Recruiting Football Talk VII

[jave36]

I did too. I ran track in high school and knew who a lot of those guys were. I watched everything when I was young. Dropped the Olympics. Dropped baseball. Eventually dropped basketball and whittled it down to only football, then only college football, then only the Vols or an upcoming Vols opponent. I did and still do watch those multiple times.

Now I find myself adding sports back into the mix. First Vols basketball, then Vols baseball. And watching VFLs turned pro, I'm seeing pro games again. Planning on watching Knecht.

You at least have to watch the 100M races at the Olympics and the swimming relays. Those are incredibly intense, high octane events that literally any sports fan can enjoy.

 

[Orange.]

Having a month without UT sports is excrutiating! What is DW even doing over there?

 

[Big Orange#1]

Bammer is recruiting just as great as they did under Saban. If Deboer can keep up the top 5 classes I don’t see much slippage unfortunately.

Many coaches get the new coach recruiting bump (Butch, Napier). They're able to sell their new exciting vision without any poor results on the field to disprove their recruiting pitch. Gotta give him a couple years without a title to start feeling that pressure from the gump fans.

 

[screenthis]

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Don't fret. Women's Volleyball is a mere Month away. Go Vols.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Hmmm

Please tell me his father and grandfather had the same name.

 

[DD4ME]

Ruh roh

 

[DD4ME]

Hmmm

 

[DD4ME]

Yes sir

 

[BigSteve09]

Couldn’t help but notice Tennessee was ranked 15th in this preview.

Odd.

it is very strange, considering the offensive/defensive and overall ratings that have already been released

so either we are like an 85 overall, not in the top 25 "ratings" but ranked 15 because reasons...

or they really did omit us from the previous ratings to drive engagement

either is strange

 

[BigSteve09]

Ruh roh

also, related to this? or did something similar again?

Ex-Utah State player sues school and coach Blake Anderson for retaliating against him after he recorded controversial remarks

Anderson said in a team meeting in 2021 that "it has never been more glamorized to be a victim" of sexual assault.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[SmokinBob]

Lol

That’s the hardest I’ve laughed in a while

 

[BruisedOrange]

I mean that's a terrible analogy. The best shooters in the world still miss a ton of shots. Coaches are not responsible for players understanding their technique OR their assignments. Makes you wonder what position coaches exist for at that point. Motivational speeches?

A no name walk on taking a starting spot from a bunch of more athletic, highly touted players is obviously an indictment on the coaches. Obviously. Unless Will Brooks has been juicing like Tropicana and is about to be the walk on story of the decade. Or, far more likely, AP is being facetious.

The analogy is that in both sports, after those skills have been taught, they are developed, ingrained, and refined by repetition (technique) and study (video room) in the player's own time.

Otherwise, the athlete with better physical skills would always and automatically be the starter.

Let's also add that makeup speed is only useful when an assignment has been missed, and a .2 second advantage in the 40 is more than negated by a split-second of hesitancy deciding what or where you're going to make your play. On the field, mental preparation and decisiveness are their own speed factors.

 

[Go Fight Win]

or, it could be that will brooks has been a good player for us for years and is only continuing to get better. seem to recall a few walk on safeties for UGA and BAMA that ended up all-sec

but its only cool when they do it?

 

[kemotoe]

Alright gamers

Where is the option to drop a duffle bag of cash or hire family members in recruiting?

 

[Orange.]

?

 

[BigSteve09]

Where is the option to drop a duffle bag of cash or hire family members in recruiting?

I thought that they may include a pay-to-recruit option where you can pay $.99-$4.99 for an insta-commit for any level of player. Kind of surprised they didn't include that, honestly, with what gaming has turned into. No way you could leave it in online dynasties, but there are enough lazy/rich gamers out there that would drop an extra $10-$100 to load a roster and "beat" the game quickly in offline dynasty.

 

[knoxvol52]

Hmmm

Probably Georgia to reunite with his old pitching coach.

 

[BigSteve09]

or, it could be that will brooks has been a good player for us for years and is only continuing to get better. seem to recall a few walk on safeties for UGA and BAMA that ended up all-sec

but its only cool when they do it?

shh they're worked up and don't want to look at other teams doing it

Georgia Game Changer: Dan Jackson

All all-star teammate and student, Dan Jackson brings his powerhouse attitude to the football field and his agriculture major.

gamechangers.uga.edu

 

[CAVPUT]

Ruh roh

Okay, who is he to us and why should I be interested in his firing?

 

[LaagerVol]

I hate asking but if anyone has a prayer to spare please, I need it more now for me and the OH than ever. I would crawl through broken glass to make it right (and I do mean that literally) but I don't know that I can. He lost hospice service and he's been through every hospice so no one wants to help. The hospital person had the nerve to push me to put him a nursing home and was no help. I'm at the end of my rope. I literally need a miracle. I can't live without him and he needs care (a nursing home would be the death of him). I'm no saint and have never claimed to be but I need a miracle.

Prayed for you and your SO.

 

[BigSteve09]

Cool that the Blue Chip Ratio is in the new game as well:




Though everyone is going to win championships with bad teams anyway. That's kind of the whole point of a game.

 

[volbeast33]

Big time addition!!

 

[LaagerVol]

? Have no idea if it’ll be the case but what if he turns out to be good?

Right? Would Banks get any credit for his development?

 

[BigSteve09]

Big time addition!!

 

[Geronimo]

SIAP:

I got a nice laugh out of this one: