Recruiting Football Talk VIII

In 1994 the Vols went 7-4 in games where Peyton played significant snaps (including bowl). He finished 89/144 (62%) for 1100yds 11tds 6ints.

The game has changed, but Nico has led the Vols to 8-2 with 144/221 (65%) 1900yds 11tds 4ints with 2 regular season games left that we are highly favored. And that doesnt include last year's bowl game.

He's a freshman. You can't expect any freshman QB to come into the SEC and blow the doors off. Once in a blue moon a guy will (Manziel). If you can't see the leadership and the talent you are blind. If you can't see the very obvious flaws around him affecting his performances every week, you are blind.

Be patient. The goal is to finish 10-2. To do that with a freshman QB and majorly poor OL is an insane accomplishment. Nico is going to do great things for us, and he's got multiple years to do it.
This! ☝🏼
 
I agree with you. To the point though if the committee is showing you that W-L is the biggest factor we have to adapt.
Forget trying to figure out what the committee wants, they are constantly moving the goalposts. The committee doesn't have criteria, they have justifications for why they place teams where they want/are told to put them.
 
A friend of mine came across this in Assisi, Italy a couple weeks ago. It's the symbol of St. Francis and the greek letter Tau he used to sign his name.

He thought it looked perfect as a gift for a Tennessee boy. He's a Miami fan but he hopes it "blesses" the rest of our season! Let's win out! Go Vols!View attachment 699577
That is a very thoughtful and appropriate gift. Thanks for sharing.
 
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People are still thinking that the "committee" is going about this in a inductive manner. They are not, this whole thing is a deductive process. They are not looking at the facts objectively and coming to a conclusion about who the best teams are. They have predetermined teams selected and are subjectively coming up with justifications for their selections often contradicting themselves in the same presser.
Once you understand this is the process it makes a lot more sense. They got everybody caught up in trying to figure out what they value, SOS, FPI, and the standard deviation of coach's foot length while and not paying attention to what they are doing.
 
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