Recruiting Football Talk VII

[drvenner]

SEC reveals 2024 opponents and locations...in conference...June 14, 2023....OOC psssh no biggies ..couple of cupcakes a one power 5 school..

My point is that the games were on the site at one time and now they're not. I anticipate they won't change but it seems strange they're not published there months after the announcement.

 

[Weezer]

Sounds like something @Weezer would do.

Why are there so many liars on VN?

Not that I'm judging.

 

[engineerVOL]

Was just reminded that Fulmer resigned on this day in 2008. That was a long time ago.

 

[Orange.]

If someone has a way to contact @nicksjuzunk directly, maybe you should to make sure he is ok.

 

[engineerVOL]

If someone has a way to contact @nicksjuzunk directly, maybe you should to make sure he is ok.

Someone on here knows him personally, when he’s been slacking in the past, they said he’s fine, just busy.


…slacker

 

[Devo182]

If you want something to complain about...don't look here.

I feel like we've taken our FG kicking a bit for granted, but let's give some love to the STs and keep this in mind the next time we actually don't hit for once. They ain't automatic, we're just making them feel that way.

FGs Made %
2020: 56%
2021: 75%
2022: 80%
2023: 88%

 

[Orange.]

Was just reminded that Fulmer resigned on this day in 2008. That was a long time ago.

And we are just getting past it with Heupel. So glad we have DW and Heup.

 

[Orange.]

Someone on here knows him personally, when he’s been slacking in the past, they said he’s fine, just busy.


…slacker

We need a backup plan, but that's not easy.

 

[knoxvol52]

If you want something to complain about...don't look here.

I feel like we've taken our FG kicking a bit for granted, but let's give some love to the STs and keep this in mind the next time we actually don't hit for once. They ain't automatic, we're just making them feel that way.

FGs Made %
2020: 56%
2021: 75%
2022: 80%
2023: 88%

Kickers aren't football players...ask Shannon Sharpe....

 

[knoxvol52]

We need a backup plan, but that's not easy.

You know who the go to guy is...

 

[BaldBiker]

You know who the go to guy is...

No. Just no.

 

[Govolsman98]

If you want something to complain about...don't look here.

I feel like we've taken our FG kicking a bit for granted, but let's give some love to the STs and keep this in mind the next time we actually don't hit for once. They ain't automatic, we're just making them feel that way.

FGs Made %
2020: 56%
2021: 75%
2022: 80%
2023: 88%

Campbell is a big reason we beat Kentucky. We're lucky to have him

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

If someone has a way to contact @nicksjuzunk directly, maybe you should to make sure he is ok.

He’s fine. Said he’s just so busy. Hasn’t had time to get the thread up. I told him to just start and put a score prediction. Crickets

 

[franklinpence]

I swill forever think of Saban as Napoleon and Smart as Hitler.

I prefer Saban as Stalin, Kirby as Mao.

 

[Orange.]

NCAA taking their shot to head off the NIL tide/reality. Interesting they draw the line on CHICAGO STATE.

Five-star twins sue NCAA over denied eligibility

Twins Matt and Ryan Bewley, former five-star prospects who signed to play basketball at Chicago State, sued the NCAA in federal court after they were denied eligibility for receiving money they say was tied to NIL while at Overtime Elite.

www.espn.com

I read yesterday that Sankey and Tony Petitti, the B1G commish, made a trip together with some others (I forget who) to speak to people in Washington a few days ago.

 

[Devo182]

Big difference from last year to now. The interesting thing is I just heard the other week that the best RZ offenses tend to be the best rushing teams. Are we just not sticking with what works or do defenses know we want to lean on the run game moreso this year? I've also heard people say we don't trust Joe as much in the RZ and can't disagree...HH became a master of the short RZ slants for TDs and we seem to be lacking there this season. Either way, we know we're getting into positions to score...we just need to capitalize better and that could be the difference down the stretch. Fix that, find a replacement for Hadden, and it's not out of the realm of possibility we make a nice run and win 10+ again.


Red Zone Attempts (not a huge difference)
2022 - #2 SEC 5.2/game
2023 - #4 SEC 4.6/game

Red Zone TD% (Huge difference)
2022 - 79% #1 SEC #1 Nationally
2023 - 51% #13 SEC #113 Nationally

 

[TrippieRedd]

Russell hoodies from the 80-90s are just a different level of comfort

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

The Stand is my favorite King novel. Masterpiece.

Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me (The Body) says hold my beer. The Green Mile also

 

[Orange.]

You know who the go to guy is...

Someone cool and collected like @jave36 combined with or followed by someone who carries the eternal flame like @VolsDoc81TX or @SweetasSoda.

@Glitch's job is to bust into the room in his Vols regalia and set the tone.

@nicksjuzunk could just write the thread title and follow it with "GBO!" That would provide a way for the new people to leave the karmic aspect of the thread to Nick without taking Nick more than a minute or two max to do his job.

I'm sure I am leaving good options out. There are a lot of people here I did not mention who would do a great job. Someone help me out.

 

[franklinpence]

Wasn't Hitler somewhat strong at Military planning with Blitz Krieg and such? Then he had the whole ignorant two front war thing.

Nah. That wasn’t Hitler. That was the military being smart enough not to fight the same war they had a generation earlier. The French didn’t learn that lesson and built the Maginot Line.

Hitler was a populist, rabble-rouser. Ginned up the population and rode that wave of support. Convinced himself he was a genius and started meddling with military plans. Military leadership were too afraid to disagree. Thus the two front war and unprotected supply lines. Glad he was too flawed to recognize his flaws. Led to his downfall.

 

[knoxvol52]

NCAA taking their shot to head off the NIL tide/reality. Interesting they draw the line on CHICAGO STATE.

Five-star twins sue NCAA over denied eligibility

Twins Matt and Ryan Bewley, former five-star prospects who signed to play basketball at Chicago State, sued the NCAA in federal court after they were denied eligibility for receiving money they say was tied to NIL while at Overtime Elite.

www.espn.com

They signed with a NBA development league..plus got paid...can't have their cake and eat it too..

 

[ugg]

Whar's the game thread?

Blue font? If not..... The game thread is a thread typically posted in the forums home page. It is a place for people to go talk about the game during the game without crowding the RF with posts about said game. When all is well and good, the thread is created by nicksjazunk. When Nick posts the thread the Vols play well and usually win. Lately Nick has been busy traveling abroad helping the less fortunate (I am guessing). In his absence the game thread has occasionally been posted by someone other than Nick. (See Glitch). When someone other than Nick posts the game thread bad things happen. This is why so many people are calling for Nick to get a game thread up. And why so many people are telling Glitch to stay in his lane. At least that is how I see it.

 

[RudyVol]

If you want something to complain about...don't look here.

I feel like we've taken our FG kicking a bit for granted, but let's give some love to the STs and keep this in mind the next time we actually don't hit for once. They ain't automatic, we're just making them feel that way.

FGs Made %
2020: 56%
2021: 75%
2022: 80%
2023: 88%

Hit 100% of field goals attempted against Alabama in 2022 and for that I will be forever grateful.

 

[sutro]

Hmm. . .

Enki - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I had always wondered whether you were Sumerian or Egyptian. Pretty long commute to be both, back in the day.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Big difference from last year to now. The interesting thing is I just heard the other week that the best RZ offenses tend to be the best rushing teams. Are we just not sticking with what works or do defenses know we want to lean on the run game moreso this year? I've also heard people say we don't trust Joe as much in the RZ and can't disagree...HH became a master of the short RZ slants for TDs and we seem to be lacking there this season. Either way, we know we're getting into positions to score...we just need to capitalize better and that could be the difference down the stretch. Fix that, find a replacement for Hadden, and it's not out of the realm of possibility we make a nice run and win 10+ again.


Red Zone Attempts (not a huge difference)
2022 - #2 SEC 5.2/game
2023 - #4 SEC 4.6/game

Red Zone TD% (Huge difference)
2022 - 79% #1 SEC #1 Nationally
2023 - 51% #13 SEC #113 Nationally

Joe has missed some of those slants, but I think there are two bigger reasons.

Slower tempo and a gazillion red zone penalties.

Take 2nd and 3rd drive of the UK game. A holding call killed the 2nd drive where Milton would have scrambled for a first.

The second drive Wright gashes them for three runs of 11, 18 and 5 then subs himself out which let UK catch their breath, substitute, then we followed that up with a false start. Then there was a false start on a 3rd and 9 then a conservative play call.

Guys subbing themselves out when we've been rolling and red zone penalties I think are a huge reason.