Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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On January 24, 1972, local farmers on Guam discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who fought in World War II, still hiding in the jungle—26 years after the official end of the war. Japanese soldiers had been trained that death was preferred to the disgrace of being captured alive.

Guam, a 200-square-mile island in the western Pacific, became a U.S. possession in 1898 after the Spanish- American War. In 1941, the Japanese attacked and captured it, and in 1944, after three years of Japanese occupation, U.S. forces retook Guam. It was at this time that Yokoi, left behind by the retreating Japanese forces, went into hiding rather than surrender to the Americans.

In the jungles of Guam, he carved survival tools and for the next three decades waited for the return of the Japanese and his next orders. After he was discovered in 1972, he was finally discharged and sent home to Japan, where he was hailed as a national hero. He subsequently married and returned to Guam for his honeymoon. His handcrafted survival tools and threadbare uniform are on display in the Guam Museum in Agana.


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DD4ME said:
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His pressure to sack numbers are some of the worst I've seen for a power conference QB. Absolutely terrible. I saw some rumors that he took more sacks because he didn't want to put his YPA & TD/INT ratios at risk, but the new-school analytics are showing that sacks tend to be a QB stat more than an OL stat.

I wouldn't draft him anywhere near the top 10, but that's just me.
 
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Orange Throat bringing the pain train on Basilio’s blog today:

MEANWHILE, THE UT FOOTBALL PROGRAM is doing its annual ritual of addressing the shortcomings of Glen Elarbee's high school player recruiting and development by overpaying for transfers (see Lance Heard's pass pro tape last season). The program is trying to get an extra year of eligibility for transfer Andrej Karic to return at guard. Arizona transfer Wendell Moe is coming in as a guard and the Vols are now targeting Notre Dame portal player Sam Pendleton for the interior, either as a guard or center.

IF SUCCESSFUL ON KARIC AND PENDLETON Elarbee would keep his streak intact of never having a high school recruit start for him at Tennessee ... UNLESS 5-star David Sanders forces Elarbee to start him at right tackle next season. I'll believe that one when I see it. Tony B. had a great segment with Adam Sparks of the KNS on yesterday's show and Sparks remarked that Elarbee doesn't like playing inexperienced players, which makes for a real interesting Catch-22.
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Jack Burton said:
Orange Throat bringing the pain train on Basilio’s blog today:
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This is priceless lol... Let me get this straight. Elarbee is guilty of:
1. Trying to get our best OG to return
2. Landing an all-conference OG with 2 years of eligibility
3. Landing a rs-freshman that started on a playoff team with 3 years of eligibility
4. Being willing to plug gaps while the up-and-coming HS guys are only RS-Sophomores next year

If only we just did nothing in the portal and left the OL in the hands of a bunch of underclassmen that haven't played much. What could go wrong...
 
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