Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[UTK]

I think it's good that Gameday will be there to give it a big game feel. Keep the guys focused.

A noon game on the CW is a trap game

also a game after a bye week ain’t gonna be a trap game ever under a competent coaching staff lol

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

also a game after a bye week ain’t gonna be a trap game ever under a competent coaching staff lol

This team is also just all business. Don't see them getting complacent. They different

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Ok if he just wanted to fully heal and not tough it out...

I respect it! I think it's really f'n stupid to try and play through an ankle when you're a 350 pound tackle. That's just asking for you to eff it up for the rest of the year.

I love and respect toughing it out if you can make it happen. Much rather you get healthy.

 

[Jackcrevol]

 

[SpringBokVol]

Good grief. They've benched the guy for a true freshman b/c our defense smothered that entire offense and Hawkins (the true frosh backup) moved the ball a little bit in the second half. Wait until the OU fans figure out that that was b/c UT was playing 3rd and 4th string in the second half.

I'm not sure I could imagine a worse handling of a QB room. As mentioned, the news is that they literally ran Gabriel (super senior starter) off to pacify Arnold. Then they panicked in a game that they were NOT going to win, and sat Arnold for a true frosh who had very limited (but slightly better) success against our 3rd and 4th string defense. As I've watched the OU media since the game, it sounds like there will be a fan revolt if Arnold goes back in over the backup. And even if he did, the fans would be booing the poor guy like we did Guarantano. He's done at OU.

So, naturally, per the link in the tweet above:

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Stay tuned for Arnold to transfer, which means that their handling of the QB room has wasted a super-senior that was trained up in the system by Heupel himself, as well as wasting a 5 star RSF QB, and left them dependent on a true freshman. Lord, thank you for the staff we have...

I'm a little bummed. First, for the Arnold kid. Second, for the Hawkins kid. Lastly, just because I wanted to see OU win out to help our SOS. Instead, it looks like that program is headed toward dumpster fire status. (Don't hate it for Stoops' sake, tho. I'll be honest.)

Between this and Bill Napier I am sitting here like:

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

I think if they both win this weekend...GameDay will be in Washington for Michigan @ UW next week.

 

[mrMet]

How panthers got their own category because of one good backup week idk.

It’s Big Cat. He does this every week and loves to make wild categories

 

[Vol423]

Trap or nah?

College Gameday isn't going to be there because of Arkansas. They're following us. They know we're a threat to win it all this year.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Do people that drive electric cars listen to AC/DC?

Or do they listen to something current?

People who drive electric cars like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.

 

[MarcoVol]

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Trap or nah?

If the game was this Saturday then that would be a textbook trap game. But coming off a huge win and a bye? Hogs are smoked.

 

[MarcoVol]

College Gameday isn't going to be there because of Arkansas. They're following us. They know we're a threat to win it all this year.

I don’t think College Gameday is gonna be there at all

 

[Glitch]

Bringing this here strictly for the appreciation we have for other fan bases who are also respectful..welcome to the sec young fella

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OU learns how to lower the deck on their mower and take a little better care of their lawn and we might just be able to not hate them most of the time.

 

[vol4eva]

Our DLine depth is insane. We legitimately might have 6+ All-American/SEC caliber dudes on the DLine.

 

[Glitch]

This is simple, Okie had a pathetic offense, Arky does not. I said we needed 33 points or more "to win COMFORTABLY".

We need our starting OTs out there...them not being out there was a problem.

OU has a pathetic offense but a damn good defense. Arky has a good, but not great offense. Their QB can throw but he has thrown as many picks as he has TDs. He can run but we are very good at stopping the run. They will probably score a few points on us. Maybe in the 20's but their defense is nowhere close to what OU's is. We probably could have scored 35+ on OU, even with the depleted OL on their crap field. I think we can score at will on Arky's defense and they won't be able to keep up. I am guessing we are back to our fast paced points-a-palooza and win going away. 52-24.

 

[DD4ME]

Wooooo

 

[gordonr24]

GameDay will more than likely be at Oregon/OSU in week 7. Then week 8 they're gonna have to decide between Bama @ Vols or UGA @ Texas

I would obviously want both teams to lose or tie. But since there needs to be a winner, I’ll be for Alabama.

Alabama winning would give us a better chance for ABC to select Alabama/Tennessee as the primetime game. Neyland under the lights for that matchup would be all time.

 

[Jack Burton]

First glance at the games that week it is

Kinda don't want it to be GameDay for that one lol

That Twitter account doesn’t seem very official but I dunno.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Pruitt beat them, I doubt they were good then.

We were 5-7 that year. Auburn was 8-5.

 

[DD4ME]

Well deserved

 

[GoodTimeVol]

OU has a pathetic offense but a damn good defense. Arky has a good, but not great offense. Their QB can throw but he has thrown as many picks as he has TDs. He can run but we are very good at stopping the run. They will probably score a few points on us. Maybe in the 20's but their defense is nowhere close to what OU's is. We probably could have scored 35+ on OU, even with the depleted OL on their crap field. I think we can score at will on Arky's defense and they won't be able to keep up. I am guessing we are back to our fast paced points-a-palooza and win going away. 52-24.

I’d be very surprised if Arky scores 24 points on us when their offense relies heavily on the run game and that plays perfectly for our defense.

 

[Jack Burton]

What is ment by the Knoxville news sentinel headline "If this new Heupel lasts"

Read it and report back.

 

[DD4ME]

OU learns how to lower the deck on their mower and take a little better care of their lawn and we might just be able to not hate them most of the time.

OU groundskeeper spotted

 

[MockingVol]

I think Bama is gonna be tougher than UGA. Think Bama also gets the dub vs UGA this weekend.

Absolutely not.

Bama might be a better team (TBD), but playing them in Knoxville is absolutely easier than playing UGA in Athens.