'25 Portal Thread

#537
#537
Franklin_Vol09 said:
Talked to a NFL scout this week. Says that unless Sampson has an amazing postseason, he sees him as a 5th round pick. Fumbles being a concern.

He would make as much in NIL as his first year rookie contract as a 5th rounder. If he comes back, he could improve to second or third round.
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Normally I'd agree with this for college guys, but in this case I don't. Because RBs have limited tread on their tires. After next year his knock at the draft will be his age and the number of carries he's had. His big selling point right now is his limited touches in yr 1 and 2 with good production and his impressive season this year. The talent and ability is apparent. He would be a steal in the 5th, but he deserves an earlier selection.
 
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#538
#538
Carp said:
You think the final 3-4 games of Pruitts awful 3 year career is proof that he gave someone other than Maurer else a legit shot? Really? Give me a break guy.
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You think it doesn't? That's literally the definition of giving someone else a chance, because Pruitt expected to return and JG had another year to play too.

It's okay to be wrong dude, and you absolutely were/are. Now you're moving goalposts to make your absolutely wrong statement feel better to yourself lol
 
#539
#539
Carp said:
I made 1 passing comment where I vaguely compared Arnold to JG, and another poster went absolute bat **** with the JG defense. I don't know if he's related to guy or what.
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Lmao, I haven't defended JG at all. I corrected your revisionist history of not giving any of the backup QBs a chance during those years. We did. Multiple times. Multiple players. They all sucked.

That's just how incompetent our coaches were and how bad our team was during that timeframe.
 
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#540
#540
TMvol10 said:
O Line is of the utmost importance in the portal this year. Spend all our portal money on some big uglies
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The OL is the very hardest position to find quality players in the portal. In fairness it’s the hardest position to recruit overall. Great sure fire tackles don’t grow on trees and development is the most important key. It takes time for the majority. Not saying it doesn’t happen it does, but it’s not like there will be a ton in the portal that will improve our line. The good thing is we have good talent evaluators on our staff that can identity the ones that are capable of improving us up front. GBO
 
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#543
Wonder if we have some kind of “in” with that Thompson kid.

Randomly follows Danny O’ Brien, but I guess Fenton and Flint are close together so they may just know each other lol
 
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#546
SoilVol said:
Can't believe in 2024 we are still b*tchin about JG. But revisionist history is a powerful drug, so let me set the record straight. You are pretty wrong here:

2018 was a primary year for JG. He started the entire season.

Keller Chryst played 3 quarters against Bama and Mizzou in 2018. When he came in against Mizzou it was 6-0 in the 2nd quarter and JG had led 9 plays for -17 yards so he got benched. Chryst had 2 INTs and a fumble and it ended up 50-17. He absolutely was given a shot and played poorly. He looked decent against Bama but the game was already out of hand in the 2nd quarter when he came in.

2019, Pruitt tried multiple times to let another QB take the job.

Against Florida in 2019, Pruitt benched JG. Maurer started the 2nd half. He led a field goal drive and threw an INT before getting benched for JG.

Then Maurer started the next week against Georgia. Led 2 TD drives but also threw an INT, and lost a fumble returned for a TD and had another fumble. He got benched for JG at the end of the game.

The next week Maurer started again against MSU. This is the game he got concussed. He threw 2 INTs in the first half. JG came in and finished the game, leading the 91yd TD drive to push us up 20-10. W.

Maurer started AGAIN the following week against Bama. He threw an INT and ran for a TD before JG replaced him at the end of the 1st quarter.

The next week JG started against Soith Carolina (you said Shrout started, he didn't) with Maurer out and Shrout came in mid-3rd after JG got injured on the JJ TD pass. Shrout finished the game solidly against South Carolina in a W coming in the 3rd Q.

The next week against Kentucky Maurer started AGAIN. Vols were losing 13-3 at half and not moving the ball well. JG came back in and led the Vols to a 17-13 W on the road.

JG earned his start back after that finishing with Ws against Mizzou and Vandy and Indiana. However after throwing a pick-6 against Indiana (2nd INT) Pruitt benched him for Maurer. He came back in down 19-9 and led the Vols to a comeback W in the bowl game.

2020, Pruitt fully put JG aside for younger QBs, and neither of them held onto the job.

In 2020 JG earned the start. Exclusively played in the first 3 games going 2-1. Of course he had his worst game of his career against Kentucky in wk4 throwing 2 pick-6's back to back. Got benched. Shrout went full Gaston Moore Leroy Jenkins and threw an INT next possession. JG returned. Nothing doing. Harrison Bailey finished the game.

The following week was Bama. JG started. Went poorly.

The next week was at Arkansas. JG started and we were up 13-0 at half. After half Arky went up 21-13. Maurer came in and did nothing (3 drives, 10 plays, 14yds). Bailey came in for the final 2 drives and finished both drives with interceptions. JG might've won us that game had he been allowed to finish it (maybe he was injured).

JG started against Auburn. Bailey came in down 27-10. Led a TD drive. Lost 30-17.

Next week against Florida, Bailey STARTED the game. We were down 31-7 in the 4th. Shrout came in for the final two drives and led 2tds. Lost 31-19.

Bailey started again against Vandy the next week. Shrout came in in the 2nd quarter down 7-10. Did nothing. Bailey came back in. Vols up 35-10 and Shrout comes back in for 1 play and throws INT. Bailey finished the game with the big win.

Bailey started again against Texas A&M. After fumbling down 17-7, Shrout came in. Went 4-5 possessions and threw a TD to Tillman. Bailey came back out. Did nothing. Shrout came back out and threw an INT. Lost 34-13.

But suuuuureeee.... We had NO idea what we had in the other QBs. They never got quality reps in meaningful games. Never started a different QB. Yeah, they all went on to do nothing at their future stops with lesser programs but who knows if they would've been better here.
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I think we're done here.
 
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#550
#550
Smokey'sHandler said:
Unless they have an insane portal haul Kentucky is headed for Joker Phillips type depths. It is a shame for Stoops that he wasn't able to land the A&M job last year. May be the last opportunity he gets at something like that.
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It wasn’t Stoops choice.

Their fanbase was against the hire.
 
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