Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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Have the whining invaders left yet? Yesterday broke my heart, but I'm not calling it quits on the season over one bad game. Take the L, learn from it, get better. Kick Florida's ass and go from there.

On the bright side, both the Dodgers and Mets lost today.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
I just don't understand what's up with the play calling when the players have shown they can execute certain plays. W just haven't called the plays in 2 games now. No wacky formations Heupel is known for either. Just vanilla stuff with the same play call pattern.

"We got 5yds on 1st down again, what do you wanna do now?"

"You already know, run it up the middle, don't ask me again!"
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My friend said he thinks we are not trying to show anything for the Florida/Bama game. I don't buy that, think we got serious issues on offense.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Unfortunately for ar-Kansas, they score by rushing…that’s the absolute strength of our defense. Little pigs will be herded, corralled, slaughtered and BBQed by the 4th quarter.
If they can’t pass, it’s gonna be a long brutal game for them. 😁
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Well, this didn’t age well. 😡
 
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volKano said:
I didn’t need to listen to it to know that. Nico has lost confidence in himself. He looked nervous the whole game. Every shot of him between plays he looked stressed out.
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I’ve been harder on Nico than I expected, but to your point he’s had a pretty rough schedule to start his college career with how this weird schedule played out. He’s played 6 games and not a single one of them has been a P4 opponent at home.

All of his biggest tests have been neutral site or true road games. No big games at home which can be helpful for a young QBs growth. He’s been thrown into the fire early. I mean his first two SEC games have both been on the road.
 
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Go Fight Win said:
God our OL got beat so bad and so quickly off the snap I wouldn’t be mad at playing some true freshmen next week. And bring Dayne back at RT at least he gets some push on run plays
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Yeah I thought the second half of the Oklahoma game was a better OL performance than the trash put on the field saturday.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I’ve been harder on Nico than I expected, but to your point he’s had a pretty rough schedule to start his college career with how this weird schedule played out. He’s played 6 games and not a single one of them has been a P4 opponent at home.

All of his biggest tests have been neutral site or true road games. No big games at home which can be helpful for a young QBs growth. He’s been thrown into the fire early. I mean his first two SEC games have both been on the road.
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I didn’t quite get on the Nico hype train as some did. I know he’s incredibly talented, but I went to the Citrus Bowl and I just remember more the scrambling than a bunch of amazing touch throws. He’s definitely made some good throws, but I never felt truly wowed as in “that’s amazing.”

Again, this is to say nothing about his talent or his potential. I think he can be truly great. I just was always uncomfortable with the “he’s gonna win the Heisman” sort of attitude that pervaded aspects of commentary in certain places. Potential is great! But unrealized, it’s just potential.
 
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SpringBokVol said:
We got rat poisoned. 100%

Players loved the hype and took it all in for 2 weeks.

They did not keep emotional balance. They did not put in the effort required to get better each day.

Coaches and players got a big dose of rat poison.
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Yep. And now the media, like the vultures they are, will turn on us and run us down as though they weren’t the ones laying the rat poison in the first place.

Butch was right about one thing at least: love is conditional. Don’t buy your hype. Keep your head down and just do your job. They love you til you slip, and then they’ve got nothing but opprobrium and venom to throw your way.
 
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ugg said:
Hey VN we could use some prayers from my son. He is a police officer in Nashville and was forced to use deadly force Friday night. He had only been with the force a year and one day. I will not share the video for content reasons, but if any of you are in LE or similar fields I would like your feedback. Just type in October 4 officer involved shooting Nashville in YouTube. My stomach has been in knots. I am just glad he is still with us. Great kid, graduated APSU Suma Cum Laude. He is a mess as you can imagine.
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He eliminated a violent car jacking thug from our streets. Saved future innocent lives by doing so most likely. Dumba$$ could've dropped his pistol and put his hands on his head if he wanted to survive and do some time. He chose not to.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Decent summary by Cover 3 and Bud



Skip to 2 min mark to get past the obvious

~5:40 mark says it all

We got got. Their QB made crazy throws. Their DBs covered the best they ever have. Sometimes you just lose.

Hopefully a learning experience for Nico
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It is insane this happens to us every year. South Carolina 2022 played the game of their entire lives. Not even counting the stealing our offensive signs. Spencer Rattler who was anemic all season dropped dimes in the pocket, under pressure, and on the run right over the hands of our DB's over and over again.
 
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GoBigOrange86 said:
Yep. And now the media, like the vultures they are, will turn on us and run us down as though they weren’t the ones laying the rat poison in the first place.

Butch was right about one thing at least: love is conditional. Don’t buy your hype. Keep your head down and just do your job. They love you til you slip, and then they’ve got nothing but opprobrium and venom to throw your way.
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My love for Tennessee is unconditional.
 
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Weezer said:
My love for Tennessee is unconditional.
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Not talking so much about fans (though there are many for whom this is the case) as I am about the media. Josh Pate, Kirk Herbstreit, etc etc. — they love you as long as you’re winning.

Heck, I remember well when Herbstreit spread rumors about Tennessee’s “culture” following the 2022 SC loss, feeding into a narrative and really throwing shade on the program. I thought it was disgraceful but typical of media personalities.
 
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GoBigOrange86 said:
Yep. And now the media, like the vultures they are, will turn on us and run us down as though they weren’t the ones laying the rat poison in the first place.

Butch was right about one thing at least: love is conditional. Don’t buy your hype. Keep your head down and just do your job. They love you til you slip, and then they’ve got nothing but opprobrium and venom to throw your way.
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Hopefully the players on the team aren’t this soft
 
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Smokey123 said:
Hopefully the players on the team aren’t this soft
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I mean, I certainly worry they bought some of their own hype. A truly elite team, which is what the media was pumping them up as, finds a way to win that game. It doesn’t make them “soft.” They’re a bunch of 18-23 year olds for the most part, after all.
 
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