Recruiting Football Talk VII

[HoleInTheRoof]

Not clicking an atozsports article. Those guys are clueless

 

[Glitch]

our beloved recruiting forum is being gentrified by the FF

 

[butchna]

NICO TIME!

Confirmation they get ALL their info on here.

 

[volbeast33]

It really makes zero sense. QF, their school is literally nothing more than a CC campus environment. Coach has the charisma of a turd.

Just shows how NIL is most important thing in CFB.

probably as simple as he is from Missouri and they had a good season.

 

[WesTnVol]

Also for anyone who cares (not many I'm sure)

Rashard Mendenhall was a RB, played a total of 6 seasons in the NFL and went for 900 or more in 3 of them all with the Steelers. Finished his career with 4236 rushing yards, 37 TDs and a 3.9 ypc average

I find his claim that he's "better than YOUR GOAT" to be interesting... here's a few white RBs I'd take ahead of him.

Christian McCaffrey
Franco Harris
John Riggins
Jim Taylor
Larry Csonka

And he technically was a FB, but I'd take him over Mendenhall as well, Mike Alstott

I’d add Tom Matte-Jim Taylor- Marv Hubbard-Norm Bulaich- Ed Podolak
Many great running backs from a bygone era

 

[jave36]

So Missouri gets at Texas A&M, vs Auburn, at Alabama, vs Oklahoma

No clue what A&M with new HC will be and will be interesting to see how OU fairs with a new QB and their first year in the SEC.

OU lost their entire OL and QB. Decent chance mizzou can win 11 honestly. A&M Auburn are both struggling, though auburn seems to be headed in the right direction. Bama is the only highly likely loss on their schedule. Auburn will probably be a 50/50, they'll be favored in the other 10 if they're at the same level they were this year.

There's a possibility only a couple teams they play will even make a bowl game lol

 

[SoilVol]

Random:

Since 1996, Bama and Georgia have only played 11 times. Of those 11 meetings, only 4 were played outside the state of Georgia: 3 Tuscaloosa, 1 Indianapolis.

From 1996-2011 (15 years), they played just 4 times.

From 1978-2023, Georgia has played in Tuscaloosa 5 total times. 45 years... 5 games in Tuscaloosa.

In contrast, the Vols have played in Tuscaloosa 13 times since 1998, because before then the game was played in Birmingham.

 

[MarcoVol]

Which is the picture perfect reason why 12 teams is stupid. They had 0 quality wins.

Agree to disagree on the format. I’m looking forward to it

 

[InVOLuntary]

Random:

Since 1996, Bama and Georgia have only played 11 times. Of those 11 meetings, only 4 were played outside the state of Georgia: 3 Tuscaloosa, 1 Indianapolis.

From 1996-2011 (15 years), they played just 4 times.

From 1978-2023, Georgia has played in Tuscaloosa 5 total times. 45 years... 5 games in Tuscaloosa.

In contrast, the Vols have played in Tuscaloosa 13 times since 1998, because before then the game was played in Birmingham.

If you take out the SECCG GA vs Bama is ridiculously rare. Also, once in the national championship game. Sanky set this up years ago.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Agree to disagree on the format. I’m looking forward to it

So, you can honestly look at a weak schedule like Mizzou or OM this year and say they deserve to play for the biggest title in their sport? Or even an Oregon team who lost to the same team twice, even as a large favorite on a neutral field?

 

[DD4ME]

Lane's recruiting strategy

 

[MarcoVol]

So, you can honestly look at a weak schedule like Mizzou or OM this year and say they deserve to play for the biggest title in their sport? Or even an Oregon team who lost to the same team twice, even as a large favorite on a neutral field?

They deserve it if they win in the playoffs, sure. I love the idea of playoffs in college football. I realize not everyone likes it.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

They deserve it if they win in the playoffs, sure. I love the idea of playoffs in college football. I realize not everyone likes it.

I would be fine with it if the set up was different and made more sense, I just don't think CFB is set up in a way that makes sense.

 

[Playdo]

 

[Jackcrevol]

Can someone please help me.

Our team looks skinny, perhaps Wes Mother Rucker has a suggestion on the fix?

 

[Big Orange#1]

Ole Miss has a softer schedule than the Tigers.

at LSU
vs OU
vs Georgia

These “easy” schedules of Misery and Ole Miss are still miles more difficult than the schedules Georgia faced during this 2/3 year “historic run”. Shows you how much they were helped by their easy scheduling gifted by Sankey

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

With quotes like this you can just tell Nico looked better than Joe all season. I mean it’s like not even a QB competition this offseason. Like the worst kept secret in the building

 

[Weezer]

So, you can honestly look at a weak schedule like Mizzou or OM this year and say they deserve to play for the biggest title in their sport? Or even an Oregon team who lost to the same team twice, even as a large favorite on a neutral field?

I'm still looking for the logic in Bama, who already has a loss to another playoff team, making it in over an undefeated conference champion. Yet plenty on here defended that.

 

[Glitch]

Can someone please help me.

Our team looks skinny, perhaps Wes Mother Rucker has a suggestion on the fix?

What if they lifted weighted objects repeatedly?

 

[Glitch]

With quotes like this you can just tell Nico looked better than Joe all season. I mean it’s like not even a QB competition this offseason. Like the worst kept secret in the building

To be fair, with Joe on the way out, who is Nico competing against? Walk-ons and a true freshman that just got to campus three days ago.

 

[UTProf]

I probably sound like a Dobbs fanboy. . . but I dont think that coach is gonna work out up there much longer. He listens to the fans too much, the offensive calls are offensive, he cant seem to see the issue is his OL, and/or he thinks swapping QB's will magically fix the terrible OL. . . or maybe he's swapping them to buy more time to get into the off-season and try to rework the OL & get Cousins back. Either way, his moves make it seem like he's under a lot of pressure and he's in panic mode

They would've won the last game with Dobbs, imo.

I've said this before but I think the Vikings coach is hoping that no one notices how abysmal the playcalling has been. Better playcalling and Dobbs doesn't go scoreless in the Raiders game and Jefferson doesn't get lit up because he's the only open route. Their OL is abysmal and their defense falls apart every game when it counts (plays great until the 4th quarter).

Now he's going to be forced to play the Rookie who got concussed as soon he played last time behind that line and that's just bad management. That OL will get him killed again. And after that where will this coach be?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I'm still looking for the logic in Bama, who already has a loss to another playoff team, making it in over an undefeated conference champion. Yet plenty on here defended that.

I'm not getting into that debate again.

 

[InVOLuntary]

There will be a lot of teams with 1 or two losses vying for those playoff slots. Going 10-2 isn't guaranteeing anything. Ask FSU about how this works.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

To be fair, with Joe on the way out, who is Nico competing against? Walk-ons and a true freshman that just got to campus three days ago.

Nico is the man now. No competition at all.

Much like this year was Joes team no matter how he played.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

There will be a lot of teams with 1 or two losses vying for those playoff slots. Going 10-2 isn't guaranteeing anything. Ask FSU about how this works.

They were shown the Bama privilege real quick.