Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[tnvols72]

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.

and he got hurt and did not come back in the game

 

[BigOrange15]

Hopefully Pearce can become that dude we all know he is. So far he has been on a milk carton.

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.

 

[Devo182]

Why do people hate big trucks?

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.

 

[Volfan39]

Hopefully Pearce can become that dude we all know he is. So far he has been on a milk carton.

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

 

[Devo182]

Mine fits too. I have to be careful in some garages due to height. Mines not lifted and has standard tires but some garages are tight.

You must have a really chill wife to let you just sleep around like that.

 

[Devo182]

They are all over social media talking ish about Hype and our team.

Ruskie-Okie troll bots

Their board is mostly in lose 7-14 points mode. They don't feel good about the game, but are excited for a bigtime matchup and trying to be optimistic.

 

[Devo182]

Not the... monkey!

Bruhj

Idk if that's a real saying The Silent Generation like InVol use, but I'm definitely stealing it.

 

[Devo182]

Texas is getting a lot of love, mainly because of beating Michigan. Michigan = NCST IMO.

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.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Texas is getting a lot of love, mainly because of beating Michigan. Michigan = NCST IMO.

Michigan would beat NCST by 4 TDs. NCST is horrible.

 

[Devo182]

Michigan would beat NCST by 4 TDs. NCST is horrible.

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.

 

[tnvols72]

 

[volbeast33]

LOL

 

[volbeast33]

 

[butchna]

Your comment has nothing to do with mine

Oh, you were talking about another team…not the Bears? My bads.

 

[butchna]

Nah I’m kiddin. I am curious if the Bears can actually have a QB last more than a couple years tho.

Two games in + a whole season= get back to me.

 

[butchna]

LOL

I don’t want a QB who LOSES great.

 

[highspeed]

I am a Titans fan. In my almost 40 years of sports fandom, I have never hated a player who played for one of my teams like I hate Will Levis. That is all.

 

[JCVol00]

To me, it’s Nico’s awareness and speed of reads. He missed a wide open Bru on the first or second drive. Tried to force a couple passes that woulda been picked off by better DB’s. Didn’t matter, but it could in a big game. His skill level is sky high, but he still hasn’t put it all together yet. He makes up for it by insane accuracy on long throws.

He's not Hendo ‘22 yet. It’s coming tho. When it does, we’re gonna be unstoppable.

Agree 100%, Nico looks like an inexperienced qb, which he is. He will get better at that stuff as the season progresses, but you could definitely see some growing pains in him vs Nc State and Kent State

 

[Jackcrevol]

To me, it’s Nico’s awareness and speed of reads. He missed a wide open Bru on the first or second drive. Tried to force a couple passes that woulda been picked off by better DB’s. Didn’t matter, but it could in a big game. His skill level is sky high, but he still hasn’t put it all together yet. He makes up for it by insane accuracy on long throws.

He's not Hendo ‘22 yet. It’s coming tho. When it does, we’re gonna be unstoppable.

I think talent at WR across the board is better also, and that's scary. When Brazell and Thornton put it together

 

[Jackcrevol]

Hopefully Pearce can become that dude we all know he is. So far he has been on a milk carton.

he tormented NC State's QB, despite not tallying a sack. He had a 'sack' versus KS, but got bear hugged and held.

NC State Double Teamed, and threw quick passes. Agree at some point you have to make plays, but guarantee he will get one.

Dude is ridiculous.

 

[Jackcrevol]

When ESPN says 'who will be around Knoxville for field coverage', Cole

 

[Jackcrevol]

Lol Williams scrambles for 2 with the clock running instead of throwing it away.

4th and 1, vs Florida on the Road. Finally pull the ball, and run out of bounds??

 

[Vols4us]

They just need to continue to coach Nico up on the "when" to use his legs. In a game like Kent State, don't expose yourself to injury. The rest will come with playing time. The positive is that he is showing he is tough and willing to give his all for Tennessee.

 

[triadvolfan]

To me, it’s Nico’s awareness and speed of reads. He missed a wide open Bru on the first or second drive. Tried to force a couple passes that woulda been picked off by better DB’s. Didn’t matter, but it could in a big game. His skill level is sky high, but he still hasn’t put it all together yet. He makes up for it by insane accuracy on long throws.

He's not Hendo ‘22 yet. It’s coming tho. When it does, we’re gonna be unstoppable.

That's exactly right. He's being hyped and he's going to be amazing but his inexperience shows up at times. He's still been effective though which tells you just how talented he is. He'll need to get better if we're going to score a lot of points against elite defenses.

I expect Saturday to be a dogfight. We're rolling into Norman for a night game with a redshirt freshman QB making his first true road start. I know we're the better team but I don't expect it to be easy.

 

[vol4eva]

What would be the weakest part of our offense in your opinion? Not that any part is really that weak, but in comparison to the whole?

Is it QB, just because there is still growth to be had? Is the situation really that good?

Our oline depth is not great. Injuries to our starters would be a problem.