Recruiting Football Talk VII

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Devo182 said:
Had a mamaw and pappaw with cows as well and made gravy every breakfast...near Athens, technically Riceville...did you steal my mammaw and pappaw?
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Devo, my grandparents were also actually in Riceville

Exit the interstate, then west over the ridge. First right, then the first farm on the right

Did my pappaw have a separate secret family, haha??
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
So you really think our OL against their defensive front is more than a wash...at best?
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You'll note that I haven't made predictions, because I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist.

I liked what I saw in the OL, with Mays back, and I liked what I saw in our defensive backfield per tackling in space against USCj. It wasn't just that USCj did some things badly. This team did a lot of new things better/well.

I also saw that Mays was gassed in the USCj game, due to his inability to stay game-ready conditioned while injured. I think he'll be even better Saturday, so I think the OL trajectory will probably be toward improvement from Saturday as opposed to regression.

I also think home crowd will be rabid and do their part to take the game over.

So, in my mid, I see us as favored. I'm not calling for a guaranteed win and never have. If you want a strawman to pick on, find someone else. But I like our chances Saturday better than theirs, so CHOOSE to go through the week with confidence while realizing that I can be disappointed.

And that is a difference you don't point out when dropping your subtle jabs at the alternate mindset. I'm not trying to be insulting, but I'll point it out since we're this far into the conversation.

You've said that disappointment is devastating to you, so you choose not to allow yourself hope (paraphrasing). That's what I meant when I said you seem to make fear a virtue. The difference is that there are many of us on here that won't wilt with a bit of disappointment. We're able to meet it head on when it comes and continue with our lives.

That means that we're also able to choose hope and not constantly rake the soil in search of reasons to expect catastrophe.

You do you, man. And I don't begrudge you your mindset. As a matter of fact, I couldn't imagine living that way, so you have my best wishes. But it's a bit too much to see you posting that kind of fear as "realism", and the side of the street the rest if us should be walking on.

Peace, amigo.
 
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ReadCT said:
Devo, my grandparents were also actually in Riceville

Exit the interstate, then west over the ridge. First right, then the first farm on the right

Did my pappaw have a separate secret family, haha??
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Great. Now look what you've done. Half the VN crazies are unleashed on the poor folks that live there now...
 
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Devo182 said:
Agree, it's not even close to any sort of upset for either team. Vegas is saying we're 2 even teams. But we have Neyland.

People overreacted to losing to UF calling for 6-6. And after 1 game have swung to the opposite end. I don't get it. Tamu lost to Alabama by all of 6 pts. Tough game. Neyland has to take this into our own hands and be the x-factor.
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I really believe Neyland Stadium will be the difference in the game this week.

Neyland basically won the bama game last year. Our guys played great, but so did Bryce Young. If the fans didn't cause so many penalties for bama, I don't think we win. I think the fans accounted for 6-10pts in that game.

Fingers crossed all the fans realize how important they are this week and they make aTm's ears bleed early and often.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
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"So yeah ... we'll see."

Wes displays here an absolute ignorance of football, leadership, tactics, prudence, and common sense. Reader appears compelled to choose between troll and idiot as an assessment. But the combo is not logically excluded.

Why are we not allowed to have decent local media? Why does he think anyone wants to hear him snark at our coach?
 
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Orange_Crush said:
You'll note that I haven't made predictions, because I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist.

I liked what I saw in the OL, with Mays back, and I liked what I saw in our defensive backfield per tackling in space against USCj. It wasn't just that USCj did some things badly. This team did a lot of new things better/well.

I also saw that Mays was gassed in the USCj game, due to his inability to stay game-ready conditioned while injured. I think he'll be even better Saturday, so I think the OL trajectory will probably be toward improvement from Saturday as opposed to regression.

I also think home crowd will be rabid and do their part to take the game over.

So, in my mid, I see us as favored. I'm not calling for a guaranteed win and never have. If you want a strawman to pick on, find someone else. But I like our chances Saturday better than theirs, so CHOOSE to go through the week with confidence while realizing that I can be disappointed.

And that is a difference you don't point out when dropping your subtle jabs at the alternate mindset. I'm not trying to be insulting, but I'll point it out since we're this far into the conversation.

You've said that disappointment is devastating to you, so you choose not to allow yourself hope (paraphrasing). That's what I meant when I said you seem to make fear a virtue. The difference is that there are many of us on here that won't wilt with a bit of disappointment. We're able to meet it head on when it comes and continue with our lives.

That means that we're also able to choose hope and not constantly rake the soil in search of reasons to expect catastrophe.

You do you, man. And I don't begrudge you your mindset. As a matter of fact, I couldn't imagine living that way, so you have my best wishes. But it's a bit too much to see you posting that kind of fear as "realism", and the side of the street the rest if us should be walking on.

Peace, amigo.
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Last season Ulysses pumped up the opposing team strengths and downplayed our positives, but it was a reverse-jinx ploy. Fingers crossed he’s living in that world again, and I applaud his commitment.
 
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Orange. said:
"So yeah ... we'll see."

Wes displays here an absolute ignorance of football, leadership, tactics, prudence, and common sense. Reader appears compelled to choose between troll and idiot as an assessment. But the combo is not logically excluded.

Why are we not allowed to have decent local media? Why does he think anyone wants to hear him snark at our coach?
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I'm no Wes apologist, but it isn't unfair to point out that info coming from CJH regarding player availability should be viewed with skepticism.
 
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franklinpence said:
Last season Ulysses pumped up the opposing team strengths and downplayed our positives, but it was a reverse-jinx ploy. Fingers crossed he’s living in that world again, and I applaud his commitment.
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That tends to be McGill's modus. It's ok. He will love to have been wrong, if that result can be brought to fruition. And McGill does understand football. GBO! 🍊
 
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Orange. said:
It's unfair, ignorant, or preening.

What CJH is doing should be appreciated as non-idiotic.
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If he wants to play a game with info, then why would you expect the media to treat what he says as anything other than a game? And what is the correct way to report on a game? "Day 736. CJH said yet more stuff he knows isn't true. Maybe tomorrow."

I don't blame him for doing it, but neither do I blame the media for treating it the way they do.
 
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SSVol said:
If he wants to play a game with info, then why would you expect the media to treat what he says as anything other than a game? And what is the correct way to report on a game? "Day 736. CJH said yet more stuff he knows isn't true. Maybe tomorrow."

I don't blame him for doing it, but neither do I blame the media for treating it the way they do.
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Wes's first sentence was good reporting. Wes's second sentence was making it all about himself. Even his mom can see that.

"Wants to play a game with info..." WTF is wrong with you today?
 
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Orange. said:
"So yeah ... we'll see."

Wes displays here an absolute ignorance of football, leadership, tactics, prudence, and common sense. Reader appears compelled to choose between troll and idiot as an assessment. But the combo is not logically excluded.

Why are we not allowed to have decent local media? Why does he think anyone wants to hear him snark at our coach?
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csprig9 said:
Honesty lol
He didn’t get told an answer he liked so he pouted and took a shot complaining

He’s an entitled bitch
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It's tiresome to watch you guys do this lol. The coach lies and you want the entire media to own it like it's straight from the mouth of Dear Leader.

If Heupel wants his injury notes to be taken seriously he could tell the truth. Or he could keep making things up and keep having the media note that. It doesn't make a bit of difference to me and I'm sure he couldn't care less what Wes thinks.

The deep, yearning desire for the local media to be straight propoganda for the AD is crazy. Anyone who thinks the local media guys who have been covering crap football teams for 20 years don't want them to be good is a dumbass. But they have an actual job. If you don't like it, don't read it. You can turn off the press conferences after Heupel’s opening statement every time.
 
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