'18 FL QB Michael Penix Jr.

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SSVol said:
Yes, I know he was a 4 star, but despite what the profile says, the consensus at the time was that he was a 4 star safety (or athlete), and not a 4 star QB. Many teams were after JJ...but nobody, UT included...recruited him as a QB.
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We paid lip service to it. Just let it come to him.
 
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SSVol said:
Yes, I know he was a 4 star, but despite what the profile says, the consensus at the time was that he was a 4 star safety (or athlete), and not a 4 star QB. Many teams were after JJ...but nobody, UT included...recruited him as a QB.
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Gotcha. Your comment seemed to indicate that he was never considered a 4* QB. Both Rivals and 247 listed him as such, but I understand now what you were driving at in terms of how programs viewed him.

I think he could have played QB at a school like Georgia Tech, Navy, Air Force, but never for a program that heavily relied on his arm to be a big part of the offense.
 
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white65 said:
What position will this guy play after he is moved from QB? I'm thinking the staff will have him playing in the secondary or as a WR by next fall. Jennings 2.0
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Penix is only a QB. And a very good prospect at QB. He doesn't have the athleticism to play any other position in the SEC. And those getting up-in-arms about the JJ comment, it was accurate. JJ could not have been successful at the D1 level playing QB anywhere except for a school running the Wing-T. We like to blast Hurts for "not being able to throw" but he throws the football much better than JJ.
 
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butchna said:
I used the word fanciful in one post and you still haven't recovered...history? :hi:
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History? Please... We have probably had a conversation, but I don't recall it. If we did, it wasn't particularly important to me, so don't take my comments as reflecting any past emotional trauma. You aren't that important to me and I am sure I am not that important to you.

But I read your comments and I do think your initial comment was over the top as you sometimes tend to be. If you didn't mean for it to be so definitive, that's fine. I can't know what you mean, just what you say.
 
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BondJamesBond said:
History? Please... We have probably had a conversation, but I don't recall it. If we did, it wasn't particularly important to me, so don't take my comments as reflecting any past emotional trauma. You aren't that important to me and I am sure I am not that important to you.

But I read your comments and I do think your initial comment was over the top as you sometimes tend to be. If you didn't mean for it to be so definitive, that's fine. I can't know what you mean, just what you say.
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Got the vibe that you were on the other side of that Sheriron Jones fence. Some were confident that he would switch positions before transferring for a myriad number of reasons including "VFL HELL YEAH" and "He already transferred, he won't do it again". I don't think my opinion that the SJ's of the world won't give up on their dream of playing quarterback just to stay with this program is "over the top". Not with talents like D4H, Nationdom and TerryPedigo ready at a moment's notice. :wink2: Of course we'll still recruit the talented JJ type athletes with the promise of allowing them to play QB...but the real options at signalcallers will be here to play,backup or transfer.
 
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butchna said:
Got the vibe that you were on the other side of that Sheriron Jones fence. Some were confident that he would switch positions before transferring for a myriad number of reasons including "VFL HELL YEAH" and "He already transferred, he won't do it again". I don't think my opinion that the SJ's of the world won't give up on their dream of playing quarterback just to stay with this program is "over the top". Not with talents like D4H, Nationdom and TerryPedigo ready at a moment's notice. :wink2: Of course we'll still recruit the talented JJ type athletes with the promise of allowing them to play QB...but the real options at signalcallers will be here to play,backup or transfer.
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I would have bet the farm that Jones would not transfer from UT again after coming back from Colorado. Now, I see that he's done it again with the school he left us for. Just never know with these recruits.
 
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