Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Devo182]

Rate my custom SEC
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Far more Southeastern than the real SEC

 

[Jackcrevol]

Hoping he wont, but, surely he will visit Coldumpus again?

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[WillisWG]

Ethan and George working it

 

[knoxvol52]

Pulled in the 3rd

Pitched 4 full innings gave up 2 runs on 6 hits with 6 strikeouts. Not to bad for someone who hasn't pitched in 9 months in Majors..

 

[UTgrad2015]

Man.. look at the trend Nico started. Starting to look like those OU teams when Riley was there

 

[Adam Sandler]

Apparently to start a zoo you need at least two pandas, a grizzly and three polars.

It's the bear minimum.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Everything on the other side of the river is turning into apartment complexes, which means all of that is crazy expensive. Buying land and building a parking garage to use 8 times a year is probably not in play. Not unless there is a massive need for student parking, which is not something UT has ever cared about before lol

Although they suffered a setback, they still want a pedestrian bridge across the river connecting between FCC/TBA and the practice facility on this side of the river. I would think there would be parking needed to justify that traffic and would GUESS there is a lot of land RIGHT at the water in the flood plain that could best be used for that. To create value thru traffic for any structure on that side too. I would love to see a pair of opposing gondolas suspended below the bridge too. Up and down mountains or across rivers, what’s the difference. Works in Gatlinburg.

 

[Vol423]

I feel like an old man saying this but I’m not too excited about the development going up. I’m sure it’ll be cool and all, but I am afraid it will taint the “college town” vibe and hometown feel.

If you really graduated from UT in 2015, you're WAY too young to act that damn old.

 

[UTgrad2015]

If you really graduated from UT in 2015, you're WAY too young to act that damn old.

I did indeed graduate from UT in 2015 and do indeed act like an old man (at times)

 

[lfvol]

Getting Bru back and having a QB with touch that doesn't throw 100 mph missiles for 5-10 yard routes should help with that.

That wasn’t the issue in 2023. Nor were our WRs good.

 

[lfvol]

We should definitely see an improvement in QB play this year. Nico (I believe) can process better, has more touch, and will likely be more accurate.

But that doesn’t change the fact that WR play was subpar last year. Keyton’s drop of a TD against aTm was a perfectly thrown touch pass by Milton. He lofted it into his hands. The drop against UVA, same. There were many others. Thornton and Bru had some bad drops too that weren’t the result of hard throws.

One reason for excitement is that we should see an improvement in both QB and WR play this year. I think the latter was worse than the former in 2023…but both were below the level we need.

Agree with almost all of this. He also quit on routes and all had trouble getting separation against the better teams and weren’t physical, a bad combination

 

[headhunter15]

What platform are you all using to purchase single game tickets? Was looking at Ticketmaster, but hate seeing almost $30 in service fees.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

What platform are you all using to purchase single game tickets? Was looking at Ticketmaster, but hate seeing almost $30 in service fees.

That's the only option. The school sold out to TM

 

[BruisedOrange]

If you really graduated from UT in 2015, you're WAY too young to act that damn old.

So if it's not age... maybe it's taste? Community values? Stewardship for future generations? Smarts?

 

[BruisedOrange]

For 2 does not surprise me.

I appreciate this discussion of ticket prices. Sadly, you have simplified my Fall.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

We should definitely see an improvement in QB play this year. Nico (I believe) can process better, has more touch, and will likely be more accurate.

But that doesn’t change the fact that WR play was subpar last year. Keyton’s drop of a TD against aTm was a perfectly thrown touch pass by Milton. He lofted it into his hands. The drop against UVA, same. There were many others. Thornton and Bru had some bad drops too that weren’t the result of hard throws.

One reason for excitement is that we should see an improvement in both QB and WR play this year. I think the latter was worse than the former in 2023…but both were below the level we need.

If our o line gives Nico time

He'll do heinous things on the football field

 

[Jackcrevol]

Does Brame and Sanders have any kind of connection?

Used too. Davis did something, Da'shaun got the Brame. Was ugly.

Seriously, these dudes will do great at TN.

 

[Rockytop10nessee]

If our o line gives Nico time

He'll do heinous things on the football field

Johnny manziel won a heisman as a RS freshman. Nico is as good running and much better passing.

 

[Wickman]

 

[headhunter15]

That's the only option. The school sold out to TM

That’s what I remember now…

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

Apparently to start a zoo you need at least two pandas, a grizzly and three polars.

It's the bear minimum.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Johnny manziel won a heisman as a RS freshman. Nico is as good running and much better passing.

Nico is not as good of a runner as Manziel was. Not even close. Agree he should be a better passer.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Nico is not as good of a runner as Manziel was. Not even close. Agree he should be a better passer.

manziel was a smurf

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Nico is not as good of a runner as Manziel was. Not even close. Agree he should be a better passer.

I wouldn’t even necessarily say Manziel was a good runner.

He just had outstanding vision of the field and was very hard to tackle.

Nico seems to have more straight line speed.