Recruiting Football Talk VIII

This. Bet its true too.Its all wheel drive and electric motors make the same torque at 1RPM that they make at 10,000RPM. Instant power.

A 10hp electric golfcart will snap your head back if a buddy stomps on it when you were unprepared. A 600 or 800hp(didn't look it up for the new model), all wheel drive electric car like that Tesla has insane acceleration that gas powered vehicles just cant match from a standstill. They are heavy and dont corner that well being 4 door family sedans...but stoplight to stoplight a regular model S will blow the doors off a Mustang or Camaro etc. That plaid version is down in the 2sec flat range 0-60 and will leave Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Porsche 911 turbos in an 1/8th or 1/4 mile. They are that fast. I dont own an electric vehicle nor have any intentions to...but the Teslas are so much faster than gas powered cars its not even fair. Its an apples to oranges comparison. So weird to see something move so fast and quiet...I dont like it honestly. All you can hear is tire noise a little bit of electric motor. Anything that fast should be loud
The acceleration of a Tesla is bonkers.
 
This. Bet its true too.Its all wheel drive and electric motors make the same torque at 1RPM that they make at 10,000RPM. Instant power.

A 10hp electric golfcart will snap your head back if a buddy stomps on it when you were unprepared. A 600 or 800hp(didn't look it up for the new model), all wheel drive electric car like that Tesla has insane acceleration that gas powered vehicles just cant match from a standstill. They are heavy and dont corner that well being 4 door family sedans...but stoplight to stoplight a regular model S will blow the doors off a Mustang or Camaro etc. That plaid version is down in the 2sec flat range 0-60 and will leave Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Porsche 911 turbos in an 1/8th or 1/4 mile. They are that fast. I dont own an electric vehicle nor have any intentions to...but the Teslas are so much faster than gas powered cars its not even fair. Its an apples to oranges comparison. So weird to see something move so fast and quiet...I dont like it honestly. All you can hear is tire noise a little bit of electric motor. Anything that fast should be loud

I thought Tesla’s were crazy until I stepped foot into a Calvo Viper.
 
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Titans should focus on building their trenches and sorting out a competent backup QB to teach whoever their going to draft or pickup next. The rest follows imo. When you start throwing all your hopes into one pick with no pieces you just rinse and repeat failure. Trade the #1 and wait for the Nico/Manning draft. That one will likely be a good one.

Panthers need a damn Dline now that Bryce is coming around and the oline is.making some steps.
Completely agree. Trade that No. 1 to Deion and fleece ‘em for all they got. And for goodness sakes (excuse my language), pony up and pay some superstars to stay next time.
 
Ergen doesn’t support us.

"DISH Network Corp., the nation's third largest pay-TV provider and the digital transition leader, Saturday announced an agreement with the University of Tennessee Athletics Department as a UT Corporate Champion, the university's most elite level of corporate sponsorship."

Also, Dish Network was the Title Sponsor of the Orange and White Game for many, many years.
 
Kind of like future millionaires asking people who do not and will not every make close to that kind of money to give them money,
Not sure I understand this mindset. We're talking about a market, right? One could see this like anything else. You want product X, you have to enter the market to buy product X. It doesn't really figure into it whether the one offering product X is making money off of it.

Someone wants a new Audi, but says, "You know what? Those freaking execs at Audi make more than me. I won't do it."?
Not so much. They weigh whether the cost outweighs their desire for the product, and either act or not.

You want UT to compete in the recruiting/portal/retention market? You ask whether your money will make a difference, if it'll make a difference that worth more to you than keeping the money. Then you pull the trigger or don't.
 
this thread is a great example of why so many great posters aren't here any more.
I’ve noticed that people are self destructive. Not all, but it seems like more and more people take a scorched earth approach to everything, and add in a sense of entitlement, and we are headed toward a cliff.
 
Not buying it, but kind of arrogant of his family to do that given his production thus far if it is true
Never give any credence to anything coming from that channel! Absolute worst site out there, this is the 3rd article I've seen from them stirring fans negatively towards Nico..
 
We have 10 million few dollars to spend each year than teams like Texas, Ohio State, Oregon, and a few other teams. They can buy more 4-5 star players than we can. This is pretty simple to understand.
I can remember a day when MLB fans mocked the Yankees for trying to buy championships. What a sad state of affairs we find in college football these days.
 
I can remember a day when MLB fans mocked the Yankees for trying to buy championships. What a sad state of affairs we find in college football these days.
Yep. The St Louis Browns were a farm system for the Yankees. That was the only way they made any money. Cleveland also traded a couple of stars to them,
 
Never give any credence to anything coming from that channel! Absolute worst site out there, this is the 3rd article I've seen from them stirring fans negatively towards Nico..
As mentioned earlier, their schtick is to:

Create a headline/title asking a provocative question, leading one to assume the answer is "Yes".
User clicks video to hear the details.
The answer is "Probably not. I don't think so. Little indication of it, but that would be terrible, wouldn't it?"

Repeat next time on a new or similar subject.
 
Nico gonna be running for his life with these portal misses. Can’t imagine the meeting with the coaches included playing a bunch of young OL who haven’t played meaningful snaps to begin to develop.
I’m not sure how a guy gets to play if he never plays his first game. We have guys developing that will eventually play.
 
I’ve noticed that people are self destructive. Not all, but it seems like more and more people take a scorched earth approach to everything, and add in a sense of entitlement, and we are headed toward a cliff.
What is posted on on internet message board has zero...I repeat: zero...impact on a college sports program. Let's not pretend otherwise.

That said, the toxicity of the Recruiting Forum has notably increased since the OSU loss. Not sure if it's loons from the Football Forum or a temporary influx of trolls, but whining, entitlement, and braindead takes have make threads like the Portal Thread and Osenda thread nigh unreadable.
 
As mentioned earlier, their schtick is to:

Create a headline/title asking a provocative question, leading one to assume the answer is "Yes".
User clicks video to hear the details.
The answer is "Probably not. I don't think so. Little indication of it, but that would be terrible, wouldn't it?"

Repeat next time on a new or similar subject.
The same formula Tony Basilio has used for years. AtoZ sports also loves a good click-bait article to stir the pot.
 
What is posted on on internet message board has zero...I repeat: zero...impact on a college sports program. Let's not pretend otherwise.

That said, the toxicity of the Recruiting Forum has notably increased since the OSU loss. Not sure if it's loons from the Football Forum or a temporary influx of trolls, but whining, entitlement, and braindead takes have make threads like the Portal Thread and Osenda thread nigh unreadable.
Well now I’m definitely gonna go read the Osenda thread. Where does it get good?
 
0-3 against Quad 1 though

We’re 4-1, and we’re 1-0 against Quad 2

So a 3 loss team that’s 5-3 against Quad 1 & 2 should be above a 1 loss team that is 5-1 against Quad 1& 2?

Dude I love it when you drop cold hard stats out of nowhere like..thors hammer🤣🤣🤣 you’re hired as volnations numbers guy

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"DISH Network Corp., the nation's third largest pay-TV provider and the digital transition leader, Saturday announced an agreement with the University of Tennessee Athletics Department as a UT Corporate Champion, the university's most elite level of corporate sponsorship."

Also, Dish Network was the Title Sponsor of the Orange and White Game for many, many years.
Great if he is. Guys connected to the AD in the past have had a different view.
 
By all means offer the evidence to refute what’s been said.
Here's a few of Dave Hooker's headlines.....Screenshot_20250114_084935_DuckDuckGo.jpgScreenshot_20250114_085008_DuckDuckGo.jpgScreenshot_20250114_084956_DuckDuckGo.jpg


Dave Hooker is the new John Adams. He's cut from the same cloth has John Pennington and Tyler Ivens. For every positive storyline, there's at least 5 negatives they talk about or manufacture. The Knoxville media does more to damage the look of UT, than the fans ever have.


A few of the ones of Knoxville sports talk that I like and respect their opinion....

John Wilkerson
Jason Swain
Brian Rice
Josh Ward

They can discuss TN sports (good or bad) without trolling the fan base. The ones I listed above are some of the worst for spinning the narrative to be worse than it really is. They don't all have to be sunshine pumpers but they shouldn't always be negative either. We need a few more "homers" covering the VOLS, or at least some reporters/shows that write positive stories/sports talk and not constantly beating on the teams, coaches, and fans.




Your turn. Give me a list of your favorites and the ones you don't like. Let me know why you feel the way you do about them.
 
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Never give any credence to anything coming from that channel! Absolute worst site out there, this is the 3rd article I've seen from them stirring fans negatively towards Nico..
Hmmm maybe you can offer some info that refutes what they say? Would love to hear it. We do know Nico got more NIL money. Eric Cain and Hubbs has said so.
 
Here's a few of Dave Hooker's headlines.....View attachment 714523View attachment 714524View attachment 714525


Dave Hooker is the new John Adams. He's cut from the same cloth has Chad Pennington and Tyler Ivens. For every positive storyline, there's at least 5 negatives they talk about or manufacture. The Knoxville media does more to damage the look of UT, than the fans ever have.


A few of the ones of Knoxville sports talk that I like and respect their opinion....

John Wilkerson
Jason Swain
Brian Rice
Josh Ward

They can discuss TN sports (good or bad) without trolling the fan base. The ones I listed above are some of the worst for spinning the narrative to be worse than it really is. They don't all have to be sunshine pumpers but they shouldn't always be negative either. We need a few more "homers" covering the VOLS, or at least some reporters/shows that write positive stories/sports talk and not constantly beating on the teams, coaches, and fans.
Again you aren’t offering anything to refute what they said. Just more you don’t like them. Which is fine. But that doesn’t mean they are wrong.
 

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