camp circuit he would have been ranked higher than Black. Black wasn't nearly as polished.