'25 Portal Thread

#307
#307
GVol1966 said:
He had 604 yards, 5.7 per carry, 7 tds and 50 yards per game last year as # THREE. Back.
I think he had proven he was legit, and surprised no one with what he’s done.
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You actually just agreed with me. Even if you don’t realize it.
 
#311
#311
NighthawkVol said:
Why is no one mentioning Nate Spillman as a possible transfer? Has he played a snap in 2 years? That’s a scholarship we could use on production.

I know he’s Edwin’s brother, but Elijah Herring transferred and it didn’t affect Caleb. You’d think he’d want to go somewhere he can play.
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Elijah left on his own volition. We took Nate’s commitment just to land his brother. If we nudge Nate out the door, we risk losing Edwin.
 
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#312
#312
HoleInTheRoof said:
Elijah left on his own volition. We took Nate’s commitment just to land his brother. If we nudge Nate out the door, we risk losing Edwin.
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True. But my last sentence is what I was getting at. You’d think the kid would want to go somewhere and play.

If he’s just hanging around to be with his brother with no real ambition of playing, switch him to an NIL “scholarship” and free up a real scholarship.
 
#315
#315
NighthawkVol said:
True. But my last sentence is what I was getting at. You’d think the kid would want to go somewhere and play.

If he’s just hanging around to be with his brother with no real ambition of playing, switch him to an NIL “scholarship” and free up a real scholarship.
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The NCAA is probably going to abolish walk ons soon at the FBS level to crack down on teams doing that

I don’t think Nate would go for that anyway
 
#319
#319
Jackcrevol said:
Not a single one of those am I upset over. Recruiting mid guys at that spot doesn't work. We are Tennessee. I expect either better evaluations relative to what we want to do, or getting higher rated guys. We have it all.

No excuses.
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Leacock gets some hype but just can't stay healthy. Webb and Nimrod are merely serviceable. We need more than that.
 
#321
#321
Smokymtnbullet said:
Darnell Wright started at RT as a Freshman.
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true. so did Morris. but that was more of a "we don't have a choice" move vs. a "this dude is ready now" move. great player. got better with experience. Morris too, just not here.....sigh.
 
#322
#322
GVol1966 said:
No I don’t. We disagree on him being unproven.
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...As the #1 RB. Because he was. As you admitted in all caps...he was the # THREE RB. That's not an opinion, so it's nothing we can disagree on.

I'll try to make this easy for you...if someone has never done something, he's never proven it. It really is that simple. He'd never been the #1 RB. He had, by your own admission, been the #3 RB. Therefore, he was unproven as the #1 RB because he'd never done it. If you don't understand by now, it's because you don't want to.
 
#323
#323
VolNRaleighNC said:
Nimrod could be the only one I see staying just cause he’s gotten more PT than the other 2 but I wouldn’t mind upgrading over CN either.
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i don't want to bag on the kid, but i think he's totally replaceable. one i'm curious to see what happens is Staley. hate to hear that about Leacock...really thought he could be a Tillman type receiver....maybe still will be?

i'm ready to see some dudes out there playing WR. we have a bunch of "serviceable" it feels like. Matthews can be a "dude"....Staley has potential, i think? but we've seen so far, that it appears WR in this offesne is a little more developmental than we maybe thought? or we just haven't hit on the right guys yet....? anyway...if there's opportunities to upgrade, i think we do it for sure.
 
#324
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Shame on everyone for talking bad about Webb, Leacock, and Nimrod.

Like most of you like to say around here “tHeY cAn dEveLoP, aNd iF wE get a tRaNsfeR it WiLl pUsH sOmEoNe oUt”

When I talk about getting a transfer RB, everyone gets all mad and hurt.

Funny how it works.
 
#325
#325
NighthawkVol said:
...As the #1 RB. Because he was. As you admitted in all caps...he was the # THREE RB. That's not an opinion, so it's nothing we can disagree on.

I'll try to make this easy for you...if someone has never done something, he's never proven it. It really is that simple. He'd never been the #1 RB. He had, by your own admission, been the #3 RB. Therefore, he was unproven as the #1 RB because he'd never done it. If you don't understand by now, it's because you don't want to.
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Let me make this simple for you where you might be able to understand.

1,2, 3 —/ these are just numbers.
You understand they do the same thing.
Carry the freaking football, block, etc.
He’s done all that plenty of times before this year to prove he’s more than capable.
So saying someone that had 600 rushing yards has never done it, is ignorance.

He might have been labeled the #3 but he more of every stat than small at #2.
Don’t get hung up on labels man.
They will confuse you
 
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