'24 AL WR Ryan Williams

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DaddyChad said:
He contended with Bama at Ole Miss. He will beat the piss out of them at Auburn.
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Contended with Bama while still losing 3 games in his best season at Ole Miss.

The year he had 3 losses he beat Bama and then lost to Memphis by 13 at home and also lost to ARK at home. And was blown out at FL.

That was his *best* season at Ole Miss.
 
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OrangeMoundTNVol said:
Ehh, Freeze will need a game changer at QB. The SEC will be about Nico and Arch for the next two seasons, then we reload with GM. Good luck Freeze.
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I love how people just assume GMac or Madden will take over when Nico leaves.

Jake Merklinger is one of the best QB prospects we've ever had sign with us.
 
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I highly doubt we sign this guy, but we definitely should in theory have a pretty appealing pitch to him. Lots of opportunity in our WR room, both next year and in the future. Great QB situation compared to most teams. Great NIL. Explosive offense.

Still, feels like a longshot so won’t get my hopes up but hopefully we can get him on campus and have a chance to sell the vision.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I highly doubt we sign this guy, but we definitely should in theory have a pretty appealing pitch to him. Lots of opportunity in our WR room, both next year and in the future. Great QB situation compared to most teams. Great NIL. Explosive offense.

Still, feels like a longshot so won’t get my hopes up but hopefully we can get him on campus and have a chance to sell the vision.
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can't hurt that Auburn fired their OC and Cadillac just resigned. That program not looking very stable at the moment and bound to be some upset boosters
 
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ConwayFitty said:
can't hurt that Auburn fired their OC and Cadillac just resigned. That program not looking very stable at the moment and bound to be some upset boosters
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I’m not sure how often kids actually care about stability. It’s certainly an argument you can make, but he has ties to Auburn and Freeze is a hell of a recruiter with big bags so seems like the stability thing won’t be much of a needle mover. Hopefully it is though!
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I’m not sure how often kids actually care about stability. It’s certainly an argument you can make, but he has ties to Auburn and Freeze is a hell of a recruiter with big bags so seems like the stability thing won’t be much of a needle mover. Hopefully it is though!
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Yeah but the secondary coach, offensive coordinator, defensive backs coach, defensive coordinator, and running backs coach all jumping ship has to be a red flag. Sure our staff will help bring it to his attention if they do get him to visit. plus all the coaches he knew at Auburn except Freeze are gone
 
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EdEcEko77 said:

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@MoB_MoVols wanna put your blurb in this thread?

Lets dream big here! Have to think with our offense, and the knowledge of having elite QB's in Nico, Merk, and likely Macintyre here has to be appealing!
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The OL tho.....
 
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DaddyChad said:
He contended with Bama at Ole Miss. He will beat the piss out of them at Auburn.
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He contended with Bama(Nick Saban) specifically, but never sniffed a title. Never won the SEC west eventhough he beat Saban in back to back seasons. He nearly beat him again this year with that garbage a$$ team. Having Saban's number alone does not make you a contender. Now Saban is gone.
 
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LittleVol said:
I love how people just assume GMac or Madden will take over when Nico leaves.

Jake Merklinger is one of the best QB prospects we've ever had sign with us.
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Yep. My dream scenario is that Nico starts in 24 and 25, then goes pro, Merk starts in 26 and 27 (as a RSSo and RS Jr) then goes pro, then GMac starts in 28 and 29 (as a RSJr and RSSr).
 
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Would be nuts to get him. Worth noting though that his recruiter at Bama is the WR coach at Texas A&M now. He said after he decommitted that he's looking at A&M (visit scheduled) and Auburn. Getting him in for a visit would be huge.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Yep. My dream scenario is that Nico starts in 24 and 25, then goes pro, Merk starts in 26 and 27 (as a RSSo and RS Jr) then goes pro, then GMac starts in 28 and 29 (as a RSJr and RSSr).
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Gmac is not sitting for 4 years. I’d love to see 2-3 years of Nico, 1-2 of Merk/Gmac, so on and so forth. Best case scenario, we are the early 2000s USC with a qb in the first round every year.
 
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Ok let’s move to the juicy ‘buy your lottery ticket and see if you come up a winner’ part of the recruiting section. Tennessee has been in contact with five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams about possibly visiting next weekend in place of his originally scheduled Alabama visit.
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Kelsey Pope already has had a nice cycle with Mike Matthews and Braylon Staley. Taking your shot here in this situation is a low risk, high reward play so we will see if the dialogue continues. Auburn is thought to be the team to beat, but if you are Tennessee, it doesn’t hurt to make the call.
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vol_in_ga said:
Gmac is not sitting for 4 years. I’d love to see 2-3 years of Nico, 1-2 of Merk/Gmac, so on and so forth. Best case scenario, we are the early 2000s USC with a qb in the first round every year.
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I didn't suggest GMac would sit 4 years in that scenario. Redshirts in 25, backs up Merk in 26 and 27 as a RS Fr and RS So, respectively, then starts as a RSJr.

Of course, Merk would be eligible to go pro after 26, so he might do just that if he has a big enough season.
 
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DaddyChad said:
He contended with Bama at Ole Miss. He will beat the piss out of them at Auburn.
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Freeze beat Saban two seasons in a row. If that's the only metric you're looking at, then you would think Freeze is a National Championship type coach. However, if you look at the overall record those two seasons...not so much. The Ole Miss record for most wins in a season is 11 and most wins during the regular season is 10. Freeze didn't set those records...Lane Kiffin did. He'll probably do well at Auburn, but his actual resume hasn't shown him to be an elite coach...just a good one.
 
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LittleVol said:
I love how people just assume GMac or Madden will take over when Nico leaves.

Jake Merklinger is one of the best QB prospects we've ever had sign with us.
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Isn’t this just you assuming Merk is gonna be really good?
 
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