Recruiting Football Talk VII

[DD4ME]

agreed


i dont see how ppl watched these receivers this yr after Bru got hurt and really think we dont need more upgrades there. Put the best around Nico in 2024 that you possibly can should always be the plan.

It has to click for most of these guys. It had to for Hyatt and we all know how good he was. Keyton for example can make some amazing catches. Elite even. His consistency just sucks. The best part of having Bru is you have a polished guy that can push the room and Bru needs a contract level performance. He will be motivated. He will push the others that are willing.

 

[Vol423]

His family member who posts on here said it was unlikely he would transfer to Auburn. Something about not liking Freeze.

I read that too. I think his wording was something along the lines of no way in hell he transfers to Auburn, and Freeze knows why.

 

[Jackcrevol]

bama WR in the portal.

we have to wait for bru to announce

 

[jave36]

I don't believe the NCAA wanted evidence on Bama or they would have it. And you're omitting that Bama has completely corrupted SEC officiating. In so doing they have corrupted the playoffs for years and years.

I know all about Michigan, know that most people drastically understate how crooked they are (3 separate investigations) and that the NCAA, the CFP, the B1G, (likely the SEC), and the networks and media promoters are in collusion to suppress the Michigan cases because they have corrupted and made a sham of the playoffs for two years. Bama has been rigging the playoffs on an annual basis much longer.

Bama has corrupted SEC officiating? Is Saban the SEC head of officials? Does Saban call the refs ahead of time and give them their marching orders?

Or did the league office decide to back Bama and give them everything they need to win titles and make the SEC look good? Why would you blame Bama and Saban because a corrupt SEC office chose to give them favorable treatment?

 

[DD4ME]

Ole Miss is going all in on 2024.

They saw their schedule for next year and immediately began making moves and mobilizing their boosters/NIL:

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Just the same way that a poker player loves their hand and pushes their chips in.

They are paying (overpaying) for guys in the portal that they think will bolster holes in their roster of their (2023)10-win team, which largely returns all of their talent on offense from this year. They are overpaying (as you mentioned) for as many big fish names and anyone they can get with experience, particularly on defense.

Does this mean they will win the SEC or make the playoff? No.

By Ole Miss standards, this offseason is very much "going all in" for them. Just the same way that the Nkemdiche recruiting class was their boosters going all-in then. They had a goal then, and they have a goal now.

In the short term, they are hoping that this reestablishes Ole Miss as a program that is worthy of top talent, and the kind of place that top talent entering the portal should be interested in. The obvious goal, though, is to take advantage of a favorable schedule draw and get to the playoff.

It is obviously not sustainable, it is obvious that they are overpaying for guys that are average or above average to other teams (i.e. going "all in" on them), they are leveraging their NIL coffers to keep their best talent from 2023 and add enough (what they think will be) incremental talent to push a 10-win team over the edge with a favorable schedule.

Whether or not they will be successful in this approach remains to be seen, and is very much open for debate. There are plenty of examples of teams (pro and college) that whiffed. However, I don't think it's up for debate whether or not they are going all in.

I hope they lose to LSU, UGA, and OK and knock themselves just under playoff level.

 

[BigSteve09]

I hope they lose to LSU, UGA, and OK and knock themselves just under playoff level.

LSU game is huge, if they lose that one they have the bye week to correct issues before OU comes to town. If they lose that one too all these mercenaries will quit and the guys that came back will loaf around so they don't get injured.

 

[DD4ME]

What does chop mean?

He only reposts tweets.

Levorn Harbin - Senior Defensive Analyst - Staff Directory - University of Tennessee Athletics

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Credited with landing Ross

Tennessee closed on a big one Monday night when Jordan Ross picked the Vols. He has a tremendous relationship with Levorn Harbin aka ‘coach Chop’. Ross will undoubtedly get more and more attention this fall and Tennessee will have to keep working this one but it’s better to play from ahead than behind.

In on Okoye

Tennessee hosted Okoye for a string of unofficial visits this off-season, and in the process the top-100 EDGE has grown comfortable with multiple members of the coaching staff. That includes Mike Ekeler, Rodney Garner, Coach Chop (Levorn Harbin) and Josh Heupel.

Mentioned by recruits like Smith

“I love coach Heupel, coach Garner and coach Chop (Levorn Harbin),” Smith said. “Tennessee is like a second home. I have visited numerous times, I have driven around Knoxville and I love the Tennessee community. The people are very passionate about Tennessee. They love the program and I love that.

 

[jave36]

I hope they lose to LSU, UGA, and OK and knock themselves just under playoff level.

LSU will see a big dropff next year I think. OK will see a massive drop off.

UGA will beat them senseless.

Ole Miss could go 11-1.

Related to that, how will the SEC championship game teams be selected now that there's no east/west?

 

[Orange_Crush]

wtf is this ****?

Richard G West

 

[Orangeredblooded]

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I hope he finds himself on a good team, that’s all I’ll say. VFL.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Turned it off when he mispronounced Nico’s name

You're gonna be turning a lot of people off for the next couple years,

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Yep. Better director.

T2 better acting imo

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

You're gonna be turning a lot of people off for the next couple years,

Seems like a lot of people can’t say his name right

 

[85SugarVol]

Aliens.

Aliens. Is. Awesome.

I prefer The Terminator to T2. Aliens is better than both.

 

[85SugarVol]

T2 better acting imo

Lol. With Arnold in the lead?

 

[TheRain]

 

[SweetasSoda]

They're not the same thing. The NCAA has concrete, hard evidence for what Michigan did. They have circumstantial, hearsay, probable evidence for what Bama used to do (paying recruits, now it's legal).

The evidence against Harbaugh is overwhelming and crystal clear. There's no plausible deniability like Saban has. Yes we all know Saban payed players forever, but he did it smartly enough where he could blame rogue boosters if they ever tried to convict him.

There's literal video evidence of Harbaugh and his coordinators consulting Stallions for stolen signs and reacting accordingly. There's a literal paper trail of his travels to opponents' games.

It's different.

Yes, and the whole world knows they have this evidence while delaying so they cațn be in the playoffs. Not many are aware of AL.

Thing is if they are doing nothing to MI then there’s little hope that AL will ever be stopped.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Soo, just to summarize the week.

TN beat #17 team with their QB of the future 35-0, nearly 42-0.

- Cant close - Team sucks - OL Sucks

TN Basketball won by 37 pts.

- 2024 class isnt good enough - Rick's losing it

T2 isnt better than Aliens.

Did I do that right? Y'all crazy.

 

[DD4ME]

LSU will see a big dropff next year I think. OK will see a massive drop off.

UGA will beat them senseless.

Ole Miss could go 11-1.

Related to that, how will the SEC championship game teams be selected now that there's no east/west?

Bama has an automatic berth and the rest of us scrap against UGA. Only to come up short.

 

[Jackcrevol]

loved new coke. but it isn't coca cola

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Have I been drinking coffee the whole time?

Just lemon-lime gatorade.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

No not one bit..

How many do have of the fur babies? My mom and dad has multiple. They even have heating pads on the floor for them to warm themselves . Sorry, but I’ve always told them if there was a such a thing as reincarnation, I want to come back as one of their cats. lol. As long as it makes them happy and it does, I just trip over them when I move around their place.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Seems like a lot of people can’t say his name right

Even the Citrus Bowl commentators were screwing it up most of the game. . . and you know they practiced it.

 

[Weezer]

That was a dark time in my young life.

 

[Jimmy Football]

loved new coke. but it isn't coca cola

I had forgotten what it tasted like, but I remember not liking it when they introduced it.

I bought some when they re-released it several years back, and honestly I’m not sure why I disliked it so much initially. It’s pretty good.