Recruiting Football Talk VII

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MoCo_Vol said:
Man the love for Deion is so weird...

4-6 and 2nd to last in the Pac-12 one of the worst defenses in all of college football. His lack of a run game makes the Air Raid offenses look like damn Army.

All this after he overhauled and bought his entire roster basically, but yeah "give him a break cause you can't get the talent to Colorado" well, why did he take the job then... oh I know control. You think A&M is going to let Deion have that same level?

Now if it was Arkansas...Jerry Jones might have enough pull to make it happen. I'm not sure if A&M needs the "buzz" that Deion brings since they already have a fanbase that shows up to games regardless.
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I don't think he's the best x's and o's coach but I'd be lying if I didn't think he'd pull a plethora of 5 stars to A&M. They're already doing it without him. With the hype Deion brought the recruiting would be insane.

He took the job because it was a huge leap from Jackson State? Salary wise and it's a D1 school. FSU wouldn't hire him so he had to get some experience somewhere.
 
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MarcoVol said:
Why wouldn’t Small return?

Yeah I think Small and Sampson get majority of attempts and Seldon will have an opportunity to prove himself and earn more. But everyone here has been counting out Small every season.
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I love Small. He's a great RB. He ~might~ grad transfer somewhere to be a RB1. I hope he doesn't and I think he's all Vol but I'm not banking on anything these days.

I'm hoping he gets enough touches to crack the Top 10 in career rushing yards. He's very close.
 
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Devo182 said:
Out of curiousity - when has a conference punished one of its own teams? I can't remember any tbh but I'm sure it's happened before
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Strange but true: SEC suspends Bruce Pearl

If this is what you expected to happen today, you have much better foresight than I. From ESPN.com news services (and originally brought to my attention via Twitter by Andy Katz):Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive has suspended Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl for the Volunteers' first...
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Jaylen Wright is 152yd away from 1000k for the season. ~230 from Top 10 in TN Career Yards.

Jabari Small is 300yd away from Top 10.

Unfortunately with injuries, offense taking a step down as a whole, and the rise of Sampson, Small is having a down year. Still averaging 4.9yds a carry though.
 
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volbeast33 said:

Strange but true: SEC suspends Bruce Pearl

If this is what you expected to happen today, you have much better foresight than I. From ESPN.com news services (and originally brought to my attention via Twitter by Andy Katz):Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive has suspended Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl for the Volunteers' first...
www.espn.com
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Good catch. So Harbaugh will get a three-year show cause from the NCAA after and in addition to the conference action? Because that is what the NCAA did in the Tennessee case. The NCAA absolutely did not let it stand at league action. He gave out an illegal hamburger or a hot dog or something and then lied about it to the NCAA. I mean both of them did. 😂 Harbaugh also had some other infractions like an illegal number of coaches at practices and I don't remember what all.

The Pearl action by the SEC was also interesting for a fact noted by ESPN at the time: "You could forgive [sic] the SEC if it's eager to show its disciplinary chops in the face of a brewing scandal involving the country's best football player in Cam Newton." Of course, they omitted the word "not," and sloughed off the whole thing as a joke: Newton won a title, so the SEC punished Tennessee instead. 😂
 
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Orange. said:
Good catch. So Harbaugh will get a three-year show cause from the NCAA after and in addition to the conference action? Because that is what the NCAA did in the Tennessee case. The NCAA absolutely did not let it stand at league action. He gave out an illegal hamburger or a hot dog or something and then lied about it to the NCAA. I mean both of them did. 😂 Harbaugh also had some other infractions like an illegal number of coaches at practices and I don't remember what all.

The Pearl action by the SEC was also interesting for a fact noted by ESPN at the time: "You could forgive [sic] the SEC if it's eager to show its disciplinary chops in the face of a brewing scandal involving the country's best football player in Cam Newton." Of course, they omitted the word "not," and sloughed off the whole thing as a joke: Newton won a title, so the SEC punished Tennessee instead. 😂
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At the time…. it was stated that the SEC was trying to punish him to fend off the NCAA…. Tennessee eventually parted ways with Pearl before the NCAA ruling.
 
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November 17, 1968
The Heidi Game
The Raiders took on the NY Jets on November 17, 1968. With the Jets up by 3 with 65 seconds left, NBC switched away from the game to its scheduled programming - the children's movie Heidi - and TV viewers never saw the Raiders emerge victoriously.

What They Missed: Play-by-Play​

  • With 65 seconds remaining in the game, the Jets kicked a field goal to take 32-29 lead. Jets kicked off and the Raiders returned the ball to their own 23-yard line.
  • At Raiders' 23-yard line, Raiders QB Daryle Lamonica completed a 20-yard pass to HB Charlie Smith, who was facemasked by Jets S Mike D'Amato. The penalty put the ball at the Jets 43.
  • Lamonica found Smith again, who outraced D'Amato down the sideline for a 43-yard touchdown. The extra point gave the Raiders a 36-32 lead with 42 seconds to play.
  • On the kickoff, Jets kick returner Earl Christy fumbled the ball. It was picked up at the two-yard line by Raiders special teamer Preston Ridlehuber, who ran it in for a touchdown.
  • The Raiders scored two touchdowns in a nine-second span and held on to win a most memorable game, 43-32.
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