Safety in Numbers: Bacarri Rambo is Strong and Free

by T Kyle King on Aug 9, 2010 7:37 PM EDT in Football

When he is not discussing the film career of Melanie Griffith with me on Twitter, Seth Emerson is providing us with valuable information regarding the Georgia Bulldogs' secondary. Here is what Seth recently wrote about the defensive backfield:

According to the players, here's how the safety rotation is breaking down at practice: Baccari Rambo is shifting between free and strong. When Rambo plays free, he plays alongside Nick Williams. When Rambo is at strong, it's Jakar Hamilton at free safety.

Shawn Williams and Alec Ogletree are also working in there, but it's mainly Rambo, Hamilton and Nick Williams.

"It's mainly us three rotating in," Rambo said.

Rambo has no preference on whether he plays free or safety.

"It's all up to the coaches," he said. "If they tell me to play nose tackle I'll do it."

Naturally, I love Rambo's attitude, as well as the fact that he will be seeing the field more frequently. (I have a very simple rule regarding Georgia football players: if you knock yourself unconscious while preserving a win against our oldest rival, you deserve all the playing time you want.) It's exciting to know that so many players are earning the opportunity to make it into the mix and onto the field for Scott Lakatos's ball-hawking secondary. Finally, I am fond of any scenario that causes Bulldog beat reporters to use such phrases as, "When Rambo plays free" and, "When Rambo is at strong."

I am struggling mightily to curb my enthusiasm and keep Manic Kyle locked in the box, but I have to say that these indicators are encouraging. If I were capable of being encouraged, I mean. Which, of course, I'm not. I'm just saying.

Go 'Dawgs!

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Fight the urge!

Please don’t let Manic Kyle out of the box! Now that tankertoad has turned positive, I don’t know if I can hold down the parapet of pessimism by myself.

by vineyarddawg on Aug 9, 2010 7:56 PM EDT reply actions

Don't worry.

I’ve left special instructions in my advance health care directive requiring MaconDawg to smother me with a pillow like Jack Nicholson in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” if I am diagnosed with excessive pep.

Go 'Dawgs!

by T Kyle King on Aug 9, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Solution

Branden Smith is not practicing due to “academic issues”. See – no reason to let Manic Kyle out after all.

by DawgGirl32 on Aug 9, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for talking me down, DawgGirl32.

For a second there, I was afraid I might experience a moment of happiness.

Depressive Kyle, reporting for duty. (Somewhere, tankertoad is totally surprised.)

Go 'Dawgs!

by T Kyle King on Aug 9, 2010 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Secondary

I really hope we can find some acceptable corners (I’m looking at you Branden Smith — pass that biology final), because I’m looking forward to watching our safeties play. We may not have a ton of depth, but between Rambo and Hamilton, I think we’re going to be incredibly hard hitting. It should be fun to watch. That said, the secondary won’t be able to perform well as a whole if the corners aren’t there.

by WindyCityDawg on Aug 10, 2010 10:16 AM EDT reply actions

Funny you mention Hamilton...

Seth Emerson just did a really nice piece on Jakar Hamilton and his background; it"s worth the read. The kid’s apparently moved around all over the place. One especially interesting tidbit: apparently Nick Saban told Hamilton’s highschool coach that he was the best defensive back prospect he had ever seen in the Southeast.

My favorite part of the article, though, was this:

"He might not know this, but I’ll be watching him play, and it motivates me to go harder," Rambo said. "I see him flying to the ball. I say, I gotta fly to the ball. It just pushes me. I’d like to see him play."

I think Bacarri Rambo might be my favorite player this year.

by DawgGirl32 on Aug 10, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions

This year?

Bacarri Rambo was my favorite player last year. Unfortunately he had a coach that didn’t give him the playing time he clearly deserved.

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by AuditDawg on Aug 10, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Rambo is definitely deserving of admiration...

… but my favorite Bulldog, for as long as he is matriculating at the University, is Orson Charles. Any guy who can destroy a Gator national championship trophy with his butt has earned the right to be my favorite Bulldog.

I hate Florida.

by vineyarddawg on Aug 11, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Bacari + Hamilton = Awesome

I love this combo and I haven’t even seen Hamilton yet. Bacari has been vocal and has said all the right things so far this offseason. It’s almost like he has a PR person working for him — talking about how he doesn’t care where he plays, as long as it helps the team, how he loves watching his teammates play hard. He’s already proven he plays his heart out, and hopefully with some decent coaching he’ll pan out to be one of the better safeties in the SEC.

As for Hamilton, it appears he’s just keeping his head down, staying quiet, and working hard — all important things for the new man on campus. I hope this is one of the top 5 things on Vineyardawg’s “Things I’m looking forward to”

by WindyCityDawg on Aug 10, 2010 2:28 PM EDT reply actions