Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[vols 30]

Do the people who call in from Alabama on The Finebaum show speak English?

 

[TrippieRedd]

Do the people who call in from Alabama on The Finebaum show speak English?

Incestenese

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I’m not aruguing that lol

I’m arguing that the our recruiting is on par with those past classes, good for 5-6 in the SEC like we are currently.

The coaching is the major difference here.

If we didn't pay Nico and JP etc etc etc...they WOULD NOT BE HERE....those stupid numbers don't mean except to prove that if we were NOT paying big, we sure as hell wouldn't have anywhere close to what we do have.

We'd be trying to win with scrubs like every other poverty program

 

[Devo182]

A little bit of heights, more of flying. Just feels wrong being 35,000 feet in the air and going 500MPH. Like it might shake apart.

Ya gotta be more like Wade Boggs.

 

[TrippieRedd]

If we didn't pay Nico and JP etc etc etc...they WOULD NOT BE HERE....those stupid numbers don't mean except to prove that if we were NOT paying big, we sure as hell wouldn't have anywhere close to what we do have.

We'd be trying to win with scrubs like every other poverty program

Peepaw….quit kicking and screaming

We’re done with it. Move on.

 

[Devo182]

I am scared of heights. Not so much in a plane though. It's surreal, like I'm not really off the ground.

I always thought it was wild how slow it looks l when you're that high, compared to the same speed close to the ground.

100% I could barely stomach walking the stairs at Ogle's just to go down water rides.

Flying is easy. Well, until you go skydiving...that's something else when those tiny doors open. But you don't get a choice to turn back when you legally have to go tandem.

And yet totally worth it.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

My take...I hate that prices have gotten out of hand, that good hard working loyal Vols that stayed loyal no matter what, that took gut punch, after gut punch, after gut punch, cannot afford to take their families to a good game anymore..but I wanted us to be great again...and we ARE great again...and this is the cost.


It is what it is...if I can't take it anymore, then I don't have to care anymore...that's my choice, and so I will hang in there until I just can't anymore like I did with MLB.

I wanted us to be great again...and this is the cost.

are they sharing the cost of greatness or dumping the entire cost in the laps of the fans?

 

[Enki_Amenra]

So only a playoff appearance makes it worth paying freaking TEN PERCENT more?

This is a really really good football team, it has to be to even CONTEND for a playoff spot coming out of the SEC...we went dang near twenty f'n years without a good football team much less one that is one of the best 8-10 teams in the country!

Have you so quickly forgotten what being truly hopeless felt like?...go back and watch a game from the 20 season and maybe you will have a full download of that awful awful evil memory, and maybe it will jolt you back into some common freaking sense and gratitude for what we have NOW.

Whether we beat Okie or not...this team is a blessing. No matter who we play this year...we actually have a REAL chance to beat them because we have a really good-great football team again.

In 20...we couldn't beat anybody.

Before that we lost to Georgia Freaking State...come on man.

Also, it's 15%. not a big difference, depending on how you look at it. 10% goes to the athletes.

 

[drvenner]

Apparently, they're making First Alerts for horses now. You know, in case they've fallen and can't giddyup!

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Challenge accepted

Please please please give him open guys to throw to...and see what happens..

 

[Devo182]

Anxiety is no joke. You know it doesn't make sense, but you can't control it.

Therapy taught me self-talk against anxiety. Just one trick, but very effective.

Once you break the subconscious loop, you can take back the control.

Was always a skeptic growing up, but therapists are professionals for a reason. 2 months and I've been anxiety free for 1.5 years.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Long as it ain’t us

 

[VOL608]

The other major problem with it is the timing of it. Of the economy was doing better people I think would be more ok with it, but groceries are high, gas is high, hell I think we even have to pay for air now. Then they add this on top of everything else, it's just too much.

I don’t disagree with anyone who says the increase in ticket prices is too much. I totally understand. I’ve only been able to go to a couple games over the last 3-4 years bc of the ticket prices, but at the same time what would you want the Athletic Department to do? They gotta strike while the irons hot, especially in this new college football/NIL landscape.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Peepaw….quit kicking and screaming

We’re done with it. Move on.

Okeydokey...just don't jump in the Idiot wagon with Nash.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Apparently, they're making First Alerts for horses now. You know, in case they've fallen and can't giddyup!

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

100% I could barely stomach walking the stairs at Ogle's just to go down water rides.

Flying is easy. Well, until you go skydiving...that's something else when those tiny doors open. But you don't get a choice to turn back when you legally have to go tandem.

And yet totally worth it.

That is the one bucket list thing, well one of two including snow skiing, that I will never get to do now thanks to my destroyed knees.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

are they sharing the cost of greatness or dumping the entire cost in the laps of the fans?

I don't know...I do know they have to pay for a lot of dumb sports that nake zero money.

It is what it is.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Also, it's 15%. not a big difference, depending on how you look at it. 10% goes to the athletes.

I thought that said a 10% increase

 

[Glitch]

Apparently, they're making First Alerts for horses now. You know, in case they've fallen and can't giddyup!

 

[Jackcrevol]

@Weezer moves to edge of his bed.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Apparently, they're making First Alerts for horses now. You know, in case they've fallen and can't giddyup!

 

[Vfl2407]

Do the people who call in from Alabama on The Finebaum show speak English?

Same callers every time I’ve ever watched. Most from Bama and illiterate. Redundant, I know.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

I thought that said a 10% increase

You've got to give your all, McGill. Danny said so....



(I missed that number too, I guess because the original tweet said it was a 10% increase. They should have said it's a 15% increase but 10% goes to the kids. I hate getting mad twice in the same day over the same )

 

[Jackcrevol]

I am confusion. Is that an old picture or is Neyland squeezing in an event(s) during the 3-week off period?

yes!!

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I don’t disagree with anyone who says the increase in ticket prices is too much. I totally understand. I’ve only been able to go to a couple games over the last 3-4 years bc of the ticket prices, but at the same time what would you want the Athletic Department to do? They gotta strike while the irons hot, especially in this new college football/NIL landscape.

Like I've always said. I don't hate the player, I hate the game. But I think the money should come from the multi millions in revenue created instead of using it as another gouging tool.