Recruiting Football Talk VII

[Govolsman98]

I don't watch baseball and don't know much about it, but I do know that the vols are winning today

 

[Weezer]

That's better than hurting it trying to ride your neighbor's great dane to the liquor store. . . @Weezer

Weeks like this, I wish I could still drink.

But that's a big no-no.

 

[knoxvol52]

That’s not even close to true…. the teams that you should be upset with are the teams that don’t try to compete. The Dodgers have built possibly the best farm team in baseball…. developed a pitching and hitting lab….. They take other teams cast offs and make them stars… Justin Turner…. Max Muncy….Chris Taylor… Tyler Anderson…. and many more. There are many teams that spend money that struggle to win games… Yankees until this year…. the Mets etc. It is not that hard to develop a good baseball team. Stop wasting money on marginal players….

1. Develop good scouts/people at each level
2. Create a Hitting and pitching lab that can judge players based off metrics instead of stats
3. Hold guys in the minors to delay their clock from starting
4. Identify stars early and sign them to cheaper long term contracts(like the Braves)

Go Dodgers!!

Individuals act like Dodgers have highest payroll in MLB. Wrong..

 

[Rishvol]

I've had these about 3 months now and hands down the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn. Had to get them with this colorway.

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Hey I have those also. They are awesome for when you have to stand on your feet all day

 

[Jackcrevol]

Hey I have those also. They are awesome for when you have to stand on your feet all day

Used to wear ortho shoes, for old men. My back and knees are still smoked.

 

[volbeast33]

Cardinals are in the conversation. More championships than the Dodgers. And, I hate the Cardinals. So are the Red Sox and A's as they also have more WS championships than the Dodgers. Hell, the Cubs have three and the Dodgers only have 7.

It’s sad how the A’s are being ran currently… The cardinals and Red Sox will probably bounce back.

 

[Vfl2407]

And the congregation all said…

Guess I’ll just have to do this by myself
…THAT WE WILL WIN!

 

[volbeast33]

It is a little annoying that KNS always seems to take the negative path with UT sports.

Tennessee baseball weakness exposed by Evansville even if Vols make it to Omaha | Estes

The NCAA Tournament, sooner or later, exposes the vulnerabilities of any college baseball team. Saturday was that moment for Tennessee.

www.knoxnews.com

Our players need to read this and go out and stomp Evansville like the pathetic, weak team that they are.

 

[butchna]

Used to wear ortho shoes, for old men. My back and knees are still smoked.

Got bad diabetic, neuropathic feet. Fell for every ad hawking athletic shoes…none worked well. Mostly used Sketcher’s slip ons for everyday use. Went to Costco and took a flyer on their Sketcher’s slip on walking shoes with memory foam. $34 and the best purchase I’ve made in that department in a decade or so.

 

[Jackcrevol]

best athlete ive seen, in last twenty years at TN.

 

[UTgrad2015]

Not the least bit worried today. We have beaten much better teams all year. Give em HELL boys

 

[Glitch]

 

[GoBigOrange86]

I am going to be very sad if we lose. I'm already practicing brooding at the window.

 

[Glitch]

I have a friend who is getting a divorce. I asked him what happened. He said his wife asked him to name all of his sexual partners, in order from the time he lost his virginity. He said he realized too late he probably should have stopped when he got to his wife's name on the list.

 

[Glitch]

Hos barber already did that,

I hate it when the ho's barbers mess up their hair. Ugh.

 

[Rishvol]

Got bad diabetic, neuropathic feet. Fell for every ad hawking athletic shoes…none worked well. Mostly used Sketcher’s slip ons for everyday use. Went to Costco and took a flyer on their Sketcher’s slip on walking shoes with memory foam. $34 and the best purchase I’ve made in that department in a decade or so.

If Sketchers weren't the fruit stripe gum of the shoe world I'd wear nothing else

 

[volbeast33]

I know it nay just be semantics to you...but Worst Loss in History does not mean the same thing to me as Most Painful Loss in History.

For example of what I'm saying the difference is...IMO the worst loss in Tennessee Football history is Tiger High in 96. That was a absolutely disgusting loss and to thus day it makes ZERO sense...we were in full 90s dominance mode and loaded to the gills with talent...and lost to a 3-6 glorified HS team...but it is not the "most painful" loss...I think it may be recency bias, but I would put the SC loss in 22 as the most painful.

None of this inane bickering matters though...we both just want to win tomorrow.

I don’t consider it bickering…. i’m as calm as can be…. discussing sports that we both love. IMO to be considered worst loss in history… the game has to mean something and be a game that we should win. The worst losses in football that I can remember is: Memphis, South Carolina, and my personal worst loss in history…. 2001 LSU… I still want to vomit when I think of that game.

In this series… we are the number one seed facing a 4 seed at home. Everything is set up for us to easily make the college world series. You don’t get many opportunities like this.

I still think we will blow them out today.

Go Vols!!!

 

[Glitch]

There are some famous knights that were part of King Arthur's round table. Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Gawain. There is a little known knight who should get more recognition since he built the Round Table: Sir Cumference.

 

[Glitch]

One of your better ones.

 

[jave36]

I don’t consider it bickering…. i’m as calm as can be…. discussing sports that we both love. IMO to be considered worst loss in history… the game has to mean something and be a game that we should win. The worst losses in football that I can remember is: Memphis, South Carolina, and my personal worst loss in history…. 2001 LSU… I still want to vomit when I think of that game.

In this series… we are the number one seed facing a 4 seed at home. Everything is set up for us to easily make the college world series. You don’t get many opportunities like this.

I still think we will blow them out today.

Go Vols!!!

South Carolina and Memphis for sure. I'll go to my grave believing Beamer took stolen signs from Harbaugh.

 

[BigSteve09]

Hate to say it but some of you need to hear this today

 

[volbeast33]

I agree. They claimed he tweaked his leg/hip on the slide at home the day before, just a precaution. He was also really pizzed at the home plate ump. He needs to keep his emotions in check and quit thinking long ball every AB. A couple of base hits at the right time by him while playing good D yesterday changes that outcome IMO.

If I wanted good D at 2B with C-Mo at DH, I would rather have Antiqua start than Lohry. I also would have started Peebles at C and had Cal fresh for today if needed.

CMO is a teacherman hitter which means he is a one legged, rear legged hitter… He should be approaching hitting exactly the same way every single time.

 

[butchna]

If Sketchers weren't the fruit stripe gum of the shoe world I'd wear nothing else

Better than Keds…which are better than little else short of walking barefoot in drug alleys.

 

[peaygolf]

The week leading up to the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 9, 1973 had been thoroughly Secretariat. Having won the first two legs of the Triple Crown – the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes – it was no wonder casual racing fans and even novice fans who couldn’t tell the difference between a stallion and a gelding were suddenly following the big red colt with the blue and white checkered silks.

With Vietnam and Watergate grabbing the majority of national headlines, it was the three-year-old colt born in Virginia that the nation rallied upon. And why not? There was no hint of corruption. No hint of sadness and disappointment. Just the opposite. This chestnut colored horse with the peculiar name offered hope to a reeling nation looking for a respite from the full-court press of war and scandal.


With more than 69,000 jammed into hot and steamy Belmont Park hoping for a glimpse of history, nobody was cooler in the heat than Secretariat himself. As ticket holders jammed the standing room area to get as good a look as possible at the colt who leading up to the race had graced the covers of TIME, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated in the very same week, Secretariat stood calmly in his stall biding his time.

When the starting bell rang and the gates lifted, Secretariat broke well on the inside and shot toward the lead. Turcotte would make sure there would be no chance of getting boxed in, figuring they can’t cut off what they can’t catch. Before the group hit the first turn, Sham had moved to near the front on the outside and was looking to challenge his nemesis.


As the drama played out on the track, announcer Chic Anderson set the tone.

“They’re moving for the first turn. It’s Secretariat, Sham on the outside is also moving strongly and now it’s Sham. Sham and Secretariat are right together in the first turn.”
As they made their way through the turn and hit the backstretch it had become a two-horse race. The other contenders – My Gallant, Twice a Prince and Private Smiles – had already fallen at least eight lengths back of the two leaders now going head to head.

Veteran horsemen were shocked. What was Turcotte thinking going so fast?

“They’re on the backstretch. It’s almost a match race now. Secretariat’s on the inside by a head. Sham is on the outside.”

As they hit the backstretch, they had opened a 10 length lead on the field. And then the big horse simply took over.

To watch Secretariat on video footage of the race is to watch a virtuoso at his best. An artist on four legs. With Turcotte simply hanging on, it was Secretariat that continued to set his own pace.

“He was going so easy,” Turcotte recalled later, “and I said, ‘Well, I’m not going to fight you, fella, let’s take it from here.’”

What is it that makes a horse want to run?

“They’re moving on the turn now. For the turn it’s Secretariat. He looks like he’s opening. The lead is increasing. Make it three, three and a half. He’s moving into the turn. Secretariat is holding onto a large lead. Sham is second and then it’s a long way back to My Gallant and Twice a Prince.”

“Here comes Secretariat to the wire. An unbelievable, an amazing performance. He hits the finish 22 lengths in front!”

Actually, it was 31 lengths in front when he crossed the wire. And the time of 2:24 shattered the old mark by almost three seconds and remains a track record for the race still today.

 

[SoilVol]

Absolutely embarassing stat. Most talented player pool and roster in national history being wasted and grossly mismanaged by this coach.

A second embarassing stat: the 5 goals allowed yesterday were the most since 2009 (Mexico - Gold Cup) and 1990 (Czechoslovakia - World Cup).

So maybe the silver lining is it will finally get this oaf canned after Copa and force USSF to bring in the best money can buy for 2026.