Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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UTProf said:
We don’t have a deep threat against teams with speed without a healthy Thornton. We just don’t.
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The deep ball has been overthrown most of the time that the receiver is open. Just from what I’ve seen this season. That makes it tough to open up the playbook.

The thing that I am most concerned about is just how slim Nico looks when he’s getting hit by any player on defense. Every time he gets hit, I am worried that he will be seriously injured. Not sure how much weight he can put on as his frame is not big. He absolutely needs more muscle bulk to absorb the punishment when he runs. 🤔
 
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PKT_VOL said:
You inadvertently supported my point with the bold.

In defense of Ellarbee, or Heupel if you want to make that argument, last year's and this incoming year's OL class are quite good.

Building an elite roster takes time. Heupel punching above his weight deceives our fanbase into thinking we have a roster capable of winning it all. We simply aren't there, yet.

I just wish our fanbase understood this dynamic and were appreciative of having a coach capable of punching above his weight WHILE slowing and consistently adding weight.
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At which point will we be there? Y5, 6, 8...10?

It doesnt take other programs that long to start signing top classes. Sarkisian is at #4 , what year is he?

This staff is in Y4. Has an orange bowl win, top QB. I dont buy it.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
The deep ball has been overthrown most of the time that the receiver is open. Just from what I’ve seen this season. That makes it tough to open up the playbook.

The thing that I am most concerned about is just how slim Nico looks when he’s getting hit by any player on defense. Every time he gets hit, I am worried that he will be seriously injured. Not sure how much weight he can put on as his frame is not big. He absolutely needs more muscle bulk to absorb the punishment when he runs. 🤔
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Yes Nico needs to eat a couple of Biscuits and a few Double Whoppers with bacon&Cheese.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
At which point will we be there? Y5, 6, 8...10?

It doesnt take other programs that long to start signing top classes. Sarkisian is at #4 , what year is he?

This staff is in Y4. Has an orange bowl win, top QB. I dont buy it.
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Just like when I get aggravated with Barnes.
We don't play the money game with the top recruits, and it costs us. I refuse to believe we don't have as much NIL money as anyone, but this setting a budget crap has to stop.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
I honestly think if Texas loses to A&M, we should jump them. They have 0 ranked wins, and losses would be to A&M and UGA (at home). We would have a great ranked win over Bama. How do you put them in over us with 2 losses?
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Definitely. I think the committee might try their hardest to do it though especially if A&M is in the mix as a 2 loss team that went to the SECCG,
 
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Jackcrevol said:
At which point will we be there? Y5, 6, 8...10?

It doesnt take other programs that long to start signing top classes. Sarkisian is at #4 , what year is he?

This staff is in Y4. Has an orange bowl win, top QB. I dont buy it.
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Although I agree with you, you also have to at least admit it’s a heck of a lot easier to recruit within the state of TX when you’re the HC of the University of Texas.
 
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SEC will get 4 in the playoff. Assuming all favorites win out who’s in? Texas and UGA for sure. 2 from the following get in- TN, Bama, OM, A&M. A&M should be first out. If no Bama bias it should be us and OM. Do I trust a committee to not be biased in favor of Bama? I do not.

Fairest 4 would be TX, UGA, TN, OM.
 
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Checker_the_Shire said:
Have you seen the schedule? That on top of his inability to win road games in the SEC, it’s highly possible. I didn’t say he would, but it’s definitely not a given he won’t.
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I have and I count 9 wins without having to even think about the game. The other 3 (@ Bama, @ FL, vs UGA) will determine how strong of a season Vols have.

It’s not even remotely highly possible he goes 7-5.
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
Jefferson Pilot used to list all the officials working ball games.

ESPN might.... might tell you the head official's name.

Transparency would go a long way with me.


If the SEC refuses to hire professional refereees then I would like to know who all is officiating the game and what university they graduated from. Maybe the officials can do like the players do on Sunday night football. When the game begins, they can introduce themselves and what school they went to.



For example:

The referee tonight was David Smith. He was quarterback for the university of alabama in the 80s and was team captain in 1988. How is he supposed to be impartial when TN is involved?
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I’m more amazed at the fact that the review booth stopped play more than once to correct a no call. I couldn’t believe that the review booth reversed the “fumble” recovered by Tennessee and changed it to an incomplete pass for uga. That’s the worst part is that they should not have been able to do that. I have not seen that in any other game. Why aren’t they stopping play with the egregious no calls on the uga OL holding our DL?
I can’t remember the other review booth interruption, but it also significantly benefited uga to our team’s detriment. 😡
 
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MarcoVol said:
I have and I count 9 wins without having to even think about the game. The other 3 (@ Bama, @ FL, vs UGA) will determine how strong of a season Vols have.

It’s not even remotely highly possible he goes 7-5.
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Just curious, going into this season did you see Arkansas as a loss? And did you see Vandy as a probable win but not surprising L? Because I sure didn’t.
 
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JCP201 said:
I need to explain this to me like I'm three years old. Why are we out of the playoffs as a two game loser, when Bama is in it when we beat them and they lost to Vandy? (that win against LSU wasn't impressive considering what we saw last night from them against Florida, who we also beat)
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Worth noting we only have one win over a bowl eligible team
 
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