Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Ulysees E. McGill]

How do you not have a quality QB backup when your main guy is made of glass?

Because your main guy broke the budget?

 

[engineerVOL]

RIP money wall & the strip

 

[butchna]

@butchna is correct. Al Davis actions was just a pissing contest with NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle.

Ran a master class out of lawyer retainers. Sued to leave Oakland, to return to Oakland and when another team returned to LA.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

That is dope. Post it over the course of the year. That would be epic.

I visited Chimney Rock Natiomal Monunent near Scott's Bluff back in 2017 and there is a little trailside cemetery with a grave of a 54 year old woman that had written on it "Tell John I died with my face toward Zion".

That touched my heart...Her surviving family must have been keeping her grave up over the years because it was a newer gravestone. I assumed her last words had been passed down through the years and put on the marker.

 

[engineerVOL]

RIP money wall & the strip

Freshman year, 2004, a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed engineerVOL was making his debut on campus. Literally first day of classes. Was walking toward the UC. Had never seen so many cute girls. One caught my eye at the money wall. Cha Ching. Well remember the staircase and how the first tread was on a slope? I missed and stumbled forward, backpack displacing forward over my head, creating additional momentum I couldn’t control, sent me stumbling for what seemed 100 feet.

I died inside.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

It would…have to see if my family will allow it

Start in the spring next year like the Oregon Trail pioneers would have done...that would be really cool.

 

[VolsnCards5]

The GoVols247 pod is okay for those things

Thanks

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

If any of you guys go through Nebraska and Wyoming there are a ton of awesome Oregon/Mormon/California Trail historic sites along the way. It mostly follows the Platte River all the way across Nebraska to Wyoming and then cuts across Wyoming for hundreds of miles to the famous South Pass.

We stopped at several sites like Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff and the Guernsey Ruts, then Independence Rock and the Devils Gate.

Those folks amaze me..and it amazes me that you can still see the wagon ruts in so many places.

 

[UTSuave’]

**Strictly odds ONLY**

@mrMet @ionaVOL @Jackcrevol @Enki_Amenra @Volsdeep4 @TrippieRedd @ILVFL @MoCo_Vol
my friends…Who are we taking (circled only)

 

[MoCo_Vol]

That damn "Florida to Win" is the wrench in both options...

 

[MoCo_Vol]

UNLV winning at Kansas is probably the least likely win other than Florida. I'm not sure the Gators beating on Samford at home is enough to say they're going to beat A&M.

 

[Vfl2407]

Adjust your bets accordingly

Or as Heupel would say …OR.

 

[UTProf]

i was in Knoxville in June and was walking by where the old UC, book store and money wall used to be and just couldn't believe how hard it was to remember it all...i love the changes they've made on campus. but if you'd of told me in 1995 that all that would be gone in the next 20-25 years i'd of told you you're nuts lol.

Agree. It’s insane how much has changed on campus. It needed it but after having been the same for so long it’s crazy to see the differences. Campus was such a hodgepodge with too many buildings that looked like they were built by the Soviets and now it looks more like a campus that wasn’t occupied during the civil war and did most of its expanding in the worst era of public architecture. I will fight anyone over our Lego library though (I have always loved it).

 

[MarcoVol]

Just took a job with lots of driving involved. Are there any good UT podcasts? I’m not looking for super rah rah homer ****. I love to hear about stats/analytics that make sense. Would also love analysis from good football minds, not just cousin Steve in grandma’s basement spouting his opinions. I’ve never read a VQ article that makes me think they would have a podcast I’d enjoy.

And if no UT centric podcasts meet above criteria, any general college football pods that you would recommend?

TIA

Pate for general cfb.

All things UT related are hit and miss. None of them actually sound good on the radio which you’d think would be rule #1 for a pod but it is what it is.

 

[mrMet]

California and Stanford going back is what they should do. UNLV should join as well.

Wyoming and Air Force would be nice additions too imo

 

[mrMet]

Al was middle class Brooklyn Jew. Talked a big game and turned no football background into OL coach for USC, WR coach for the Chargers, HC, GM and then majority owner of the Raiders and even AFL Commissioner. Nobody else conned so many out of so much.

There’s two sentences in this paragraph that correlate

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[ionaVOL]

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@mrMet @ionaVOL @Jackcrevol @Enki_Amenra @Volsdeep4 @TrippieRedd @ILVFL
my friends…Who are we taking (circled only)

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I think this will be a big week for the underdogs, except poor kent state

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Better 4x4?
Marty McFly's Toyota or
"The Little Mule" ('82 Ford Bronco) from Romancing the Stone?

 

[mrMet]

UNLV winning at Kansas is probably the least likely win other than Florida. I'm not sure the Gators beating on Samford at home is enough to say they're going to beat A&M.

UNLV is sneaky with Barry Odom as HC

 

[mrMet]

**Strictly odds ONLY**

@mrMet @ionaVOL @Jackcrevol @Enki_Amenra @Volsdeep4 @TrippieRedd @ILVFL
my friends…Who are we taking (circled only)

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Not sure I’d be confident in either one of them

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Memphis, Vanderbilt, Tennessee are a combined 6-0. Outscoring opponents 287-57.

One of these is not like the others.
It’s like a Sesame Street conundrum.
One is a real sports school and the other two aren’t.

 

[engineerVOL]

If any of you guys go through Nehrasja and Wyoming there are a ton of awesome Oregon/Mormon/California Trail historic sites along the way. It mostly follows the Platte River all the way across Nebraska to Wyoming and then cuts across Wyoming for hundreds of miles to the famous South Pass.

We stopped at several sites like Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff and the Guernsey Ruts, then Independence Rock and the Devils Gate.

Those folks amaze me..and it amazes me that you can still see the wagon ruts in so many places.

McGill, was blessed to see the Tetons, Yellowstone, and Glacier this summer. Hiked up to Delta Lake. This has been my phone’s wallpaper.

 

[bigorange]

you been here almost 20 years! Time flies.
you must of been one of the first..

I've seen some shht around here for sure lol

 

[rikberry31]

Of all the new vehicles ive driven, Dodge Hemi has to be the loudest, and most attention getting engine. Again this is for work, I'm not out burnin' tarrs.

Nicest vehicle ive driven are GMC Sierra, Nissan Frontier, Tahoe, and Ford F150 Tremor.


Biggest hunks of crap - Ford edge, BMW sedan, any Hyundai, Kia, Dodge SUV, and any Jeep SUV

Overrated - Jeep Waggoneer, Dodge Challenger

Best overall - '24 Toyota Tacoma

Drove a Tundy, that was super posh. But V6 with Turbo Charged Engine was noisy. When entering or merging into traffic, that 1-2 second delay was hard to get used too.

Also, short beds. What's the point?

I agree on all points. I was all mopar back in the day but you couldn't give me a Chrysler product now.

 

[Vfl2407]

, it's not the size that matters. . .

For the AZ St game or the UT/OU game?

Said the same man whose wife owns tweezers and a magnifying glass.