Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Devo182]

Am surprised ND didn't jump PSU. ND looked utterly dominant in a ranked game. PSU was lucky to escape big bad Minnesota...


Now we hope USC does to ND next week what they nearly did to PSU midseason. Traveling all the way to the coast ain't easy

 

[Devo182]

Oh, Gosh. Heather Dinich’s playoff prediction has UT as a 9 seed going back to Athens to play 8 seed Georgia…

That's how it should look TOMORROW, if everyone moves up in tandem and IU is left behind us.

And yet just as meaningless as being "paired with" Indiana a couple weeks ago.

2 weekends of games left, none of it is real rn. UGA gtd to go to Atlanta, alone, means a lot will change. Along with about a dozen other games.

 

[gainesvol82]

I also preferred acid to shrooms overall and also did not like the stomach irritation as I already have IBS. I really like 4-ACO-DMT as it metabolizes into psilocin without the chitin which bothers your stomach and the other, mildly hallucinogenic, entourage chemicals which shrooms contain. Some people call it clean shrooms or space age shrooms for that reason while some may prefer shrooms as the other constituents make it "earthier". The visuals are more intense for me than acid was and are a bit more electric compared to shrooms. It still makes my body feel kind of weak like shrooms though which I do not like. Acid is definitely more energetic and, to my mind, more philosophical. I've also had some intense, weird sex on acid.

Had a few good trips on shrooms. One where like 30 of us went to a waterfall all tripping and me and a friend came to the conclusion we could control the movement and shape of the clouds with our minds. And another where my friend who was driving down the interstate and I felt the entire world flip 90 degrees and it felt like his car was going to fall off the side of the earth. I have no idea how he drove home but neither of us could get out of his car for about 3 hours without falling to the ground and crawling back to the car And our other friend made the interesting statement, "Wow, it's like a red, electic, fishnet is covering the entire world". A few years later I was studying Neural Networks and my professor, who always delved far deeper into the processing layers of the mind and the type of filtering that needs to occur to various stimuli before feeding it to a Neural Network than most researchers, was talking about the blind spot in our eyes but also mentioned that we've learned to filter out the sight of blood vessels in front of our retina. And it immediately hit me that this was what my friend was seeing!! Huxley also talked a lot about the things we filter out of consciousness in Doors of Perception. I recall he mentioned that a friend's wife talked about all these beautiful things she was seeing in the world which she had never noticed and they did not realize she was in the early stages of schizophrenia and perhaps some of those filters are needed for survival.

4-ACO-DMT and MET are the only research chemicals I've tried. MET is supposed to be very similar to DMT when freebased but the batch I bought was fumerate and I haven't attempted to convert to freebase. Glad to hear you survived 30 hits of acid!! That's a truly radical amount to take. It's my understanding, and has been my experience, that you can only reach a certain peak on acid relative to it's quality, and taking more just extends that peak. So I imagine that was an insanely long trip!!
I love early Pink Floyd as well and it's sad what happened to Syd. But I also love Gilmour and think he's one of the greatest guitarists ever. Saw them play Astronomy Domine on the Division Bell tour which was truly unexpected and awesome!! I'm also a big fan of Black Sabbath (Ozzy and Dio eras), Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, and Tangerine Dream. Also love Blackmore's Rainbow with Dio. On Stage is one of the best live albums I've ever heard. Hendrix, Santana, and Ozric Tentacles are some other bands I enjoy.

It's been great conversing with you as well. Thanks for the great vibes and I wish the same to you!! Hope you also stay safe on any future trips.

BTW, your knowledge on this topic is very impressive. Mine is just firsthand with some reading/research but I can tell your knowledge is very in depth.

 

[Devo182]

Is the consequence of yesterday that the SEC will only have 3 teams in the playoff?

Texas 10-1
Georgia 9-2
Tennessee 9-2

Assuming TAMU doesn't pull off the miracle of the century by beating Texas and UGA in b2b games...

USCjr can beat Clemson to get in.

Otherwise I think Ole Miss gets in.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

Only thing that sucks about yesterday is it increases the odds of dabo and drink making the playoffs

Drink isn’t making the CFP. They are complete frauds.

 

[drvenner]

Very good post.

These are the narratives that Knoxville/Vol media should be pushing; and, I'm not talking about 1 or 2 tweets, maybe an article...every single writer in that town or close by should be in harmony shouting it, along with calling out those who pushed and pushed: "bad loss, Arkansas...Oklahoma, Florida, Bama wins, no big deal".

Blake Toppemeyer is too busy being on Adams jock to do much of anything

 

[Kurtastrophe]

Very good post.

These are the narratives that Knoxville/Vol media should be pushing; and, I'm not talking about 1 or 2 tweets, maybe an article...every single writer in that town or close by should be in harmony shouting it, along with calling out those who pushed and pushed: "bad loss, Arkansas...Oklahoma, Florida, Bama wins, no big deal".

Wes Rucker has been pushing for us over IU in the way that a local media guy should. Our local media acts like they want to be buddies with Pat Forde and Dan Wolken most of the time.

 

[Devo182]

Why Indiana?

Their final game is vs 1-10 Purdue at home...and they're currently in.

Would be a catastrophic failure

 

[drvenner]

Great day for Vols fans yesterday with the win and the losses by other SEC teams.

I understand that someone doesn't like the Heather Dinich quotes but last night on Sportscenter she dropped her projected field come Tuesday Night.

Dinich as of now has Tennessee at #9 but that will change with a win next week, probably tops out at #7 or no worse than #8 imo.

Dinich also had Indiana still in the CFP at #11 the losses by all Mississippi,TAMU and Alabama kept the Hoosiers in the Playoffs in her opinion.

SMU and Miami both are in her bracket Miami at #3 as conference champions and SMU at #10 that could change next week or after conference Championship game.

Alabama rolls in as the first team out due to the fact that the Big 12 Champion will get the #12 spot right now as 5th highest conference champions. Arizona State is in that spot.

Boise State still hanging onto the #4 spot and last bye in 1st round.

In the end is the big debate over putting a 3 loss SEC team in over a 2 loss team

Getting a home game in the first round is massive for us. If we can, no more road games and I really like our chances.

 

[drvenner]

I want IU, ND or Penn St 1st round.

Right now, Vandy is our first round game.

 

[Devo182]

Yeah, there's no way they're 97.7% likely to beat Purdue.

Vegas has the spread at 25.5 which has the game somewhere in the "let's just call it 99%+" category...

 

[chavisut]

Outside of games that will benefit us, I’m really rooting for Kansas to get bowl eligible next week. Really impressive the way they’ve responded the last month.

 

[knoxvol52]

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Indiana isn't losing to Purdue. Look for a 47-7 score, Cignetti will run up the score..

 

[Vfl2407]

That's how it should look TOMORROW, if everyone moves up in tandem and IU is left behind us.

And yet just as meaningless as being "paired with" Indiana a couple weeks ago.

2 weekends of games left, none of it is real rn. UGA gtd to go to Atlanta, alone, means a lot will change. Along with about a dozen other games.

Tech plays UGA in Athens.

 

[csprig9]

Am surprised ND didn't jump PSU. ND looked utterly dominant in a ranked game. PSU was lucky to escape big bad Minnesota...


Now we hope USC does to ND next week what they nearly did to PSU midseason. Traveling all the way to the coast ain't easy

Nd and OSU looked dominant against paper tiger ranked teams

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[engineerVOL]

Titans have given up 7 sacks in one half.

 

[csprig9]

True but Texas beats nd and beats IU by 14 plus
They deserve to be in

 

[Devo182]

Tech plays UGA in Athens.

Yes?

I don't see them losing that one. But ya never know. Maybe they show up half asleep again, one can hope.

Hell, they could lose and still get a bye with 3 losses these playoffs are wild

 

[csprig9]

All we have to do is beat Vandy and we host a first round playoff game
Big time deal there

 

[drvenner]

Misstep UTEP
Miners whiners
Bru is scoring
Refs still snoring
Nico smokin
Ole Miss chokin
Dylan Flying
Bama Crying
JP sacking
TAMU lacking
Slaughter picking
Offense clicking
Jermod slammin
Neyland jammin
Bring on Vandy
We'll play dandy
Dore fans scatter
It don't matter
Nashville City
VOLS by fiddy

 

[peaygolf]

Alabama has 2 losses to UNRANKED teams that they were favored by 21+ over. Now that's a playoff team if I've ever seen one.

Is Ryan Williams (17 yrs old I think) the youngest college player to ever have a TD called back by a "phantom" penalty?

 

[knoxvol52]

Is Ryan Williams (17 yrs old I think) the youngest college player to ever have a TD called back by a "phantom" penalty?

We both know that wouldn't have changed the outcome but the Bammers will be crying about that call on the Finebaum show tomorrow..

Can't wait too here Legend and his rant about DeBoer..

 

[UTSuave’]

True but Texas beats nd and beats IU by 14 plus
They deserve to be in

IF!…you consider these “quality “ wins…

 

[Leeleesteeth]

Bill Napier (Billy’s dad) was the OC my junior and senior year at Livingston Academy. 1980-1981. Billy was a toddler at the time about 1 year old in 1981. I believe the Napiers actually lived in Cookeville. ( about 20 miles from Livingston). Several of my female classmates actually babysat little Billy at the time.

The dad (Bill) was a great guy also. He played football at Celina when he was in high school. He moved his family to Georgia after he got a head coaching HS job soon after I graduated high school

It’s hard for me to root against Florida will Billy there. But I still manage to.

Team I coached was in Region with Bill when Billy was playing QB. Good folks. Bill passed from ALS several years ago.