Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[MarcoVol]

 

[Vols410]

Not wrong.

I also want to say they spent more than anybody in the country on player retention. Seems like Heupel's a believer in that approach as well.

 

[Orange.]

This is the first time in 25 years that UT has finished the season ranked inside the AP top-10.
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Haters can suck it. These are the good ole days. The best is yet to come.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Lol Bama ahead of us just because they're Bama

Too many Gumps have a voice in sports media

 

[DD4ME]

I’m going to be that guy: are we any different? Look at what Heupel and his group has done in 4 short years and there’s a very vocal minority calling for his head because we looked like against OSU and/or haven’t made splashy transfer portal gets. But unfortunately that minority has been heard a lot louder than the majority of us.

Meh. I have not seen people calling for Heupel to be fired and if they are i would not call them even a minority but a lunatic fringe. Wanting an assistant replaced is fair discussion. IMO

People do like to dwell on negatives though no doubt.

 

[DD4ME]

Go to the portal thread, man. There’s people in there talking like Heupel is a POS Coach who’s in over his head.

I must have them on ignore. Lol

 

[Orange.]

Looking at on magnolias and live oaks.

Sis and BIL waiting on the snow in Destin.

 

[Volnut]

A Volquest genius!

 

[DD4ME]

I also want to say they spent more than anybody in the country on player retention. Seems like Heupel's a believer in that approach as well.

From my understanding of the rumor mill we are approximately 5 mil off from what they are investing in FB. I'd estimate 25% more than most of CFB. @KingVFL can hopefully confirm if my estimates are wrong. Don't see a single donor stepping up to cover that. We are blessed to be as close as we are. We also seem to deploy a more widespread sports strategy which might not be ideal for football, but puts more bullets in the gun for overall success. I think that is wise, but others may not.

 

[DD4ME]

Meh. I need to see some big steps to buy the hype this time. In the convo - maybe.

 

[MrVolton]

This is the first time in 25 years that UT has finished the season ranked inside the AP top-10.
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Boise State ahead of us is the only thing I take exception to. Also think Texas and Oregon should maybe flip.

 

[Orange.]

This is the first second time in 25 years that UT has finished the season ranked inside the AP top-10.
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We did finish 6th in 2022. That’s 2 top-10 finishes in 3 years and a playoff berth for a program everyone had written off, except our hardcore fans and 4 people named Josh Heupel, Danny White, Donde Plowman, and Randy Boyd.

Also, huge shoutout to our NIL contributors, including everyone in the Vol Club!

 

[Orange.]

No top 10 for these whiners.

 

[screenthis]

A Volquest genius!

umm, what's the opposite of Genius...

 

[The Dog]

My buddy @The Dog is going to be upset at me but I'm taking the Rams in an upset today over Eagles.

Taking the Bills over the Ravens in a close one..

I'm not upset at all, since you were wrong

 

[peaygolf]

January 21, 1979

Steelers - 35
Cowboys - 31

17 players and both Head Coaches would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

This was more than just the first rematch in Super Bowl history: It re-staged what many still consider the most enjoyable and dramatic Super Bowl battle to that point. Opportunity—recognizing it and capitalizing on it—was the theme. Failure to embrace it would play a hand too. It was the Steelers, though, who managed a 35-31 victory.

Dallas had its chances. The Cowboys took a 14-7 lead in the second quarter when linebacker Mike Hegman simply took the ball away from Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw and ran 37 yards to score. But Bradshaw countered immediately with a 75-yard touchdown strike to John Stallworth.

In the third quarter, trailing 21-14, Dallas marched from its 42 to the Steelers' 10. On third-and-three, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach saw tight end Jackie Smith alone in the end zone. Smith slipped and fell reaching for Staubach's pass and Dallas settled for a 27-yard field goal.

Pittsburgh scored two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter—a 22-yard run by Franco Harris and an 18-yard pass from Bradshaw to Swann. Harris' score followed a pass-interference call against Dallas cornerback Benny Barnes, who was covering Swann. The mistake cost the Cowboys 33 yards. Dallas did score touchdowns with 2:27 and 22 seconds to play, on passes from Staubach to tight end Billy Joe Dupree and Butch Johnson, but Pittsburgh held on to win, 35-31.

With the victory, the Steelers became the first team to win three Super Bowls. The two teams set a Super Bowl record for points scored.

 

[Orange.]

Meh. I need to see some big steps to buy the hype this time. In the convo - maybe.

I agree on Nussmeier, Arch, Klubnik’s mom’s son, and Allar. They're too high.

 

[rockytop25]

 

[Orange.]

Saban is on TV all day and night trying to bring back Saban’s paying under-the-table with-impunity game.

Heup beat Saban out for Nico. So Saban instigated the criminal NCAA hit job on us, but that didn’t work for him either. Suck it, Saban.

 

[Orange.]

Great! LFG!

 

[rockytop25]

Meh. I need to see some big steps to buy the hype this time. In the convo - maybe.

What has Arch done (besides having the last name Manning) to be so high on this list?

 

[DD4ME]

What has Arch done (besides having the last name Manning) to be so high on this list?

His family...you said it

 

[DD4ME]

You folks along the gulf of America stay safe from the bad weather.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

You folks along the gulf of America stay safe from the bad weather.

I'm hoping the snow sticks around long enough for me to get some pictures. Campus is closed today and tomorrow even though the snow doesn't start til 5 and is supposed to be done by 7 or 8 tomorrow morning.

 

[DD4ME]

This