Bray getting FAT 232

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Hacksaw said:
The whole time Tyler was at UT, coaches, media analysts and fans talked about how skinny he was and how he would benefit by putting on some weight. It's interesting to note that he seems to have no problem putting on weight when he is properly motivated. I wish him nothing but the best, but I can't help but wonder why he didn't do it while he was still in college.
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Hard to add much weight when you're running stadiums every week.
 
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EaglesVols91 said:
I don't care if he succeeds or fails to be honest with you. I'm prepared to get flamed here, but he was just a blimp in Tennessee's history that will soon be forgotten in a few years.
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U don't care if a former UT qb succeeds? What is wrong with u ppl? Just how many of ur alls gf's did Bray bang? Geez..
 
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EaglesVols91 said:
I don't care if he succeeds or fails to be honest with you. I'm prepared to get flamed here, but he was just a blimp in Tennessee's history that will soon be forgotten in a few years.
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Not quite sure how a poster that makes comments like this, gets that many likes
 
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volfanngaytorland said:
That is unless he has some success in the league. Then we'll have to deal with your threads b**ching about why he says his high school instead of UT and that he's not a true VFL.
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Actually the deal with Monday night football and the players naming their high school rather than their University is mis understood.

According from Blane Bishop, former Titan & former Eagle, he said that prior to Monday night football, they record you saying your Universities name and also record you saying your high schools name. Bishop says what is said is random.

For instance, it may say your high school in week 3's Monday night game, but when you play Monday night football in week 14, it may say your University.

Random....
 
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OP I take offense, I'm coincidentally exactly 6'6" 232. No way Bray is getting fat
 
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i bet he was drinking weight gainer protein shakes 3 times a day.
i assume he was working out too.
wonder why he wasnt doing that the last couple of years.
 
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EaglesVols91 said:
It's also way he won't succeed in the NFL. If you have to have something to motivate you when it comes to playing football, then it isn't for you.
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Players in general have motivations. It can be money, desire to provide for family, a means of releasing pent up anger, a love for hitting people without legal consequences, basking in the praise of fans, or a motivational locker room speech by a coach. No pro player at least plays just for fun, Most college players want that scholarship, being drafted, and so on. Even people like you must have motivation. If you didn't you certainly wouldn't engage in your career without expected and desired compensation, usually paycheck and pension.

I think your statement is motivated by resentment for Bray. There's a number of things I didn't like about him either. Yet I have only the hope he is wildly successful as a pro player. Cups of spite are just bitter and worth only to be spewed from the mouth. Which is what too many on this board actually do.
Vols forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Johnny_Majors said:
i bet he was drinking weight gainer protein shakes 3 times a day.
i assume he was working out too.
wonder why he wasnt doing that the last couple of years.
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What difference would it have made? He played well for us and the teams around him generally sucked.
 
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GAVol said:
What difference would it have made? He played well for us and the teams around him generally sucked.
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That's a good point -- but not the point that's being discussed here. Maybe it would have made a difference and maybe it wouldn't. Bray, his agent and the NFL obviously feel like it's a good idea now. And this isn't something that wasn't discussed repeatedly during his college career. Why is he suddenly able to do something that he didn't do while in college, even though everyone seems to agree that it's a good idea?

And please don't lump me in with the haters. I hope Tyler wildly exceeds every expectation and has a stellar NFL career. I hope people talk about him in the same breath with Peyton Manning and that future blue chip QB prospects want to come to UT so the magic will rub-off on them, too.

This is just something to talk about.
 
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Hacksaw said:
That's a good point -- but not the point that's being discussed here. Maybe it would have made a difference and maybe it wouldn't. Bray, his agent and the NFL obviously feel like it's a good idea now. And this isn't something that wasn't discussed repeatedly during his college career. Why is he suddenly able to do something that he didn't do while in college, even though everyone seems to agree that it's a good idea?

And please don't lump me in with the haters. I hope Tyler wildly exceeds every expectation and has a stellar NFL career. I hope people talk about him in the same breath with Peyton Manning and that future blue chip QB prospects want to come to UT so the magic will rub-off on them, too.

This is just something to talk about.
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As a college kid, I ate like Bodacious and couldn't gain weight even when my roommate and I went on a 3 semester long protein drinks binge (Joe Weider brand, I think). Barely a year after graduation and while attending graduate school, I gained 36lbs. As an undergrad, course work was rather easy for me. I spent lots of time chasing frisbees, playing pick up basketball games, playing flag football, being on the wrestling, track, and gymnastic teams, 1-2 hour pre-breakfast runs, and having no car, walking from campus to downtown and back. I liked airplanes so it was no big deal for me to walk 8 miles to the airport early in the morning on weekends and walk 3 miles to a public library where a city bus went straight back to the campus.

Point? As an undergrad I was very active and my particular metabolism just burned calories like a phosphate fire burning in gasoline. But after that, my graduate studies demanded more of my time. My physical activity dropped drastically but I still ate like a raging bull. Result? Big time weight gain.

Suggestion? Don't judge folks on something you don't know anything about. Bray may have continued eating as he always does but not having regimented practices and such, he ballooned. But we really don't know so are in no position to judge him.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Suggestion? Don't judge folks on something you don't know anything about. Bray may have continued eating as he always does but not having regimented practices and such, he ballooned. But we really don't know so are in no position to judge him.
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Well said. I went through the same thing of not being able to gain weight when I was in college, regardless of how much fast food I ate or beer I drank or worked out or didn't work out. It wasn't until I was around 26 that I started to finally put on weight and keep it on.

I still can't believe people are bashing the guy. He's gone and we should be wishing him well.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
As a college kid, I ate like Bodacious and couldn't gain weight even when my roommate and I went on a 3 semester long protein drinks binge (Joe Weider brand, I think). Barely a year after graduation and while attending graduate school, I gained 36lbs. As an undergrad, course work was rather easy for me. I spent lots of time chasing frisbees, playing pick up basketball games, playing flag football, being on the wrestling, track, and gymnastic teams, 1-2 hour pre-breakfast runs, and having no car, walking from campus to downtown and back. I liked airplanes so it was no big deal for me to walk 8 miles to the airport early in the morning on weekends and walk 3 miles to a public library where a city bus went straight back to the campus.

Point? As an undergrad I was very active and my particular metabolism just burned calories like a phosphate fire burning in gasoline. But after that, my graduate studies demanded more of my time. My physical activity dropped drastically but I still ate like a raging bull. Result? Big time weight gain.

Suggestion? Don't judge folks on something you don't know anything about. Bray may have continued eating as he always does but not having regimented practices and such, he ballooned. But we really don't know so are in no position to judge him.
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Excellent points. Of course it's possible that he tried his best and just couldn't put on the weight in college. I doubt it, but it's possible. I'm not drawing any conclusions. As I said, it's just something to talk about. As a general rule, there are way too many people on here who seem to have a knee-jerk reaction to any conversation that they feel is critical of our players.
 
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If I am not mistaken, Bray gained weight and got stronger every year here. The difference between his Soph year and Junior year was a big difference too, and he looked it.
 
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Just showed Bray on TV, he is nowhere near fat and looks stout right now. Got some good comments too.
 
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Hacksaw said:
That's a good point -- but not the point that's being discussed here. Maybe it would have made a difference and maybe it wouldn't. Bray, his agent and the NFL obviously feel like it's a good idea now. And this isn't something that wasn't discussed repeatedly during his college career. Why is he suddenly able to do something that he didn't do while in college, even though everyone seems to agree that it's a good idea?

And please don't lump me in with the haters. I hope Tyler wildly exceeds every expectation and has a stellar NFL career. I hope people talk about him in the same breath with Peyton Manning and that future blue chip QB prospects want to come to UT so the magic will rub-off on them, too.

This is just something to talk about.
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I've just seen multiple people imply that Bray not gaining more weight in college was somehow due to a lack of commitment and cost his team which I find comical. As if there aren't guys that get with specialized trainers and do this pre draft every year.
 
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Hacksaw said:
Excellent points. Of course it's possible that he tried his best and just couldn't put on the weight in college. I doubt it, but it's possible. I'm not drawing any conclusions. As I said, it's just something to talk about. As a general rule, there are way too many people on here who seem to have a knee-jerk reaction to any conversation that they feel is critical of our players.
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That may be true sometimes . . . but this is particularly off base IMO. It happens all the time.

You also have to consider that TB is a 3rd year Junior and not a 4th or 5th year Senior. If you look up the 1996 Vols roster, Peyton Manning was 6'5", 215lbs - almost the exact size as Bray was last year. But by the time Manning got to the Colts in 1998, he was 230.
 
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GAVol said:
That may be true sometimes . . . but this is particularly off base IMO. It happens all the time.

You also have to consider that TB is a 3rd year Junior and not a 4th or 5th year Senior. If you look up the 1996 Vols roster, Peyton Manning was 6'5", 215lbs - almost the exact size as Bray was last year. But by the time Manning got to the Colts in 1998, he was 230.
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That's true, too. Another good point.
 
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