Recruiting Football Talk VII

[CAVPUT]

Over or under 225 passing yards for Nico against Iowa.

Under. I don't think we hit 300 total yards.

 

[Volnut]

Vols by fiddy!

 

[CAVPUT]

Nico runs for 80+ yds against Iowa

Geez...I hope not unless it's the first play and he goes untouched like Milton did. The less he's exposed, the better.

 

[knoxvol52]

I remember many wanted Stewart..................

, I remember that BS...

 

[Go Fight Win]

Iowa played two teams worth a damn this year and scored a combined zero points. Vols by 21. Nico goes ham (300+). A random WR's coming out party (my bet Nimrod--145 yards 2 td's). Seldon goes for 115 and 2. Sampson does his thing. We get reasonably excited for 2024. Can't wait.

 

[Volnut]

Geez...I hope not unless it's the first play and he goes untouched like Milton did. The less he's exposed, the better.

I listened to Watson Brown on Basilio and one of the things he mentioned was the middle of the field will be there for Nico on some called runs and runs off RPO. I expect to see him make several runs.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Is Iowas defense good or do they just try and play ball control to keep the score low by running clock and also play poor offensive teams? The best Big10 team is 35 offensively and many of them are in the 100s.

They are still a good defense. FPI has efficiency numbers for offense, defense and special teams and it is opponent adjusted. Opponent adjusted doesn’t necessarily tell the whole story.. it just means they tried to compensate for it in the numbers the best they could. Either way, Iowa is still 5th in the nation for defensive efficiency. Their Offense is 121st in the nation and the worst out of P5 teams

As for how they play, if they were a keep away offense that was skewing their defensive numbers than you’d expect to see their TOP a little higher but they are in 101st in the nation in TOP. To be fair though, it’s hard to keep your TOP up too high when your offense is terrible. Either way, they aren’t playing keep away and instead of the defense playing less they are having to play more and yet they still have the efficiency metrics they do. So yeah, they are impressive.

Doesn't mean they will shut us down though. I’m still confident in being able to move the ball on them.

 

[knoxvol52]

Gamblers do!!!

 

[Jackcrevol]

Normally when we see a big change, like a SR QB opting out. Id post a 'So it begins...' gif. This time...
Juggernaut.

 

[Jack Burton]

Um, benching Joe to see more Nico is pretty much picking who gets to play.

I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. TBs source said Nico was starting the bowl. That was confirmed. TB said the boosters wanted to see more Nico this season but were disappointed with his playing time. I think most of us were disappointed with his playing time.

 

[TheRain]

 

[DD4ME]

Not a bettor, but I believe the point spread might have narrowed from 8.5 to 6.5 with the news and the Tennessee moneyline shrunk.

 

[Vols4us]

Here is the picture of what I see or want to be true.

Joe consulted with Heup and staff, his family, many of his trusted teammates, who he plans to use to train him for the combine, and the NFL scouts that attend UT practices/games. He asked Heup and was willing to play if his coach needed him, but was told he probably should get ready for the next level since the team was not in the national championship picture and he should not take a chance on a bad injury.

Not the VN way necessarily. Too logical and reasonable or just naive?

 

[DD4ME]

Iowa played two teams worth a damn this year and scored a combined zero points. Vols by 21. Nico goes ham (300+). A random WR's coming out party (my bet Nimrod--145 yards 2 td's). Seldon goes for 115 and 2. Sampson does his thing. We get reasonably excited for 2024. Can't wait.

Like it

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Wish we got to play a schedule like that so we could tout our “elite defense”. I’m not impressed. Come run with us and let’s see how good you are. Not that we are world beaters this yr but we also aren’t Illinois and whoever else was on that schedule I just saw.

 

[SweetasSoda]

They are still a good defense. FPI has efficiency numbers for offense, defense and special teams and it is opponent adjusted. Opponent adjusted doesn’t necessarily tell the whole story.. it just means they tried to compensate for it in the numbers the best they could. Either way, Iowa is still 5th in the nation for defensive efficiency. Their Offense is 121st in the nation and the worst out of P5 teams

As for how they play, if they were a keep away offense that was skewing their defensive numbers than you’d expect to see their TOP a little higher but they are in 101st in the nation in TOP. To be fair though, it’s hard to keep your TOP up too high when your offense is terrible. Either way, they aren’t playing keep away and instead of the defense playing less they are having to play more and yet they still have the efficiency metrics they do. So yeah, they are impressive.

Doesn't mean they will shut us down though. I’m still confident in being able to move the ball on them.

Are they more of a running team? Passing? Both?

 

[butchna]

WGWTFA

Lampley like Ollie demonstrating that if you’re patient and keep working, you’ll get your shot. Now when the quality goes up?

 

[SweetasSoda]

Wish we got to play a schedule like that so we could tout our “elite defense”. I’m not impressed. Come run with us and let’s see how good you are. Not that we are world beaters this yr but we also aren’t Illinois and whoever else was on that schedule I just saw.

Schiano’s team! So glad we’re not!

 

[Jackcrevol]

Nospherato?

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[TechnoVol]

Apparently our O-Line is still makeshift as well. Both Dayne Davis and Jackson Lampley projected to start.

Not ideal against a top 10 defense.

Is Spraggins out after the Vandy injury?

 

[JT3]

TB’s source who said Nico was starting just gave him the scoop on Evan Stewart. Stewart wants $1M for one season. The red flag is his work ethic. There may not be enough “want to” in him because he already makes decent $$ from social media. Football may not be his #1 priority.

Damn $1MM? If that's true that's a pass for me. His production doesn't = $1MM.

 

[you]

Lampley like Ollie demonstrating that if you’re patient and keep working, you’ll get your shot. Now when the quality goes up?

Who will be getting hurt on our extra point kicks?

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Are they more of a running team? Passing? Both?

They definitely run more than pass based on the numbers. Almost 10 attempts more per game running than passing. I barely watched any of them this year though. So they do try to be a ball control type offense this year.. they just do a terrible job at it. They did fire the OC who I think was the HCs son? Think it was his son but he was a family member none the less. So there may be a couple more wrinkles or changes but doubt we see too much change.

 

[tnhunter 10]

If we punt once the game thread will be filled with posters calling him a bust

And then it will become the new off-season topic. But, if Nico throws 2 or 3 tds he wins the Heisman next year.

 

[jp1]

I do hope our fans set realistic expectations for Nico in this game. Feels unlikely though. It’s his first start and it’s against a true Top 5 defense. It’s going to be tough sledding due to opt outs and injuries as well. If he doesn’t throw for 250+ I hope our fans don’t immediately turn on him as a bust.

Having said that.....you know better though, right?