Recruiting Football Talk VII

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Vols4us said:
Some posters...

NFL - "Go get the best FAs you can find to fill those positions."

CFB - "This transfer portal and NIL stuff is killing the sport."

They are both pay for play and always have been. The numbers got bigger and are more legit in CFB now. Go get that talent. Use the resources. Winning and success brings more resources.
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At least in the NFL not everyone is a free agent. You have to be with the team a certain amount of time before you become available. In college anyone can become available each year. Thatā€™s causing the ā€œWild Westā€ chaotic feel.

We should take advantage while we can. I think there will be more restrictions in the future because itā€™s so out of hand right now.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
Schedule isnā€™t easy. @Norman. @UGA. Etc.

But looking at the dates and order of the games.. Iā€™m happy with that. We FINALLY get to play UF a little later in the season, we have our hardest stretch of games at home, and yeah, itā€™s weird to see 2 bye weeks but those will be valuable, IMO. Sets up nicely all things considered.
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Norman isnā€™t really the hostile environment that most SEC venues areā€¦they boo their own team for any bad play. If itā€™s remotely possible they lose, then fans are leaving in the second half. Have friends whose kids go to oklahoma. Both sets of parents went to one game and were totally unimpressed.

Iā€™m planning on going to that game. Iā€™m expecting to leave with a win. šŸ˜Ž
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Itā€™s worse in soccer and then 80% of the rosters are foreigners.
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As someone who went through a little college soccer recruiting, can confirm. It's an enigma to me. So many great players I watched get totally ignored or overlooked and decide to either retire or take offers for other sports. Then lesser players end up at colleges with scholarships.

It's like they expect the Americans to reach out to them for interest while the coaching staff uses all their recruiting budget on foreign players. Instead of throwing the kitchen sink at local players winning regional and state awards.
 
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SoilVol said:
As someone who went through a little college soccer recruiting, can confirm. It's an enigma to me. So many great players I watched get totally ignored or overlooked and decide to either retire or take offers for other sports. Then lesser players end up at colleges with scholarships.

It's like they expect the Americans to reach out to them for interest while the coaching staff uses all their recruiting budget on foreign players. Instead of throwing the kitchen sink at local players winning regional and state awards.
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Ive never understood that. Occasionally, as in once't every fifteen years or so. ETSU will have a player that makes the LPGA or PGA. Same for tennis, microscopically. Glad they dont do that as much for soccer any more.

Always like App State for the very reason, they get kids from all over, but mostly NC. Same for Mars Hill.
 
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I've read most of if not all Connelly books, good reads.

Another author I've enjoyed is John Sandford with the Prey books, if you enjoy detective novels, Lucas Davenport is a bad ass too..
 
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Colorado State TE Dallin Holker 64 receptions, 767 yards, 6 TDs. Junior. Finalist for the John Mackey Award.

He's not in the portal, but I told his cousin that the Vols need a TE. I took his cousin to a Tennessee game 10 years ago (2013 Georgia OT loss) and to this day he says it's the coolest fan experience he's ever had. Big time athletic family: wrestling champions, professional dancers, etc.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Ive never understood that. Occasionally, as in once't every fifteen years or so. ETSU will have a player that makes the LPGA or PGA. Same for tennis, microscopically. Glad they dont do that as much for soccer any more.

Always like App State for the very reason, they get kids from all over, but mostly NC. Same for Mars Hill.
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App State recruited one of my teammates (wrestling) one time. I think he ended up going there for a semester then dropped out for grades, but they really wanted him.

I tbh wish Tennessee had more sports. Vols kinda did my dad dirty when he was an athlete but I wanted to be a Vol so I turned down sports offers and focused on academics to go to Knoxville.
 
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jave36 said:
They do it randomly at restaurants, weddings, everywhere up here. And they do it three times.

The first time is like "weird but OK." Then they do it again and you're like "OK guys have a little self awareness you look kind of silly." Then the third time you're just cringing hard.
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Itā€™s worse in soccer and then 80% of the rosters are foreigners.
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Yep, it is. My youngest, who's 13 plays soccer, and is quite good at it as well. He played football this year for the first time over soccer in order to kick. His team was the only middle school team kicking fg's and PAT's. Both of our HS kickers got hurt and they even inquired about him stepping up to kick pat in a hs school game, but it would have gone against a year of his hs eligibility.
Back to soccer tho, it is bad, have seen it on that level as well, especially in the travel team realm!
 
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SoilVol said:
App State recruited one of my teammates (wrestling) one time. I think he ended up going there for a semester then dropped out for grades, but they really wanted him.

I tbh wish Tennessee had more sports. Vols kinda did my dad dirty when he was an athlete but I wanted to be a Vol so I turned down sports offers and focused on academics to go to Knoxville.
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That's interesting. Similar story for my Dad at WVU, and Fairmont State.

Funny, years later I have to call on that area in WV. Ive been twice in two years, which of course Iament to my Dad. It really is a testament to human kind in what they'll endure to live in WV..
 
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Before you know it weā€™ll all have to start embezzling money to fund our season tickets.

She paid for her daughterā€™s wedding, bought designer purses and purchased season tickets for University of Tennessee football and basketball games, according to federal investigators.

Sonya Hesenius, 59, of Suwanee, also bought a recreational vehicle, took cruises and paid for plane tickets for more than 20 family members and friends. But she stole all the money she used to pay for the lavish lifestyle, according to the U.S. Attorneyā€™s Office.
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www.ajc.com

Feds: Ex-Alpharetta office manager stole $3.5M to fund Tennessee tickets, trips

She paid for her daughterā€™s wedding, bought designer purses and purchased season tickets for University of Tennessee football and basketball games, according to federal investigators.
www.ajc.com www.ajc.com

Hereā€™s the photo they used on another news site.

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