Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Adam Sandler]

THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE NIL WE'RE ALREADY CONTRIBUTING TOO?!

MOARRRRRRRR

It’s an arms race and we ain’t losin! #dannywhiteforpresident

 

[PassedOutAwake]

Everytime I go to watch the OU vs Houston game and I see this guy, he always gives me the weird cringey vibe that Glen Gary has. (The manager in The Employee of the Month).

 

[Adam Sandler]

Only way that happens is if the P5 forms its own sort of minor leagues. The smaller schools can't really afford that.

Etsu, utc, utm, and mtsu will make for great minor league teams to UTk.

 

[Orange.]

@Enki_Amenra you post a lot of video analyses every week. Which one would you say is the best if I only wanted to watch one a week?

The UGA film guys discuss our matchup at minute 32. These are the same guys that did the film study of us and OK today. I shared that one earlier. I will tell you now UGA homers are loathing how much praise UT is getting. They are biased because UGA has had our number, but even they all have us winning by more than the spread.

They also parlayed that discussion into saying that the move by Danny White with the talent fee was ahead of the curve as our NIL has repeatedly been. When people loathe to talk about you are saying this much good about you it should wake some of our own fans up.

 

[Adam Sandler]

Is all 10% going to the players or are they gonna skim a few % off for themselves?

Also, they didnt need to add a 10% fee. They already make so much that they could've donated 11% of the ticket prices to the players and never really missed it.

It’s a marketing ploy and excuse to drive more revenue. It’s genius. And with us selling out season tickets, they have no reason not to take advantage.

But hey we can always go back to the Dooley/butch/cornbread years.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Considering Okie is one of the new guys in the conference, they are talking an awful lot of s***! How ‘bout we shut those mouths up!!

, i’m glad you said this. I’ve and most on here have noticed the increased smack talking by them ahead of this game. I hope our guys noticed also. I have to admit I’m nervous about this game, but it’s better than knowing we’ll be the punch line on sports center.

 

[Adam Sandler]

In my opinion UGA’s offense will not be as strong as long as Bobo is OC. Losing Monken was a big loss, but UGA also lost Buster Faulkner who was Monken’s right hand man. Faulkner is now OC at GaTech. Bobo last year had the carry over from Monken and Faulkner. Losing Bower and Ladd is also huge. They are beatable.

I agree. Great observation about Faulkner. That offense gave Haynes king a second life.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

As expected, we’re in the upper atmosphere while the rest just look up at Tennessee in amazement.

16-0

 

[DD4ME]

Their LB Stuntsman is legit. Will be curious what the battle between he and Samspon looks like.

 

[jave36]

I feel like someone spoke to this before and it had to do with how defense has changed. Maybe more bend don’t break, which leads to less td passes and more rb tds and field goals? Cant quite remember.

Ya I'd like to see total td to see if running td has made up the difference or not.

 

[jave36]

Less than Ohio State, just above Notre Dame and Bama, Michigan and LSU up there too. That's the top tier, I think. I don't know where Georgia stands.

It is prolly related to having a waiting list of 15,000 for season tickets, as he said. I think the Athletic Department considers us a grade above most of the conference in terms of game and game day experience, national brand, and fan devotion.

I was thinking about taking advantage of lower prices at Oklahoma (since we have to fly and need a room anyway) but we couldn't work it out this year.

Well below nfl tickets for the most part. Even ten years ago I went to a seahawks game, and face value on nosebleeds were $120.

 

[Midas]

Hey guys, I need your opinion on this parlay for this weekend. I’m trying to make a simpler one to hedge with by taking out a few on another bet.

Browns ML -275
Bucs ML -325
Packers ML +135
Ole Miss -36 -110
Cal ML +110
Dem boys in ORANGE ML -270

Y’all think these are locks?

Also which ones should I take out for a 4 legger?

 

[Jackcrevol]

Trust me I know about unreliable airlines (allegiant). I vowed to never fly allegiant again, its been over 6 years since I’ve flown with them. I have never (knock on wood lol) had issues with spirit or frontier. When I go to the next ut game, I will try to fly with the major airlines: delta, united, sw (they compensated me nicely for the ‘22 bowl debacle), or american.

My philosphy flying is to get a basic seat with no amenities. I am low maintenance when it comes to flying, regardless where I sit, we all get there the same time.

delta or american, in that order. Skymiles

 

[Jackcrevol]

Hey guys, I need your opinion on this parlay for this weekend. I’m trying to make a simpler one to hedge with by taking out a few on another bet.

Browns ML -275
Bucs ML -325
Packers ML +135
Ole Miss -36 -110
Cal ML +110
Dem boys in ORANGE ML -270

Y’all think these are locks?

Also which ones should I take out for a 4 legger?

yes!

 

[Adam Sandler]

I get it. I want the Vols to be elite. Just sucks that getting outpriced for my family seems to be the necessary evil. But hey, congrats on getting paid you college kids. Don’t spend it all on hookers and blow.

The collegiate system never fit in with reality. That’s why programs had to cheat before to meet the demands of the market. And we hated the teams that did it best and succeeded, unless it was us. Now we’re trying to do it legal and transparent, and we’re all bearing some of the costs. Let’s just be thankful we have enough big donors to carry us when most of the rest of us won’t or can’t.

And I think we know there are many kids who will make the most of their earnings and also many who will waste it. I believe the leadership we have will be able to help guide these kids to make better decisions more of the time than not, at least compared to their peers. We are leading the horses to water. Nobody in the country is positioning themselves to actually help these kids get it right as much as we are. That much should be clear.

 

[Adam Sandler]

And what about the Pilot sponsorship? I heard kids were gonna rake in NIL from that?

They just keep piling on…

Neyland entertainment district ain’t going to fund itself

 

[Adam Sandler]

I would say the previous 20 years prove your theory wrong. We will b***h and moan (rightfully so) but still continue to pay. We never stopped no matter how bad our teams were.

Comes with the territory of being the most dedicated fan base in the country

 

[tnvols72]

This idiot really thinks Kirby said this

 

[tnvols72]

Don't be offended he hung up.

He merely walked into a room in his house and immediately forgot why he walked into it to begin with. Then he began panting heavily and barking at shadows.

He probably did lol
He will call back, he always does lol

 

[Adam Sandler]

We are now first for the collective system and revenue sharing. Tell me how much has it really helped? The same teams round out the top 10, and we usually finish 10-13.

So essentially, they want us to pay more for the same recruiting results.

Like you, and others have said the big programs will follow suit, so we really don’t have any major advantage over those teams….again.

Should have waited till we made a playoff run (results) and no one would be complaining about this.

You can bet the prices will go up even more then. Will you hope it doesn’t so the prices don’t go up even more?

 

[Adam Sandler]

This is how businesses (yes, collegiate athletics too) brainwash people. Making people think their product is elite or more elite to the competitors b/c you are paying more for it. Phones and clothing is what comes to my mind first.

They’re selling hope. One of the few things it’s hard to put a price on.

We’ll see if the pieces they’ve put in place and the revenue they’re generating can equate to a championship. At least for now, we’re headed in the right direction, and it doesn’t feel like all fluff like the butch years.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Everything is bonkers now. Our anniversary is coming up, and was going to book this hotel in Asheville we stayed at a few years ago. It was probably $350/nt then… it’s now $750… WHAT’N’TARNATION. A galdang hotel. A sweet one. But a hotel.

We are in a financial hellscape right now in this country and I don’t like it.

We've found we can vacation out of the country for less money, including airfare.

 

[Adam Sandler]

Nothing beats target tshirts for like $10 or whatever they are

I’d think if nothing beats it you’d know the price

 

[Adam Sandler]

I am going to end on this and get something productive done.

We are the best i can remember in decades.

We play a top 15 team on the road for a likely playoff spot Saturday.

We have the most electric offense in my life.

We have one of rhe most suffocating defenses i can remember.

We all have free will to participate in that journey however we like.

We should celebrate the good because we've already spent entirely too much time lamenting the bad in prior seasons.

 

[Adam Sandler]

I remember when ppl were saying a couple of years ago, they would give a testicle to be great again.

How do you know I didn’t? Nico’s NIL deal had to be paid for somehow.