Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[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.

 

[gainesvol82]

My guess is that it was a blowout and we need him healthy next week? Lewis is good, but missed a couple of blitzes.

I would have liked to see us give Sampson a few more carries in the red zone, at least one of the TDs that Lewis got to really obliterate UT and maybe SEC TD records. But, I also understand that the staff knows DSamp is leaving and want to build PLew and Seldon's confidence for the rest of the season and next year.

Also, it's not like Sampson Sampson didn't benefit multiple times the last two years from Wright or a WR getting the ball near the goal line and Sampson finishing the drive. Eric Cain has even joked about Sampson being a TD vulture in the past but he had earned every TD he has ever been the beneficiary of with staying in the program and working his ass off this year to be the focal point of the offense.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

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

Would be a catastrophic failure

Purdue is gonna beat them

 

[gainesvol82]

Holy crap!

My weirdest trip ever I had left a group of friends because I got paranoid and drive home. I stopped in the driveway because I looked at the sky and saw a massive red spiderweb with what looked like spiders with lasers ............

It makes sense now!

This was shrooms, I left my friends because I had an epiphany, I left my body and zoomed out of our solar system and noticed the similarity between atoms and solar systems, galaxies etc. In my mind I figured out the sim and was convinced of my friends found out the government would know and take me away to study how I figured it out.

Was a crappy night.

I preferred paper, microdot, gel or cubes. Had some really good nights on sugar cubes and X.

Lol, great story and probably a lot of truth to your epiphany....except for the paranoia about your friends, lol.