Recruiting Football Talk VII

[DD4ME]

Seems he signed with Ole Miss Football

We'll played

 

[Jackcrevol]

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we had no subs. although we did, we didnt.

 

[volbeast33]

Bummer if true

we recruited over him, imo…. He doesn’t really have a position on the team this year.

 

[SoilVol]

Bummer if true

Would be a bummer but understandable if he wants to move on from the sport. Seems like he got feedback that he wasn't a real pro prospect. Expected to get drafted last year and didn't.

Still finishing his degree and maybe looking at life after baseball. Then with Billy Amick coming in likely to take 3rd base, where does that leave Zane?

He can go out on his terms and "on top" with the way he finished the season last year.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Would be a bummer but understandable if he wants to move on from the sport. Seems like he got feedback that he wasn't a real pro prospect. Expected to get drafted last year and didn't.

Still finishing his degree and maybe looking at life after baseball. Then with Billy Amick coming in likely to take 3rd base, where does that leave Zane?

He can go out on his terms and "on top" with the way he finished the season last year.

I saw something the other day. He might sit out this year and try to come back in 25.

 

[drvenner]

"The highlight of Friday night when you're a parent is the 5 minutes between putting your kids to bed and passing out on your own."

 

[drvenner]

OK, dang it. How do I change my tagline below my user name? Is that the banner edit? TIA.

 

[ChattaTNVol]

Offensive line –

As we are often reminded, offensive line is a developmental group. Generally it takes three years to prepare an offensive lineman for action in the SEC. Rarely does a high school recruit report to campus ready on day one but it does happen every now and then. jmo.

Georgia probably has the best OLine on our schedule this year but there’s a window coming up where they may have a drop off. If you believe the recruiting services then Kirby’s OLine recruits in 2022 were well below their standards, only one out of 5 were blue chips. As a matter of fact considering the class we signed in 2024 we may be actually closing the gap a bit. jmo.

Alabama’s offensive line is below their recent talent standards and this year there’s a lot of young guys penciled into the two-deep, including multiple first time starters in only their second year on campus. These aren’t their typical five-stars or even top 100 players. DeBoer has thus far brought a couple of his guys from Washington to try to shore up the unit. James Pearce Jr & Co. may have a field day come this year’s Third Saturday in October. jmo.

Our staff has done a pretty good job I think of trying to get us past the lack of OLine recruiting in the 2021 cycle but we probably have at least one more year to jump through hoops. This year it was about retaining Cooper, Javontez, and John Campbell. Bringing in Heard hopefully will help out for a couple of years but I think they wanted two transfers this cycle because next year we have to replace the three holdovers and going after three will be challenging enough but we may now need four. Maybe some of the young guys we’ve got will get up to speed quicker than expected. The 2024 class typically should not be expected to take the field until the 2026 season at the earliest. jmo.

Our OLine last year was selected as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore award for best OLine in the country. Washington won. We were selected as a semifinalist in 2022 too; Michigan won in 2022. Apparently our coaches are doing a pretty good job, maybe even doing more with less. jmo.

Offensive line returning production accounts for almost 50% of total offensive returning production in Bill Connelly’s SP+ analytical model. The offensive line could be argued to be the most important unit on the field for that side of the ball because no matter how elite the skill positions the SEC is a line of scrimmage league. It used to be you could have success if you had a bunch of 300 pounders manning the line but 325 is the new 300 and it’s been that way in the SEC for at least the last 10-12 years. jmo.

Coaches across the country have said OLine prospects are the most difficult to evaluate in the recruiting process so many teams, including Georgia, take an average of five guys per class knowing that maybe only a couple of them will actually work out. Georgia took six in 2024.

Finally, most predictions at this point are projecting us to lose to Georgia and Alabama this year. I'm not buying that Alabama is a likely loss for us in Neyland. Georgia on the road seems like a reasonable forecast but the other team on our schedule that talking heads think may be a loss for us is Oklahoma.

This little tidbit from Sooner’s wire has be far from convinced that I should worry all that much about Oklahoma. jmo.

There is no doubt the Oklahoma Sooners’ biggest question mark heading into 2024 and their inaugural season in the SEC is the offensive line. The Sooners lose five guys who started a bunch of games last season.

Walter Rouse, McKade Mettauer, Andrew Raym, Cayden Green and Tyler Guyton are gone. Four are off to the NFL. The other found a new home in Missouri. That means the Sooners will have their work cut out for them to replace those five.

 

[csprig9]

Thinking about it since Tennessee is only the second sec school to have a mlb hof player. Wonder if we are the only or one of the few sec schools that has multiple players in major hall of fames for men in the big three sports.

 

[knoxvol52]

The Texas High School player commits today , supposedly between Tennessee and A&M ..

Odds?

50/50
60/40
No chance ?

 

[TN-POSSUM]

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[drvenner]

If Barnes retired, Pearl all day. If Heupel went to the NFL Kiffin maybe depending how he has been (Our next Vitello)

otherwise - gtho

HELLS. TO. THE. NO

 

[drvenner]

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Thank you, Sir. I take back every bad thing I have ever said about you.




Wait, that would be about 99% of it.


Thanks, anyway

 

[drvenner]

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Welp, now I forgot what brilliant phrase I was going to change it to. Dammit.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Thank you, Sir. I take back every bad thing I have ever said about you.




Wait, that would be about 99% of it.


Thanks, anyway

 

[Orange_Crush]

IYKYK

 

[volbeast33]

The Texas High School player commits today , supposedly between Tennessee and A&M ..

Odds?

50/50
60/40
No chance ?

no chance

 

[jpope9]

IYKYK

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those pee marks, too accurate for sand people.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

AND they are all still here!!!

How does that feel bama?

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Morning update, doesn't hurt good anymore. Hurts bad.

Suck it up, pansy!

 

[ReadCT]

I see you’re figuring it out. No need to own a boat and deal with the headaches associated with it. Just have friends that own boats. Problem solved!

I had a ski boat on Lake Lanier when I lived in Atlanta

Nothing seems to remove a fine lass' clothing more quickly than a run to a secluded bay in a fast boat

But it is absolutely a hole in the water where you pour money

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

Would be a bummer but understandable if he wants to move on from the sport. Seems like he got feedback that he wasn't a real pro prospect. Expected to get drafted last year and didn't.

Still finishing his degree and maybe looking at life after baseball. Then with Billy Amick coming in likely to take 3rd base, where does that leave Zane?

He can go out on his terms and "on top" with the way he finished the season last year.

Understandable if true….we all have to face the reality at some time. When you realize you have gone as far as you can, reality hits HARD. Tough to take. I wish him well whatever the decision is. VFL!

 

[Jimmy Football]

The Texas High School player commits today , supposedly between Tennessee and A&M ..

Odds?

50/50
60/40
No chance ?

VQ says TAMU.

 

[Jack Burton]

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Pruitt is the worst coach in our history. Just a complete idiot on the offensive side of the ball, wow.

Should be a lesson for all of us. No coach is above reproach. We should be able to criticize coaches here in the moment, and not have to wait until after they fail miserably.

 

[drvenner]

So someone can complain about something and it gets moved?

I would say it was more than one person. It is fine. It was a very fun day. I think I have only reported one post in my whole time on here and that was for @InVOLuntary claiming he was born in the 20th century.