Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Butch Jones]

A couple questions:

1) Then penalties on coaches if they “encourage” a kid to the portal?

Or if that’s not allowed…

2) You’re taking away a year of eligibility for a kid if a coach basically tells him he’ll never crack the depth chart after Y1. He could transfer somewhere else and play.

Not much different than NFL contracts. You can cut a player that's not performing and they can go anywhere. They're still getting paid if they're not cracking the depth chart if they're on the roster. I'm sure x amount would be guaranteed in their contracts.

 

[drvenner]

They're also #3 in NET.

No metric uses AP rankings, more fluid and reasoned than that.

I'm guessing 5 Quad 2 wins helps them, as do margins and very close losses. Losing by 30 will haunt us a bit, but hey we're still #4 in NET and that's the standard regardless.

Never mind that pesky winning percentage stat.

 

[pismonque]

My 15yo was showing me some random social media post and because I'm the kind of putz I am, I commented on the frequency of "whoa" being misspelled as "woah".

She wasn't having it. I showed her "whoa" in the dictionary and the lack therein of "woah". She said, "I don't care. Look," and proceeded to show me example after example of online woahs, as if that settled the issue.

That's when I realized she was right, for all practical purposes. In her world accuracy and correctness are negligible crowdsourced assumptions that take precedence over stale old boomer dogmatism. And English being the living language it is, a decade from now "woah" will be shown in the dictionary as an alternate spelling of "whoa".

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Ericvol2096]

@Ericvol2096 @jvols1999 do you know, is there a way to denote and ensure that my donations to the school and vol club go directly to football player NIL? Donations to the school can be football specific, but I don’t think NIL specific (which I find odd given our commitment to being a leader in the NIL space, though maybe it’s not odd since the university doesn’t technically direct funds to NIL or rev share at this time). Donations to vol club, I’m not aware of how to make football specific. Any help/advice would be appreciated.

I do believe so, I’ll ask

 

[drvenner]

Brothers and sisters, I am asking that you please take a little time out of your day to think of my daughter's good friend Ellie. She's been friends with her since they were 3 and they are 20 now. Ellie was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma and her PET scan revealed it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to her spine, arm and leg. This young lady has been to my home many times and my daughter has also been to hers. Her family are great people and this is devastating and heartbreaking for all of us. Anything positive you can send will be mightily appreciated. She is at St. Judes, so we know she will get the best care possible. Thank you.

 

[DarthVol1]

Brothers and sisters, I am asking that you please take a little time out of your day to think of my daughter's good friend Ellie. She's been friends with her since they were 3 and they are 20 now. Ellie was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma and her PET scan revealed it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to her spine, arm and leg. This young lady has been to my home many times and my daughter has also been to hers. Her family are great people and this is devastating and heartbreaking for all of us. Anything positive you can send will be mightily appreciated. She is at St. Judes, so we know she will get the best care possible. Thank you.

Prayers for all!

 

[Jackcrevol]

Brothers and sisters, I am asking that you please take a little time out of your day to think of my daughter's good friend Ellie. She's been friends with her since they were 3 and they are 20 now. Ellie was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma and her PET scan revealed it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to her spine, arm and leg. This young lady has been to my home many times and my daughter has also been to hers. Her family are great people and this is devastating and heartbreaking for all of us. Anything positive you can send will be mightily appreciated. She is at St. Judes, so we know she will get the best care possible. Thank you.

prayers

 

[tnhunter 10]

Brothers and sisters, I am asking that you please take a little time out of your day to think of my daughter's good friend Ellie. She's been friends with her since they were 3 and they are 20 now. Ellie was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma and her PET scan revealed it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to her spine, arm and leg. This young lady has been to my home many times and my daughter has also been to hers. Her family are great people and this is devastating and heartbreaking for all of us. Anything positive you can send will be mightily appreciated. She is at St. Judes, so we know she will get the best care possible. Thank you.

 

[peaygolf]

These are sweet

 

[MarcoVol]

Not much different than NFL contracts. You can cut a player that's not performing and they can go anywhere. They're still getting paid if they're not cracking the depth chart if they're on the roster. I'm sure x amount would be guaranteed in their contracts.

What about the players that actually want to play during their college career?

 

[Leeleesteeth]

Brothers and sisters, I am asking that you please take a little time out of your day to think of my daughter's good friend Ellie. She's been friends with her since they were 3 and they are 20 now. Ellie was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma and her PET scan revealed it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to her spine, arm and leg. This young lady has been to my home many times and my daughter has also been to hers. Her family are great people and this is devastating and heartbreaking for all of us. Anything positive you can send will be mightily appreciated. She is at St. Judes, so we know she will get the best care possible. Thank you.

Prayers for healing for that young lady. Also prayers for your daughter that God will guide her in dealing with this personally and helping her friend along the way. God Bless.

 

[Adam Sandler]

My 15yo was showing me some random social media post and because I'm the kind of putz I am, I commented on the frequency of "whoa" being misspelled as "woah".

She wasn't having it. I showed her "whoa" in the dictionary and the lack therein of "woah". She said, "I don't care. Look," and proceeded to show me example after example of online woahs, as if that settled the issue.

That's when I realized she was right, for all practical purposes. In her world accuracy and correctness are negligible crowdsourced assumptions that take precedence over stale old boomer dogmatism. And English being the living language it is, a decade from now "woah" will be shown in the dictionary as an alternate spelling of "whoa".

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Woah…

 

[peaygolf]

Brothers and sisters, I am asking that you please take a little time out of your day to think of my daughter's good friend Ellie. She's been friends with her since they were 3 and they are 20 now. Ellie was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma and her PET scan revealed it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to her spine, arm and leg. This young lady has been to my home many times and my daughter has also been to hers. Her family are great people and this is devastating and heartbreaking for all of us. Anything positive you can send will be mightily appreciated. She is at St. Judes, so we know she will get the best care possible. Thank you.

No jokes this time…..

Praying for peace for Ellie, her family, you, and your daughter……

Your a good friend and a loving father….bed strong for both.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I've been taking viagra for my sunburn.

It doesn't cure it, but it keeps the sheets off my legs.

Solid

 

[peaygolf]

My 15yo was showing me some random social media post and because I'm the kind of putz I am, I commented on the frequency of "whoa" being misspelled as "woah".

She wasn't having it. I showed her "whoa" in the dictionary and the lack therein of "woah". She said, "I don't care. Look," and proceeded to show me example after example of online woahs, as if that settled the issue.

That's when I realized she was right, for all practical purposes. In her world accuracy and correctness are negligible crowdsourced assumptions that take precedence over stale old boomer dogmatism. And English being the living language it is, a decade from now "woah" will be shown in the dictionary as an alternate spelling of "whoa".

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Woah…

 

[MarcoVol]

Ole Miss leads Bama 61-54 with 3:34 to play

 

[peaygolf]

Ole Miss leads Bama 61-54 with 3:34 to play

 

[volsagain]

Brothers and sisters, I am asking that you please take a little time out of your day to think of my daughter's good friend Ellie. She's been friends with her since they were 3 and they are 20 now. Ellie was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma and her PET scan revealed it is already at Stage 4 and has spread to her spine, arm and leg. This young lady has been to my home many times and my daughter has also been to hers. Her family are great people and this is devastating and heartbreaking for all of us. Anything positive you can send will be mightily appreciated. She is at St. Judes, so we know she will get the best care possible. Thank you.

 

[beneVOLence]

Not holding my breath but I would love for Bama to lose to Ole Piss tonight.

You might get your wish.

 

[Ten_Titans]

My 15yo was showing me some random social media post and because I'm the kind of putz I am, I commented on the frequency of "whoa" being misspelled as "woah".

She wasn't having it. I showed her "whoa" in the dictionary and the lack therein of "woah". She said, "I don't care. Look," and proceeded to show me example after example of online woahs, as if that settled the issue.

That's when I realized she was right, for all practical purposes. In her world accuracy and correctness are negligible crowdsourced assumptions that take precedence over stale old boomer dogmatism. And English being the living language it is, a decade from now "woah" will be shown in the dictionary as an alternate spelling of "whoa".

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm with her on this one. An interesting argument.

Considering the dictionary was made through crowd sourcing... Your argument is also just crowd sourcing mixed with an appeal to authority, the latter of which is a logical fallacy.

If she can show (or at least approximately show) that most people are using or spelling a word differently than what is in the dictionary, then the dictionary is the one that is wrong.

If it worked the other way, there would never be a reason to release new versions of a dictionary.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

I've been taking viagra for my sunburn.

It doesn't cure it, but it keeps the sheets off my legs.

Also


for your daughter's friend

 

[Girth Brooks]

Gumps just got shoved into a locker at home, with Ole Miss winning their first game in school history against a top-5 opponent on the road.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Still work in progress.

 

[pismonque]

I'm with her on this one. An interesting argument.

Considering the dictionary was made through crowd sourcing... Your argument is also just crowd sourcing mixed with an appeal to authority, the latter of which is a logical fallacy.

If she can show (or at least approximately show) that most people are using or spelling a word differently than what is in the dictionary, then the dictionary is the one that is wrong.

If it worked the other way, there would never be a reason to release new versions of a dictionary.

Yes, but playing devil's advocate, there also is a long-established spelling of a word that you're now changing on the basis of a common misspelling combined with current cultural ubiquity. So in that regard it's no different than accepting "irregardless". You're canonizing ignorance.

Of course, that happens all the time and has been for ages. It also is wobbly to be dogmatic about the spelling of a word whose linguistic rules are archaic anyway. I mean, it's a 4-letter word with two silent letters anyway.

But if we're crowdsourcing a change, I'd much rather see "wo" rather than a dumb transposition of letters that makes me feel like it should rhyme with Noah.

G**d*** I sound like an uppity snob lol. I actually don't really even mind it, it's just another amusing weirdness of 21st century life.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Interestingly, Hooker was discussing whether there should be open competition for next year's QB job given NICOs struggles.

I like Nico but I absolutely agree that there should be a competition. I think there should always be competition. Especially now that these guys are getting paid.

I found something Hooker said very interesting. When Nico committed most of us wondered why more guys didn’t commit because of him. We never heard about Nico recruiting for the team. Hooker said and I remember this, GMac and Merk both recruited for the team. Fazion has already said he is trying to get guys to come to TN. Maybe Nico isn’t the guy we think he is.