Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Orange.]

Just curious who is your more deserving team legitimately in the race?

Ole Miss with their loss to UK?

Or USCjr who lost to both Ole Miss (DOMINANTLY) and Bama

Miami with 2 losses.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Honestly, Miami should be the at large that gets in.

Lost by 5 at Georgia Tech (7-5 and was one bad call away from beating Georgia)
Lost by 4 at Syracuse (9-3)

I'd put them in over SMU and any 3 loss SEC team personally.

They've beaten nobody though. What's their best win? Alabama has wins over Georgia and South Carolina are both ranked significantly higher than whatever Miami's best win is. I know yall hate Alabama but objectively speaking they have a better resume than every other team in contention for that last playoff spot.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

*I can almost smell the cloves. GROSS!!

 

[Enki_Amenra]

1 hora

 

[UTvol1fn]

I know what I'm doing tonight...

 

[tnvols72]

 

[knoxvol52]

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*I can almost smell the cloves. GROSS!!

 

[Devo182]

I'm shocked you have this opinion lol

My post was apolitical. Everyone having the same opinion is boring imo, it doesn't matter which side.

Yup I don't mind healthy discussion of y'know, real world shiz happening around us, to all of us. We all share in the experience, why not discuss it?

And despite Mcgill's fear (family hating each other?) even my far righty family members that are under the cult of personality...they'll still talk and have discussions. Ofc not in as deep into the Q and other cultness as some I suppose, but they're just humans and can talk it out with others. I love them regardless.

These discussions should be a part of society and a healthy civil discourse. Pushing the already fringe further into isolation...only isolates and radicalizes them more. And yet in the US it is considered taboo to discuss ****tics with family, and yet we wonder why people are so fragile in such discussions here while it is so open and common in many other places...

If people would normalize and depersonalize such discussions, there would be less butthurt when it does occur. We're all grown ups, or so I hope .

Lucky to have my family, no drama all my life. And yet we cross every part of the spectrums of politics, religion, and sexuality.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

They've beaten nobody though. What's their best win? Alabama has wins over Georgia and South Carolina are both ranked significantly higher than whatever Miami's best win is. I know yall hate Alabama but objectively speaking they have a better resume than every other team in contention for that last playoff spot.

Miami’s D is terrible, everybody scores on them. There schedule is weak sauce also.

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[Visidog]

They've beaten nobody though. What's their best win? Alabama has wins over Georgia and South Carolina are both ranked significantly higher than whatever Miami's best win is. I know yall hate Alabama but objectively speaking they have a better resume than every other team in contention for that last playoff spot.

I hate Alabama, but I agree.

You can compare losses and maybe lean Miami, but Bama has two wins better than anything Miami has sniffed.

 

[rocktopper16]

Can you imagine how crazy the Vol walk would be if we were to host Ohio State for a playoff game?

Neyland would absolutely be the loudest it has ever been. I’d imagine there would be a watch party near the stadium too.


Edit: Sound is amplified in the cold. It would be the loudest venue in the playoffs, period.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

A little bit of trivia and a history lesson:

John Ward’s last year of broadcasting UT fb, we won the NC.

The first year of the BCS, we won the NC.

This is Bob Kesling’s last year of broadcasting UT fb and this is the first year of the 12-team playoff.

You can figure out the rest.

Hopefully it’s not a “turn of events”

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Did you guys know Tennessee is the only team in the playoffs with an underclassman starting QB?

That’s crazy - and points to how bright our future is.

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Thoughts on these 2? The second would be a fever dream for us.

Absolutely 0 chance Penn State beats Oregon. But I’ll allow it if this is the bracket!

 

[Pridedad]

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Playoff win in Neyland!

 

[Jackcrevol]

i'm happy that VQ has a podcast and that its free content. but it has literally become sharing of no info pc

 

[jave36]

OSU, according to the committee's own rankings, would have 2 wins better than our best.

The losses are pretty comparable overall, one is H vs A yes, otoh a much closer loss to Oregon for OSU and it is a loss to undefeated #1. Seems a wash.

I could see them getting pulled to our side by the AP and coaches both being on our side, but wouldn't blame them or anyone for taking the team with the better wins either.

It'll be close either way, as the AP/Coaches poll votes show it to be. Just have to hope for the best. AND UGA and PSU to get wrecked. Really the big difference now is jumping to #6 and grabbing IU and SMU/Boise. Massive jump. Otherwise we'll have a really tough road ahead regardless.

Our biggest argument is overall strength of schedule. If you just look at best wins, they clearly are ahead based on rankings.

 

[Devo182]

Is it just me, or is this the least amount of talk on the eave of Signing Day ever?

Just me, but I thought ESD was like Dec 15-20th range?

Seems early this year. So this is definitely news to me.

And for an OG still used to Feb NSDs, I just don't care that much anymore. Social media
answers most things beforehand.

Oh and WE'RE ACTUALLY GOOD AT FOOTBALL so we don't have to worry over recruiting to hide another 5-7 season on the actual field lol

 

[Devo182]

Our biggest argument is overall strength of schedule. If you just look at best wins, they clearly are ahead based on rankings.

They are 2 spots ahead in overall SOS, but that's just 1 sos. There are multiple, so no doubt you could find one for either side.

If committee focuses on best wins, we're toast. Time to Jedi Mind Trick these tricks.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

My girlfriend's dad is a Priest and an attorney..........................

I'm seriously thinking about making him my Father-in-Law....................

 

[Devo182]

Miami with 2 losses.

Yeah I'm shocked how the Coaches and AP polls absolutely buried them.

But looking back now, they don't have a single ranked win. Vs these SEC teams with multiple ranked wins, tough uphill there.

Fingers crossed they stay in.

 

[knoxvol52]

This CFP Show every week is a evil plot. For the last few weeks every fan base ranked from #13 thru #15 have been nutted up..

This Tennessee team is firmly in CFP playoff and fans are still is nutted up also.

 

[Orange.]

Yeah I'm shocked how the Coaches and AP polls absolutely buried them.

But looking back now, they don't have a single ranked win. Vs these SEC teams with multiple ranked wins, tough uphill there.

Fingers crossed they stay in.

I don't think Penn St and Indiana have any ranked wins, either. But somehow they count as ranked wins for others.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Looks like we got a new recruiting coordinator