Recruiting Football Talk VII

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I find offseasons in the portal and NIL era confusing. All in, sounds like Tennessee will land a very sold high school recruiting class and a really good portal class. But it could all shift again in the spring. Just how good their roster will be come fall seems much harder to evaluate at this point than it did before. I think that is true across a lot of schools and teams.

Whatever the case, I have a strong sense this will level the playing field and make college football much more entertaining to follow.

Hopefully the era of super teams (Alabama, Georgia, etc.) is steadily coming to a close...
 
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TheRain said:


It seems to me that this is probably very true. The ones they feel they must get they get. The rest are a type, and they can easily move on to the next.
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To add to that, Ole Miss thinks they have a shot to make it to the playoff at a minimum next year, and possibly take a shot at Atlanta. Their schedule is favorable enough

Their boosters are opening the checkbook to bring all their best guys back, lure in some portal talent to bolster positions of need, and they're going to make a serious run at making the playoff to jumpstart their program in the new SEC/playoff era.

It's smart thinking. They know they have a blessed schedule and are going to take advantage.

Baron and Mac were NOT going to get from us what they are getting from Ole Miss. There are several reasons, but like I said, the main one is that Ole Miss feels they have a reason to overpay to build a competitive roster for next year.
 
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@TN-POSSUM in Raleigh to watch the game tonight.

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Brillovol said:
Our family recipe is called Nuts ‘n Bolts. Here ‘tis:

Ingredients Needed:

• 2-3 cups of each:
o Rice Chex
o Wheat Chex
o Corn Chex
o Cheerios (Honey Nut adds sweetness if desired)
o Cheese-its
• 1 large can mixed nuts
• 1.5 cups pretzels
• 2 sticks of butter
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
• Celery seed

Directions:

Mix the rice Chex, wheat Chex, corn Chex, Cheerios, and Cheese-its into a bowl.

Melt 2 sticks of butter on the stove top and add 2-3 teaspoons of celery seed and 1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce.

When all is melted, pour over the ingredients and bake at 250 degrees for 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. We like to put ours in the smoker.
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Here’s tonight’s batch:

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BigSteve09 said:
To add to that, Ole Miss thinks they have a shot to make it to the playoff at a minimum next year, and possibly take a shot at Atlanta. Their schedule is favorable enough

Their boosters are opening the checkbook to bring all their best guys back, lure in some portal talent to bolster positions of need, and they're going to make a serious run at making the playoff to jumpstart their program in the new SEC/playoff era.

It's smart thinking. They know they have a blessed schedule and are going to take advantage.

Baron and Mac were NOT going to get from us what they are getting from Ole Miss. There are several reasons, but like I said, the main one is that Ole Miss feels they have a reason to overpay to build a competitive roster for next year.
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Downside of that thinking is after next year they are gonna be bad for a while. They lose legitimately every key contributor after next year
 
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Volfan39 said:
Downside of that thinking is after next year they are gonna be bad for a while. They lose legitimately every key contributor after next year
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That's why they have to parlay that playoff appearance into "we're doing something special here" to actually get recruits to take them seriously.

Ole Miss culture is to buy your way out of a problem, so their fans won't mind overpaying for mid-level to above average talent in the portal.
 
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Devo182 said:
This was pointed out on The Bennington Show a few weeks ago.

Players and coaches, playcallers, assistants waving sign boards, get-back coaches, all make dozens of mistakes a game.

Understood by everyone watching sports.

Refs make mistakes and people are suddenly aghast.

Makes sense.
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"Mistakes"....lolololol...🤣
 
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GiggerVol said:
Let's put it this way regarding age; the wife and i went by the funeral home this morning to do some planning. The director asked me if I wanted to be buried or cremated? I thought for a few seconds and told him to just surprise me lol. In all seriousness I am 64.
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😂😂😂😂

I bet his reaction was classic
 
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GiggerVol said:
Let's put it this way regarding age; the wife and i went by the funeral home this morning to do some planning. The director asked me if I wanted to be buried or cremated? I thought for a few seconds and told him to just surprise me lol. In all seriousness I am 64.
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I got three different Life Insurance Policies ,the smallest was just for my funeral and burial....

I decided a few weeks ago to tell my kids just cremate me, cheapest route....

Blow the rest of the money I will never know what you done with it anyways...
 
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Brillovol said:
Baron to Ole Miss.

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At least he didn’t go to bama. We won’t play ole miss next year. I truly think being coached by rg for another year would have been the best thing for him. And I hate that he won’t be a TENNESSEE draft pick. But best of luck, hope it works out for him.
 
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