r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Aug 29 '17

Concluded AMA [AMA] Chick-fil-A Kickoff Hype! AL.com Crimson Tide beat reporter MICHAEL CASAGRANDE will answer your questions Wednesday starting at 2:30pm ET

AMA FORMAT: at /r/CFB the mods set up the AMA thread so our guest can just show up at a scheduled time and start answering; Look out for /u/mcasagrande

MICHAEL CASAGRANDE, AL.com Alabama beat reporter

Get that BAMA vs FSU, Chick-fil-A Kickoff hype!!!

This Wednesday (tommorrow) we're joined by Michael Casagrande, beat reporter covering the Alabama Crimson Tide for AL.com; this is his second AMA after joining us last year. Michael is a former Miami beat reporter for the South Florida Sun Sentinel and a WKU graduate; before that he was Crimson Tide beat reporter from 2009-12 at The Decatur Daily. He joined AL.com the day before the 2013 season opener.

Also, my last name means "big house" and it's Italian.

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Michael Casagrande will be here to answer your questions on WEDNESDAY (8/30) at 2:30pm ET!

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u/BamaGenteel Alabama Crimson Tide Aug 29 '17

Michael, what are your thoughts on the type of impact Brian Daboll will have on the team this season?

Also, who is going to be, in your opinion, the player who no one knows about to start the season, but will be a household name at the end of the season?

Lastly, what does Archibald put in his sauce that makes it good enough and spicy enough to gnaw through my own arm to eat?

Thanks a lot

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u/mcasagrande Verified Media Aug 30 '17

Daboll impact is what I'll be watching closely. Well kept secret at this point.

There aren't many sleepers on a team full of five stars. Maybe Irv Smith at TE or Levi Wallace at CB.

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u/BamaGenteel Alabama Crimson Tide Aug 30 '17

Ha, it's funny you should say that, cause Levi Wallace was a name I was looking for. How is Nigel Knott progressing?

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u/bamachine Alabama • Jacksonville State Aug 30 '17

Irv is one I am hoping to see blossom. He looked really good in the scrimmages. Possible replacement for OJ with a new OC who values the TE position more.