Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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#121,030
Checker_the_Shire said:
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.
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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.
 
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Vols410 said:
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.
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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.
 
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Girth Brooks said:
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! 💪🍊
 
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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.

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