Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Volbucky]

Imagine being this butthurt because someone isn't a sunshine pumpers.
Grow up. Some of us actually understand what we are watching.

You honestly seem to have zero self awareness.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I really don’t think you do.

Lol. I understand much more than most on here.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

You honestly seem to have zero self awareness.

Self confidence is often mistaken as other things.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Only one of us sounds butthurt...

Or defending personal attacks.

 

[Volbucky]

Self confidence is often mistaken as other things.

Self confidence is different than being correct.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Self confidence is different than being correct.

I am both

 

[rikberry31]

Why would I be jealous of a future car saleman?

Word on the street is that Brooks is going in with Barnes on opening a car dealership. They are gonna call it "Cheggerboards is a Dipsh!t Motors."

 

[InVOLuntary]

Strongly worded I hope.

Lots of bad words. I can't believe Jimmy Franks didn't come after him.

 

[Volbucky]

I am both

Only thing you are is cringe

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Only thing you are is cringe

If I worried about what others thought... I would've left a long time ago.

 

[TrippieRedd]

McCoy was far and away our best player in the secondary.

Argument can be made for Brooks, Gibson, and Boo being the 2nd best.

Idk I thought he looked alright, but I don’t watch the secondary too much.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

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Coming from you? That’s rich.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[Weezer]

Not sure why people are bitching about Banks when they could be using that energy to bitch about Elarbee and Pope.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Do you think he would still be 6th without RG?…if your answer is no then you now understand our point.

So Banks gets no credit? Cool. Then if that’s the case, we can blame Garner for losing to Arky and getting blown out by UFA and OSU right? Sheesh. The mental gymnastics some of you use is wild.

 

[screenthis]

He lead our best unit in 2024 and largely was the catalyst for our making a playoff. It is better than meh.

Agreed though can't say I'm thrilled with our gameplan on the D side for Georgia and Ohio State. Then again, those teams expose weaknesses of a lot of teams.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Not sure why people are bitching about Banks when they could be using that energy to bitch about Elarbee and Pope.

Why do that when you know neither are getting fired?

 

[rikberry31]

And you assume I live a miserable life because??????

Because he reads the crap you post. Volnation is like a golf course in Poland. A beautiful coarse and a pleasure to play but unfortunately is built over an old minefield. You're enjoying a great round on a beautiful day (reading Volnation) and then you step on a mine (Cheggerboards posts something) and it blows your leg off.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Boom?

Big time news!

 

[screenthis]

How do we lose something we never had?

It would be one thing if we led for them or they were committed at some point, but that isn’t the case. They were just guys we were interested in.

Good point. I haven't followed the recruitment fully though I do believe we were in a strong position, based on reports, for the LSU recruit. And, we've not impressed thus far in the portal. Reason for that could be many and varied. I trust Heupel to manage it all.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Improved every season and his side of the ball just carried us to the playoff.

There’s no pleasing some.

Its been steady, linear improvement too...if you graphed our national rankings in the important categories it would be a diagonal line headed up almost to the top right corner at 6th...a blind man could see that we have clearly improved every single year as talent and depth improved. Reminds me of George Carlin "Imagine how stupid the average person is. Then realize that half of them are even dumber than THAT. " Living. Proof.

Jealous you'll never be coldest white boy on the block?

You could tell immediately every time he made a HUGE pick (like Bama, NCSU) how much the team loved "Willy B" and respect him. They went absolutely crazy celebrating and running up to congratulate him. No, he doesn't have elite speed. He has elite instincts though and doesnt take "false steps" which makes him quick enough to be where he needs to be, and make plays. He beat out 3* and 4* scholarship players for every single snap he ever played at UT...as a walk-on. Everyone noticed his big INTs, but Brooks made a bunch of open field tackles in the run AND passing game this season that were TDs if he didnt get them to the ground by himself. Brooks was a big asset to this 24 team and deserves to be remembered as such IMO. People are quick to jump on him bc of the UGA and OSU games...but All SEC McCoy got benched for a series vs UGA and torched in both games and nobody says a word. It happens. To everyone. They both deserve respect and graditude IMO.

 

[Wickman]

Not sure why people are bitching about Banks when they could be using that energy to bitch about Elarbee and Pope.

We could be #1 in every statistical defensive category and give up one TD all season…and people would want to fire him for that one TD

 

[chavisut]

Also, the people that are meh on Banks/ wish we made a new hire for D-Coord are joking, right? Please tell me it’s sarcasm and not them being that pants on head stupid.

I expect another potential playoff push. I'd rather not have a new DC.

 

[Butch Jones]

Boom?

Yuck

 

[rikberry31]

If I worried about what others thought... I would've left a long time ago.

MY Daddy used to say, "If you think you're thoroughbred but a lot of people are saying you're a donkey, then you really need to take stock because you're most likely a donkey."