A-Day: It's a wrap

By: Mike Szvetitz | Opelika Auburn News
Published: March 30, 2008

Well, A-Day's over.

Impressions? Offense looked good at times. It's going to take me a little bit to get used to the no-huddle offense. I'm just used to huddling. Call me old fashion.

I'm thinking the quarterback situation will work itself out before the start of two-a-days. And my pick? Chris Todd. Tony Franklin is really high on him. And, as part of this quote suggests, if Todd is as good as Franklin says he is, then, he should be the stater.
But right now, it's a two-QB system with Kodi Burns and Todd ...

"Neither one of them are ready to go out and win an SEC Championship, I can tell you that," Franklin said. "They both got a long way to go and a lot of competition ahead of them.
"Until some one jumps out and shows ‘I’m so good, I have to be in there all the time’ but right now, nobody has. Until that happens, we’ll play them both. I’m not afraid to play them both.
"Chris’s arm’s got to get a lot better. If his arm doesn’t jump back to normal or close to normal, he won’t be in the deal. But if his arm gets back to normal, then he’s going to be dynamic. He’s out there with a bad arm, and he’s moving the team up and down the field. He’s doing good things."

OK, as for my predictions ... I was way off.
Here's who actually won the A-Day awards ...
Offensive Player of the Game: Kodi Burns, QB
Defensive Player of the Game: Sen'Derrick Marks, DL
Special Teams Player of the Game: Clinton Durst
Attendance: 35,000 ... and a shout out to Jay G. Tate from the Montgomery Advertiser who won the Bill Beckwith Crowd Estimate Award, which is presented to the media representative who comes closest to guessing the estimated crowd at the A-Day game. Jay's guess? 43,598 and a half.
Classic.