Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[MoCo_Vol]

Just looking at their recruiting lately...no wonder they fell off. Mack obviously not putting much into it.

2025 class 77th with 10 commits
2024 class 32nd with 33 enrollees
2023 class 28th with 22 enrollees


UNC players I think we'd be interested in
Zach Rice, former 5 star OT 2022 class, 20th overall and RS-So - 6'5" 315lbs
Eli Sutton, former 4 star OT 2021 class, Brentwood TN kid and Junior - 6'7" 315lbs
Jake Johnson, former 4 star TE 2022 class, transferred from A&M to UNC this past year RS-So - 6'6" 240lbs

Got quite a bit of 4 star WRs 3 that are Freshmen right now. Not sure if we'd be kicking any tires there or not though.

 

[DD4ME]

Banks got released from the VN burn unit.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Me right now...
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Waiting on @Weezer to kick his ass.

Did you check the dumpster out back? I didn't think fighting was allowed at the Waffle House before 2am.

 

[itsme]

Fun facts; cutting out sugar and or sweetener from coffee.

Once you go black...

 

[Jackcrevol]

Do you put sweet relish or dill relish in your potatoes & mayo salad?

Mayo nonsense.

 

[Smokey123]

Sure if you're a bad team you'd love to be there, but I would bet in an anonymous poll most coaches would choose 5-8

I’m sure some would, it depends on the circumstances. Texas would definitely rather beat Uga and get the bye then lose and be around 5-8. It will be harder on teams that lose the conference champ game than the teams that get a bye

 

[Jimmy Football]

Banks got released from the VN burn unit.

He still has to check in with @InVOLuntary on a semi-regular basis.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Who does the Thanksgiving cooking in your family? My mom is still the master chef on my side of town.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Did you check the dumpster out back? I didn't think fighting was allowed at the Waffle House before 2am.

Come to think of it, there was what I thought to be a purple rug sticking out the top of the dumpster.

 

[Butch Jones]

Banks got released from the VN burn unit.

I'm giving him a mulligan on the Georgia game. Thought his game plan was awful, but everything was bad and it was Georgia on the road. We're 9-2 and have the best defense we've fielded in a long time.

 

[delfonic]

I'm giving him a mulligan on the Georgia game. Thought his game plan was awful, but everything was bad and it was Georgia on the road. We're 9-2 and have the best defense we've fielded in a long time.

Get out of here Butch! Go on now! Shoo! Shoo!

Sorry, first time seeing the username and it was a bit jarring.

I know these guys are paid well but I’m reminded that so few of us are finished products in our profession. We typically, at least those of us who care, get better with time and experience. Also, even the folks who are very good at what they do can show up and have a bad day. Sometimes those bad days can be a single mistake that just cascades.

Banks has come a hell of a long way. I would love to see him here for years to come but I figure he’s about to get that bag to go be the top guy elsewhere.

 

[Devo182]

Glad to say I was never in this man's shoes

 

[Devo182]

A 3-loss Tennessee wouldn't even be in the conversation this year.

With our lack of ranked wins this year, I agree. But the question was about any SEC team with 3 losses. Otoh 2022 Vols with 3 losses would be well in the conversation.

This year we'd be where USCjr is right now, but without a Clemson game ahead of us to get a final bump.

 

[jave36]

With our lack of ranked wins this year, I agree. But the question was about any SEC team with 3 losses. Otoh 2022 Vols with 3 losses would be well in the conversation.

This year we'd be where USCjr is right now, but without a Clemson game ahead of us to get a final bump.

I'm torn who to pull for in the Clemson usc game

 

[Devo182]

Say UT smokes Vandy Saturday, and uga struggles with GT, or vice versa, I wonder how that would effect the rankings

Ultimately irrelevant unless UGA also loses a close one in Atlanta. The close win over GT could help the committee push them below us.

Just judging off the AP ranking margins, we are well behind UGA at the moment. It's a wide gap between the 2 spots rn.

I say we just do what we can and go smoke Vandy

 

[Devo182]

I'm torn who to pull for in the Clemson usc game

Bruj I hate it. Wish the stadium would sink into the ground.

Either Clemson wins and all the jackass Tigers fans at work are chirping about being the 3rd best team in the weak ACC sneaking in...or Beamer's DA sneaks in.

I'd honestly take anyone else sneaking in first. Yes that even includes Bama and, less so, Kiffin,

All the more reason we need to get in. If we don't and one those shmucks gets in at the 11th hour, it will be the worst. I'll just move onto basketball season at that point.

 

[engineerVOL]

Fun facts; cutting out sugar and or sweetener from coffee.

The way the Lord intended. Welcome to the dark side. ️

 

[Orange.]

Translation: We really don't have set parameters but ESPN likes ratings and storylines and we're tired of the SEC but we need Alabama and the dude from Michigan really likes the Big Ten and when people question our decisions we make up answers on the spot despite the fact that the answer we gave falls apart if any media hack bothers to look deeper.

That’s it.

And in actuality, they don’t need Bama at all. We will be as big a draw.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

With our lack of ranked wins this year, I agree. But the question was about any SEC team with 3 losses. Otoh 2022 Vols with 3 losses would be well in the conversation.

This year we'd be where USCjr is right now, but without a Clemson game ahead of us to get a final bump.

2022 Vols...wouldn't have made the SEC championship game anyway. Georgia vs LSU both had better conference records so not even the same conversation playing hypotheticals.

2022 Vols sitting at 10-2 were at 7th with Bama (who we beat head to head) ahead of us...

 

[All_Vol87]

Yessir!!

 

[Devo182]

Only thing that I think is a bit dumb...I completely get the top 12... but the thing that's a bit confusing to me is the committee has stated from the beginning "only the conference champion is guaranteed in"

Yet Ohio State, SMU, and Georgia are all being projected to lose their title game and still get in... and even with a 2nd loss Ohio State would be a 5 seed? and a 3 loss Georgia will be the 8?

Good point, but I don't think they're projecting what will happen to the losing team. Partially because they don't know who that team would even be yet, so it would be more of a stretch. TAMU could be in. Clemson could be in. Too many variables, have to cut it off somewhere.

All just projections anyway, so meh. We'll see what happens on the field, then the new rankings will determine.

 

[engineerVOL]

VOLS are gd

 

[Devo182]

2022 Vols...wouldn't have made the SEC championship game anyway. Georgia vs LSU both had better conference records so not even the same conversation playing hypotheticals.

2022 Vols sitting at 10-2 were at 7th with Bama (who we beat head to head) ahead of us...

Yup, they would have been in fine position among 3 loss SEC teams. Considering how strong their wins were.

But I agree the most likely 3 loss team in scenario is an SECCG loser with 3 losses (if that was the insinuation).

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

 

[Orange.]

He's already banged up

Most guys are at this point.

imo, It’s just the basis for the “storyline” or propaganda that when Bama lost to (unranked) Vandy that was “a tremendously good great loss.” But when we beat Vandy it’s going to be a “weak” win. People called that the day Bama lost to Vandy.

When we beat Okie by 10 with no offensive tackles or beat Bama with Nico banged up, etc., no credit was given or extenuating circumstance asserted. In fact, beating Okie by only 10 and scoring a mere 25 points was actively held against us. Much “concern.” When Bama was crushed by Okie and Bama scored only 3 points, no concerns and the game immediately became the 3rd loss that it was “right” to overlook.