Recruiting Football Talk VII

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PlanetVolunteer said:
He still has a better resume than Nimrod and Webb

He has it in him. Dude had three catches against UGA last year and a 151 yard game against Utah.

Our coaches have to try and get him going somehow. He must be in his head bad. He should he able to give us SOMETHING. Like that one catch against Florida. I know his hamstring is iffy too, but still.

But yeah. Worst portal pick up thplayback.
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Uhhhh...Nimrod has a better resume attached UT than Thornton in the one game he has gotten much run.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
I just don't see a ceiling with him. He's at best Jimmy Holiday. He's just a guy. Webb is at least big. Still not elite athleticism.

Wouldn't be surprised if we get a portal WR, Leacock and Mike Matthews all surpass Webb and Nimrod.

I'm sure they can be okay, but neither of them will ever be Hyatt, Bru, Tillman, Velus etc. They don't have the body type. Maybe Webb could.
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Prior to Hyatt’s performance last year, no one thought that he would be the 22 version of himself either.

This staff can develop the players if the players put in the work required.

Exhibit #2: Wright at RB.

14-1 🤠 will improve many things for our program.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Nope, I am in today today. They had a good time. They are all good sports. Although I thought my son was going to punch the guy behind him in the stadium. Dude was drunk and kept hitting my son in the head with his beer can. Luckily the guy left before that happened. 😎
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I would support the punch of the beer guy.
 
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With a day to sit on it, I actually am less frustrated by the offense.

A&M is the best passing defense in the SEC, they are 1st in completion % given up and 2nd in passing yards allowed and that's before we played them.

In fact only Miami and Bama have thrown for better than 58% against them and those are also the only two teams to throw for 150 yards or more (yes you read that correctly). Mind you they haven't just been playing cupcakes either, Auburn, Arkansas, Miami, and Bama. So our performance in the passing game wasn't exactly an anomaly, their defense has been that good.

But what is impressive is that we ran all over them, they came into the day as the best rush defense in the SEC and now are 4th, just in front of us.

So really what we as fans should take away more than anything is that our defense is one of the best in the SEC, 1st in yards per play allowed, 3rd in points allowed, 4th in rushing yards allowed, 4th in total yards allowed, 5th in passing yards allowed. We're a bit behind in turnovers at 1.3 a game, which has us 8th but Georgia and Alabama are also sitting at 1.3 a game.

So our passing offense got exposed/played bad...with us losing a few OL starters, losing Bru and Thornton and Joe continuing to be inconsistent it's not that shocking that we laid an egg against the best pass defense in conference. Hopefully the struggles will be teaching points for the staff and players and they make improvements moving forward. Bama & Georgia are the only two teams left that are as good or better than A&M defensively.

We have back to back road games coming up & we didn't show up for our only true road game in the swamp so we better have figured some things out cause we all know Kentucky and Missouri both are going to use every play/trick in the book to try and beat us.
 
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Smokey123 said:
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Not to mention all the TFL's in the run game and screen game. He is also great with run gap fits, covers like a LB and is athletic enough to change direction to cut off QBs leaving the pocket when he gets too wide. 1st round pick material....imagine him with another 25lbs of muscle which his frame will easily hold. We will be ELITE on the edge for years to come.
 
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gainesvol82 said:
I love this man.....how can you not!? Such a likeable human being and fantastic coach. I hope he retires here, we build him a statue and name some stuff after him. The Heupel Hill?

His genuine personality shows why his players love him and he recruits well. We finally have the superstar coach we deserve but a person we can all love and respect. Danny White's great relationship with Josh makes me happy knowing that he coaches here a long time. The guy loves UT and it shows....keep giving that man his money!
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Anybody hear exactly what he says starting about 28 seconds?

Something about being like 1985 and fn or not fn something up.

I can't make it out on my phone.
 
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