Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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#31,451
Brillovol said:
Oh, one other note about the game. It truly was 101k+. All areas were packed at kickoff.

The entire university did a great job. Tons of family events going that brought in family. High school bands playing with POTS at halftime. Massive credit to the entire university executive leadership team for putting on a great weekend.

Folks, we have some great leadership. Soak it in. This is what success looks like.
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The game day atmosphere is so good.
 
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Brillovol said:
Finally got time to think about the game last night, and basically everything thus far:

• Crowd energy was insane
• Felt like a top SEC matchup
• The Stroke >>>>>> Friends in Low Places
• We were a hot knife through butter
• Vanilla play calling on both sides
• This is the best setup for a run we’ve ever had
• Nico: learn how to slide
• Mike Matthews. Remember that name.
• The offense can be way better
• The defense is 2002 good…or better
• We can defend the slant

Glad we got to go. Last minute decision when other stuff got moved around.
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I'm going to state the obvious:

No one we've played so far has dared to test the pass rush, NC State waded knee deep a few times but thought better.

Someone is going to test it, I think that'll be this weekend. Need the back half of this defense to step up, the DL will get home if they do. The defense will be key, no letting qb's beat contain, if they dare run it hammer them. Suffocating defense. Pierce has a coming out party.... Two sacks and on the heels of this QB like a rabid dog. Interior DL is going to feast.

Offense comes alive and depth overwhelming in the second half. We win by 3 scores.
 
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TheBigOne10 said:
OU fans bragging about their interior DL. Their best guy is former Vol DaJon Terry. Was a pretty solid guy for us, but no world-beater. Stutsman is their playmaker.
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Sampson bout to make Stutsman look stupid in the open field. Terry will be huffing for air after the third series, he’s a quitter and we know that. He will give out, they won’t be able to run the ball. Pili or Carter will knock the piss out of Arnold and he will be hesitant. If the try to let a pass develop we will get home. Look for Brazzell to go off this game, Nico will get passing windows due to OU being confident in the defense. And he’s shown he doesn’t need much of a window, boat race incoming.
 
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KB5252 said:
I'm going to state the obvious:

No one we've played so far has dared to test the pass rush, NC State waded knee deep a few times but thought better.

Someone is going to test it, I think that'll be this weekend. Need the back half of this defense to step up, the DL will get home if they do. The defense will be key, no letting qb's beat contain, if they dare run it hammer them. Suffocating defense. Pierce has a coming out party.... Two sacks and on the heels of this QB like a rabid dog. Interior DL is going to feast.

Offense comes alive and depth overwhelming in the second half. We win by 3 scores.
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Hopefully Pearce can become that dude we all know he is. So far he has been on a milk carton.
 
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#31,463
BigOrangeTrain said:
Hopefully Pearce can become that dude we all know he is. So far he has been on a milk carton.
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On the stat sheet, yeah but he's been influencing for sure. You can see it on replays, them focusing him causes all kind of openings for other players.
 
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volbeast33 said:
Why do people hate big trucks?
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Hate is too strong a word.

More like "find silly" depending where they are.

When I see one on a ranch or the country I go "makes sense".

But when I see them piling into their suburban driveways with 10 feet of grass and an HOA, it just makes me laugh.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Hopefully Pearce can become that dude we all know he is. So far he has been on a milk carton.
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I felt bad for Pearce yesterday truthfully. He was about to get his first sack of the season, and the tackle decided to hold the crap out of him and stop him from getting the easiest sack of his life. He needed that sack
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Texas is getting a lot of love, mainly because of beating Michigan. Michigan = NCST IMO.
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They began the season at #4 tbf. I'd say what they did last year is the biggest reason, along with Ewers returning.

Dismantling Michigan in the big house + uga looking ugly helped too. As does having extreme talent - roster is 75% bluechips and #4 in Team Talent. Those type of teams will get benefit of the doubt, for a reason.

All that matters is the committee though and they gave us love last time. Top 4 seed is all on us. Besides that, getting a home game would be yuuuge.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Michigan would beat NCST by 4 TDs. NCST is horrible.
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FPI says it would be about a 13 pt spread. Michigan probably better, but it'd be a decent game later in the season, when/if their transfers ever get it together on the same page.

See what they do vs Clemson this week first.
 
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