Recruiting Football Talk VIII

#64,077
#64,077
Orange. said:
WTF is a "Space Game"? 😂 I know what a scape goat is.
Click to expand...
UCF is "SpaceU". Originally founded as Florida Tech in 1963 to support the US's space program at the Kennedy Space Center. It was an all-STEM college. Later changed to UCF in 1978.

UCF still runs the Florida Space Institute, Robinson Observatory, and National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center and is the leader of NASA's Florida Space Grant Consortium.

Their mascot in the past was the "Citronaut" an astronaut orange.

You can see SpaceX and rocket launches from campus/stadium. They've had some SpaceX launches during night games.

So since 2018 they've had a Space Game where they wear custom uniforms that theme/honor the schools history and space research.
 
  • Like
Reactions: JP_UT_O&W, BlackLabelVols, beneVOLence and 12 others
#64,080
#64,080
UTvol1fn said:
giphy.gif
Click to expand...
Such a classic movie...he was such a great actor. His birthday is on Halloween. Doesn't seem like it but he passed away now 30 years ago.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Big Orange#1, hooter vol, Ulysees E. McGill and 9 others
#64,081
#64,081
SoilVol said:
UCF is "SpaceU". Originally founded as Florida Tech in 1963 to support the US's space program at the Kennedy Space Center. It was an all-STEM college. Later changed to UCF in 1978.

UCF still runs the Florida Space Institute, Robinson Observatory, and National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center and is the leader of NASA's Florida Space Grant Consortium.

Their mascot in the past was the "Citronaut" an astronaut orange.

You can see SpaceX and rocket launches from campus/stadium. They've had some SpaceX launches during night games.

So since 2018 they've had a Space Game where they wear custom uniforms that theme/honor the schools history and space research.
Click to expand...
They should go back to that, it's so much cooler than UCF Knights. . .
 
  • Like
Reactions: Big Orange#1, Rizzo924, KPT_VFL and 3 others
#64,085
#64,085
Hypothetical time!

Let’s say Oregon, Penn State, and Indiana all win out (yes, that would entail PSU beating Ohio this weekend, and Indiana winning at Columbus). But let’s say they do. That would lead to the 4th tie breaker to see who goes to Big 10 championship game, which is this: “The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.”

Does the committee keep out a closer loser in the Big10 championship and/or an undefeated team that didn’t make the game because of a 4th tiebreaker?
 
#64,088
#64,088
I thought we could save some time talking about non-SEC schools. I came across this list.

Non-SEC Schools in the Top 10 Who Suck

1. Organ- They spend more time getting dressed than they do practicing football plays. Every year they get hyped up only to get smoked when they play an actual team. Their mascot is a duck. They have always played in a lame conference and had a lame schedule. They are the DEI candidate in the top 10 as they are the LGBQLMNOP+/-@%& team.

2. State Penn- When they needed uniforms they stole a middle school's practice jerseys. They have a reptile for a coach who's only claim to fame is that he won a game with Vanderbilt. It is more dangerous to be in their locker room than it is to be on their football field. Rutgers is actually a conference game for them.

3. Blowhio St.- The second most overrated team in history. They haven't been any good since they fired that coach who punched players. Their present coach makes Dickwitz look like an alpha. As far as schedule and competition goes, see Organ. They lost to Organ. Their mascot ... I don't know wtf is going on there, it's either pot leaf or walking mountain oyster.

4. Miami Vice - They play in an NAIA conference and if they win it they will get a playoff bye and get beat in their first game, immediately claim a national championship. They are ducking Florida. Their mascot is a crackhead chicken. They haven't had a good coach since Howard Schnellenberger. Miami is a Florida Correctional Facility.

5. Nuter Lame- The most overrated team in history. The only reason they are popular is because the Pope makes all Catholics pull for them. Their only claims to fame are that they beat Army and Navy a couple of times and that Ronald Reagan played for them and he died. Rudy would be a starter today. God doesn't even like them.

6. The Sister Wives- Their first college president was a twisted weirdo who changed his name to Bring 'em Young. Their mascot is an aging woman sexual predator who prays on several young men at a time. They kicked out the two only cool players that ever attended because they only wanted one wife, Jim McMahon and Keenan Pili. They couldn't find a conference so they joined the Big Whothehellisintherenow?
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: beneVOLence, orangebloodgmc, Rocky_Top_Vol13 and 6 others
#64,092
#64,092
VolsnCards5 said:
Hypothetical time!

Let’s say Oregon, Penn State, and Indiana all win out (yes, that would entail PSU beating Ohio this weekend, and Indiana winning at Columbus). But let’s say they do. That would lead to the 4th tie breaker to see who goes to Big 10 championship game, which is this: “The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.”

Does the committee keep out a closer loser in the Big10 championship and/or an undefeated team that didn’t make the game because of a 4th tiebreaker?
Click to expand...
That's where being 3rd in the conference might be better than being 2nd and suffering the loss in a title game. I think all three would get bids in that scenario tbh. But could see where 1 and 3 get the bids, especially if 1 wallops 2.
 
#64,093
#64,093
Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
I think we win out. But I also believe in mitigating risk. So on the off chance we go 10-2 I'll be rooting for Alabama to win every game they have left in the regular season so we can be assured of a playoff spot. Because I like Tennessee more than I hate Alabama. And if you like Tennessee then you'll be rooting for the scenarios that get us into the playoffs rather than rooting for a scenario that keeps us out of the playoffs because you allow your emotions to override logic and reason.
Click to expand...
Mitigating risk is for insurance actuaries and mutual fund managers. We are F'ing Al Capone, we eliminate risks. We are Tennessee.
 
  • Like
Reactions: orangebloodgmc and volsagain
#64,096
#64,096
Do yall think this is what we experienced after the fulmer down fall or just bad coaching hires overall?…seemed like we were always talking about culture here during those times..this is a nice in depth breakdown..

 
  • Like
Reactions: Enki_Amenra
#64,099
#64,099
Proposal to improve transfer portal:

Transfer buyouts. When a player transfers, the receiving school has to pay the original school 1 year of the original NIL contract amount OR 1 year of future NIL contract amount, whichever is greater. This rewards small schools for finding and developing players into D1 prospects. So no longer do the small schools have to totally rely on getting pummeled by big schools for a payday, they can also sustain their programs and facilities on developing underrecruited project guys.

It also reduces the size of transfer contracts so fewer of those guys shopping for a huge payday because schools know they'll have to pay double. It might also reduce the size of high school signee contracts and encourage guys to stay at a school. Example: If a guy like Nico with a giant contract gets benched, he may not have a lot of suitors willing to pay Tennessee that buyout, so Nico is better off staying at UT and earning his job back.

Then, when a school fires a coaching staff and a bunch of guys transfer, the new coach likely will have a substantial pile of NIL money to work with from transfer buyouts to rebuild a roster year 1.

Overall, increases parity by helping small school create revenue and decreases time to rebuilding programs. This would probably not be popular with programs like ours who currently benefit from being at the top of the totem pole, but probably benefits the sport as a whole.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Go Fight Win, TN-POSSUM, WesTnVol and 3 others
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top