Recruiting Football Talk VII

[Orange_Crush]

Yikes. That’s just uncalled for. Never wish a major injury on someone.

Not even on some-dawg.

 

[SweetasSoda]

 

[SmokinBob]

Rusty on Basilio with a heater of a stat:

For the Vols in 2021 and 2022, the percentage of pass interference calls on our incompletions was 22%.

For the Vols in 2023, the percentage of pass interference calls on our incompletions is 3%.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Car/insurance folks:

Had a rock from one of those DA trucks hit my windshield on the interstate. It's grown and I think the windshield needs to be replaced. Safelite is nearly $900. Is it better to file with insurance or pay OOP? Are there cheaper options than Safelite or is that about normal?

Safelite is high as hell. @TrippieRedd high. I use a local shop. I suggest you look into a small, local outfit.

 

[SmokinBob]

This is a startling stat to read, but it does match up with what we've been seeing/saying.

I wonder what those stats are for other teams….

 

[engineerVOL]

 

[Adam Sandler]

Looks like the Michigan State faithful have concocted their own “Meyerumors”

They’re gonna be really disappointed when the hire whoever replaced Freeze at Liberty.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Anyone a big cigar smoker? I’d like to get a good one today and not sure what to get. I’m thinking $50 plus. Already bought the Colonel EH Taylor small batch to enjoy with it.

 

[CABVOL]

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NIL should be very kind to him next year. And THIS is how you up your valuation.

 

[Skullbone]

Anyone a big cigar smoker? I’d like to get a good one today and not sure what to get. I’m thinking $50 plus. Already bought the Colonel EH Taylor small batch to enjoy with it.

If you're dead set on spending that much I'd choose either anything Padron or maybe an Opus X. But in my humble opinion it's hard to beat a La Flor Dominicana double ligero with a dark maduro wrap. Also, anything by Litto Gomez will be good. They're not quite $50 but still very nice boutique cigars that at least to me are as good or better than most.

 

[mrmax86]

Welcome to page 1,111

Make a wish.

My wish is to beat Bama.

 

[BigSteve09]

Does a spliff count as a cigar for purposes the Tennessee Alabama winner's tradition? Asking for a friend.

 

[knoxvol52]

I hate cigars..but if need be i will go buy Swisher Sweets lol...

 

[InVOLuntary]

I hate cigars..but if need be i will go buy Swisher Sweets lol...

Not a big cigar smoker either but the E.H. Taylor caught my eye.

 

[Glitch]

He needs to be silenced

No, but he deserves the metric ton of criticism that his idiotic comments deserve. Hiding behind the privacy block wall shows what a coward he really is.

 

[Glitch]

Doesn't @Weezer already do that?

@Weezer spams my inbox with pics of him hanging out nekkid in alleys and other disgusting such places. I have set a rule on my inbox that all his e-mails go straight to my deleted folder and then it clears itself every evening.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

People tend to remember the catches and forget the misses. Hooker had a couple misses every game.
Difference is they were erased from memories by gaudy plays and numbers. So far Milton has had to throw into tighter windows than Hooker usually had to. I mean last year we had at least one wide open receiver on every play. We don't have the same receivers anymore.

We do to..he just doesn't see them.

 

[knoxvol52]

No, but he deserves the metric ton of criticism that his idiotic comments deserve. Hiding behind the privacy block wall shows what a coward he really is.

I appreciate passionate fans 100%.. but this cat is a nut case..Harvey UpDyke

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Hooker was actually criticized by some in year one for the long misses. I was at the Music City Bowl, and people on here were quite critical.

I’m not going to say that Joe has been good, but he’s probably been the most scrutinized QB at UT in quite some time.

Hooker did miss a lot, but he hit a lot too...and that is the big difference in him and Joe.

 

[butchna]

They’re gonna be really disappointed when the hire whoever replaced Freeze at Liberty.

Chadwell is used to little or no recruiting resources.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

Ok folks. It is Thursday and we don't have a game thread. I am getting a little tweaky....

So what time you giving til you make the thread?

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Agreed, I honestly think Joe is a bad fit for this system.

The best QBs for what we do imo are either accurate guys with a good enough arm to hit deep, or QBs with a great RPO IQ. You don’t have to be a 4.4 guy to make it work, but knowing when to keep those hurry up RPO calls is huge for opening up deep ball shots.

Hendo was good in both areas and elevated a team above their talent/depth level last season.

Biggest issue with Joe at QB this year is like you said. Teams aren’t worried about the long ball. Hopefully Alabama makes that mistake and we finally connect on some.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

Some of y'all get so worked up over stuff that doesn't matter lol. Gary has been indiscriminately ruining football broadcasts since I was in diapers. I'm in a Facebook group dedicated to making fun of him. Meanwhile you've spun an entire alternate universe where the refs call two extra penalties. On top of Nico playing in a blowout win, I hope I have tens of millions of dollars and a giant package in that universe also.

Gary sucks. The refs, they have sucked all year. At least this game they managed to suck more or less equally for both sides. Missing two obvious facemasks out in the open in the backfield is just as egregious as the missed PI's.

“Another hobnail boot” said like he witnessed his dog being put down moments after he went mental with excitement after Georgia’s Hail Mary should tell you something.

I won’t comment on you officiating take, but your opinions on Gary seem off. He clearly has favorites. He clearly doesn’t like Tennessee. Even Paul Finebaum couldn’t hold his tongue anymore.

 

[BigSteve09]

Alright folks, let's play a game.

Right now, we are averaging 8 penalties, 69.2 yards/game
Our opponents are averaging 6.2 penalties, 46.7 yards/game

How many penalties will we have on Saturday, and how many will Alabama have?

I'm going to say 11 for us, 5 for them

 

[knoxvol52]

@butcha why would Philadelphia sign Julio Jones.?.whose best years are laying in Atlanta...they have A.J.Brown and Devonta Smith makes zero sense...