Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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butchna said:
II could see this being correct. He was personable at Baylor and a fun interview. Maybe the Heisman and second QB in the draft pressured him to be more alpha and dismissive of others…or maybe that was him all along. ESPN did him no favors with Stephen A and other blowhards as a guide.
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Speaking of blowhards. Skip Bayless gone from FOX , the Undisputed show is cancelled til further notice.
 
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Between the 2022 and 2023 season Joe Milton lost NFL receivers and a first round tackle. Even Hendon would've taken a step back last year.

Any success Milton has at the next level is not an indictment on Heupel. He had great success at UT under the circumstances and actually put up decent numbers. Some people just love looking for reasons to make Vols and the staff look bad for their own entertainment.
 
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SoilVol said:
Between the 2022 and 2023 season Joe Milton lost NFL receivers and a first round tackle. Even Hendon would've taken a step back last year.

Any success Milton has at the next level is not an indictment on Heupel. He had great success at UT under the circumstances and actually put up decent numbers. Some people just love looking for reasons to make Vols and the staff look bad for their own entertainment.
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I think Milton did fine. I also think the offense was limited by what he could do more so than the lack of other players.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
Force that water down!

I also enjoy watching the Pianist whilst stomach bugged

Something about watching worse suffering helps...
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Guy walks into a bar and the bartender says, "For $25, I'll show you the most amazing thing you'll ever see."

"OK. What ya got?" He slides $25 across the bar.

The bartender pulls out a tiny grand piano and stool. He sets a guy in a tuxedo, about a foot tall, on the stool, who then begins playing the most beautiful, complex song you've ever heard.

"That's amazing! Where did you get him?!"

"From a genie," the bartender answers.

"For $1000, can I have a wish?"

"You bet!"

The money is exchanged. The bartender produces a bottle, which the man promptly rubs.

The genie appears and looks questioningly at the bartender, who nods. "One wish. What will it be?"

"I want a million bucks."

The genie nods and then turns to smoke that goes back into the bottle. At first, nothing happens. As the man starts getting cross, the bartender says, "Just wait."

A few minutes later, a duck walks into the bar. Then three more. Then five. Then 50. Then 1000, until eventually the bar is shoulder deep in ducks.

"This is BS!" the man yells. "I asked for a million BUCKS! Not a million DUCKS!"

The bartender nods. "Did you actually think I asked for a 12 inch pianist?"
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
I think Milton did fine. I also think the offense was limited by what he could do more so than the lack of other players.
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I was really scared last year at one point because I thought the play calling was worse because Alex Golesh left and the offense seemed slow as molasses compared to ‘22.

Then, I realized at some point in the season that it wasn’t the play calling; it was just Joe. Hendon ran a lot of similar plays (not entirely—the offense last year was definitely tuned for Joe), but in his case, he was able to make his reads properly and quickly. If you can’t do that as a Heupel QB, you are a dead man walking. This offense is predicated on quick reads, and Joe not only did it slower, but he also made the wrong reads more often.

It also didn’t help Joe when he lost his veteran center who knew the offense better than he did, and our WRs just seemed very uninspired last year in general.

I think we will have a top 10 offense this year, and people will realize that we won 9 games last year with a QB who was incapable of running this offense. That is going to really rattle some other teams and our doubters.
 
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Probably already discussed earlier in the week, but I saw where Cooper Witten has been ranked a 4* and will be in the '27 class as a Safety ... Hopefully we're kicking the tires... would be great to have his Dad back around the program.
 
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25vol said:
I was really scared last year at one point because I thought the play calling was worse because Alex Golesh left and the offense seemed slow as molasses compared to ‘22.

Then, I realized at some point in the season that it wasn’t the play calling; it was just Joe. Hendon ran a lot of similar plays (not entirely—the offense last year was definitely tuned for Joe), but in his case, he was able to make his reads properly and quickly. If you can’t do that as a Heupel QB, you are a dead man walking. This offense is predicated on quick reads, and Joe not only did it slower, but he also made the wrong reads more often.

It also didn’t help Joe when he lost his veteran center who knew the offense better than he did, and our WRs just seemed very uninspired last year in general.

I think we will have a top 10 offense this year, and people will realize that we won 9 games last year with a QB who was incapable of running this offense. That is going to really rattle some other teams and our doubters.
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Joe was also more hesitant to take off and run on broken down plays. Those kill the defense. And when they start having to account for it, it opens things up.
 
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volinbama256 said:
Probably already discussed earlier in the week, but I saw where Cooper Witten has been ranked a 4* and will be in the '27 class as a Safety ... Hopefully we're kicking the tires... would be great to have his Dad back around the program.
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We haven’t offered him according to 247. Come to think of it, seems like Jason Witten hasn’t mentioned or been around ut in a while, I wonder if anythings happened between ut and the wittens
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
Force that water down!

I also enjoy watching the Pianist whilst stomach bugged

Something about watching worse suffering helps...
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I'm the opposite, I do a 24 hour liquid and food fast when I have a stomach bug. I don't care what anyone says, sitting on the toilet for 20 out of 24 hours having water go straight through you is not helpful. Nobody has ever died from dehydration in 24 hours.
 
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SoilVol said:
Between the 2022 and 2023 season Joe Milton lost NFL receivers and a first round tackle. Even Hendon would've taken a step back last year.

Any success Milton has at the next level is not an indictment on Heupel. He had great success at UT under the circumstances and actually put up decent numbers. Some people just love looking for reasons to make Vols and the staff look bad for their own entertainment.
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This really does get overlooked. No Milton was not as good as Hendon. No he did not have the same supporting cast.
 
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jave36 said:
Depends on point value of the PPR. Not if it's only a half PPR, but in a full PPR I'll go 0 RB if I can't get a RB that's featured in the pass game.

Alvin Kamara won me a lot of money in PPR leagues his first two years in the league lol.
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In a 12 team PPR league where 2 RBs and 2 WRs are required. We do have 2 Flex positions where WRs can help a lot. No K in that league. 😁

My other league is only 10 teams. Been a standard league over the years but going to 1/2 PPR this year. I will have to adjust my draft strategy as I was usually RB heavy. I do get the 1st pick….hello Mr McCaffrey.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Catching up on CFB podcasts from this summer.

Bud Elliott saying that 2024 Tennessee reminds him a lot of 2016 Clemson. "Stud QB, good OL, REALLY good DL, interesting offense that opponents haven't figured out yet."
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Listening to our opponents pods I get the sense people don't fear us today, but have a steady eye on all the momentum we are picking up. I hear a lot of folks saying watch out for next year. I think we might sneak up. It will depend on Nico.
 
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