Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[volfaninpa]

You know Manny Diaz wants to beat Miami.

 

[DD4ME]

Ole Miss making all the passes Nico hasn’t. That is the only real difference.

 

[vol4eva]

Can't believe we lost to Arkansas

Same

Tackles, passing game, and Heup were ATROCIOUS. That game was top 2 or 3 worst coached games under Heup and he knew it.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Miami is an undefeated top 5 ranked team and that stadium is half empty.

Sad

I sometimes wonder if it’d be any better if they had an on campus stadium. You’d think a good number of folks would be jumping on the bandwagon.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Can't believe we lost to Arkansas

And Ole Miss can’t believe they lost to Kentucky — at home (hope I’m not jinxing us).

Crap happens in this game.

 

[Vfl2407]

Looking more and more like our loss to Ark is what the committee will call a BAD loss. Argh.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Same

Tackles, passing game, and Heup were ATROCIOUS. That game was top 2 or 3 worst coached games under Heup and he knew it.

I don't think it was play calling. It was the players, starting with the OL, then QB, then WRs.

 

[DD4ME]

Looking more and more like our loss to Ark is what the committee will call a BAD loss. Argh.

The lone blessing is it was on the road.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Not great, but very solid.

Oh cmon @Glitch get in the game

 

[DD4ME]

OSU heating up. Penn St d line getting no pressure.

 

[Vfl2407]

The lone blessing is it was on the road.

True. Unlike Bama’s “home” loss to Vandy.

 

[Jackcrevol]

The lone blessing is it was on the road.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Looking more and more like our loss to Ark is what the committee will call a BAD loss. Argh.

No loss to an SEC team is a "bad" loss (except maybe miss St or Vanderbilt most of the time). Losing to Northern Illinois, on the other hand, is definitely a bad loss.

 

[vol4eva]

I don't think it was play calling. It was the players, starting with the OL, then QB, then WRs.

We get the Oline to play like they did vs Bama and we probably win that Arky game. Heard and Campbell were on skates.

 

[drvenner]

At least one of you should be very concerned

 

[gainesvol82]

They could have easily fixed the problem with reasonable measures like that years ago, now the very first action they take is a nuclear yet nebulous one. And it puts the decision power in the hands of bureaucrats after the fact.

Exactly.

Different note....how the hell does Duke continue to hire great coaches that eventually move on to other schools? Current guy doing great, Elko doing great at A&M, Spurrier and I remember there being1-2 more that I can't think of and don't feel like looking up.

Also, Miam's OL is getting away with massive holds in this game and a bad PI in the red zone just now. ACC has been like the Big 12 this year nothing but offense.

 

[DD4ME]

Arkansas finally making some plays

 

[Adam Sandler]

Arkansas

 

[jave36]

Exactly.

Different note....how the hell does Duke continue to hire great coaches that eventually move on to other schools? Current guy doing great, Elko doing great at A&M, Spurrier and I remember there being1-2 more that I can't think of and don't feel like looking up.

Also, Miam's OL is getting away with massive holds in this game and a bad PI in the red zone just now. ACC has been like the Big 12 this year nothing but offense.

Miami getting a super friendly home whistle. That PI just now was literally nothing

 

[GoBigOrange86]

At least one of you should be very concerned

Well that’s ominous

 

[Enki_Amenra]

At least one of you should be very concerned

TWSS

 

[DD4ME]

Exactly.

Different note....how the hell does Duke continue to hire great coaches that eventually move on to other schools? Current guy doing great, Elko doing great at A&M, Spurrier and I remember there being1-2 more that I can't think of and don't feel like looking up.

Also, Miam's OL is getting away with massive holds in this game and a bad PI in the red zone just now. ACC has been like the Big 12 this year nothing but offense.

Three things.

They play in a trash conference so success is easier

They give their hires time

Their athletics support is good for a private school focused on academics.

 

[gainesvol82]

Exactly.

Different note....how the hell does Duke continue to hire great coaches that eventually move on to other schools? Current guy doing great, Elko doing great at A&M, Spurrier and I remember there being1-2 more that I can't think of and don't feel like looking up.

Also, Miam's OL is getting away with massive holds in this game and a bad PI in the red zone just now. ACC has been like the Big 12 this year nothing but offense.

Edit: Forgot Diaz was Duke's coach. He is like a new, younger version of what Cutcliffe was to that program. He could keep them in the thick of the ACC for years.

 

[DD4ME]

Come on razorslacks

 

[InVOLuntary]

It's probably already been discussed, but wtf is Grant Williams doing with his professional career?!

He literally went from being known as a guy everyone loves, team player, hardest worker in the room, lifts his teammates up to being public enemy #1, runs his mouth to Butler in the championship which cost them a crucial game, gets traded, runs his mouth to his teammate Luka, gets traded to a horrible team, and now with the Hornets he decks his former friend and teammate Tatum and gets tossed. Totally unnecessary play. His mouth potentially cost him two shots at titles and now his behavior is going to cost him money. Is he doing this on purpose?!

I hadn't seen or heard that. That's not what I thought Grant was all about.