Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[smokeyhuntsgators]

Currently 51% no

Eventually, we will get our football National title..Good times on Rocky Top!

 

[UTProf]

Yay finally got to see OH after waiting all day! He is in good spirits though we are both exhausted.

 

[BruisedOrange]

St Paddy's day is neat so that means

Smithwicks is being sold at my local luqour stores! Hallelujah! Yummy red ale

Did you mean "is near" or "is neat?"

In other words... was that a typo or a Freudian slip?

 

[UTProf]

Did you mean "is near" or "is neat?"

In other words... was that a typo or a Freudian slip?

He also said “luquor” store so he might’ve gotten started early or it could just be touchscreen typing.

 

[drvenner]

He’s referring to some games we play mediocre (ie @uf, vs uk, etc) at least that’s how I read it

So fans aren't going to come to big games because they're scared we'll be mediocre?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Since KenPom model was posted in 2002, 20 of the 22 national champions have ranked in the top 20 of KenPom’s adjusted offensive AND defensive metric.

• 96% of National Champions since 2001 have had a top-21 KenPom offense pre-tournament.
• 91% of National Champions since 2001 have had a top-31 KenPom defense pre-tournament.

In reality, balanced teams win national championships in bball.

The only teams that fit that criteria as of Feb 10:

TEAMS THAT FIT KENPOM CRITERIA (2025)​

• Auburn: OFF (1), DEF (16)
• Duke: OFF (5), DEF (4)
• Houston: OFF (8), DEF (3)
• Florida: OFF (4), DEF (9)
• Iowa State: OFF (18), DEF (7)
• Texas Tech: OFF (10), DEF (28)
• Arizona: OFF (14), DEF (18)
• Illinois: OFF (15), DEF (23)
• Maryland: OFF (20), DEF (20)

We are 185th in the nation in scoring offense. Kenpom isn’t everything.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Can only imagine the folks when we have a team that gets an 8 seed in the tournament.

We're being spoiled with basketball right now.

Why do you just automatically assume our next coach will be worse? Look what Barnes has done for our program. We are now an elite job thanks to him. With that plus Danny White? Don’t know why anyone wouldn’t be confident we can find a Barnes successor.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Can you believe this exists?
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Only a worthy and true VFL can wield it!


Where do I get one? That would be awesome!

 

[Orange.]

Hahahaha when Rucker spits facts you may be on the wrong side of an issue

“This isn’t football.”

F that. They need to stop it in football, too.

 

[delfonic]

Y’all, if I was guaranteed a football national championship in return for losing a finger, I’m pretty sure I’d give up any pinky through middle finger on either hand.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Why do you have a picture of @Freak 's ban hammer?

Today is my procedure day. One of my patients walked in wearing fuzzy pajama pants that had your bumble picture all over it. It was all I could do to not just bust out laughing.

I almost called the patient Mr. Weezer.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Y’all, if I was guaranteed a football national championship in return for losing a finger, I’m pretty sure I’d give up any pinky through middle finger on either hand.

It would need to be a pyramid scheme set up. If I'm gonna lose a finger, there better be 2 more of you jerks willing to lose a finger the next couple of years and each one of you should have 2 more people ready to go & so on, to continue the process. . .

. . . that's only 100 fingers for a century of Natty's. Sounds a little like a 9-fingered cult, but whatever it takes,

 

[delfonic]

It would need to be a pyramid scheme set up. If I'm gonna lose a finger, there better be 2 more of you jerks willing to lose a finger the next couple of years and each one of you should have 2 more people ready to go & so on, to continue the process. . .

. . . that's only 100 fingers for a century of Natty's. Sounds a little like a 9-fingered cult, but whatever it takes,

I’m in.

 

[Orange.]

There's a makeup game if I ever saw one

 

[Orange.]

I've had it with whiners and crybabies. I need to see this. Sound up.

 

[Orange_Crush]

 

[VolInDayton]

Y’all, if I was guaranteed a football national championship in return for losing a finger, I’m pretty sure I’d give up any pinky through middle finger on either hand.

Especially with the new playoff setup, getting to watch the Vols take down 3 to 4 top programs would be a glorious month. Baseball was fun but I'm pretty new to college baseball and it's hard to find on TV a lot of times and college basketball is mostly to pass time in the winter.

 

[MarcoVol]

We are 185th in the nation in scoring offense. Kenpom isn’t everything.

Simply no better metrics to which identify national championship contenders. But Vols aren’t on the list so I’m not sure why you’d argue against KenPom

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

We are 185th in the nation in scoring offense. Kenpom isn’t everything.

KenPom is an infinitely more accurate depiction of offensive success than points per game will ever be. Take the Virginia national title team a few years ago. They averaged 71.8 ppg (almost 3 points less than us this season), but they were 2nd nationally in offensive efficiency that season. Houston this season is a similar story. They are 140th in ppg but 6th in offensive efficiency per KenPom. Efficiency matters way more than ppg because of how deceiving ppg can be depending upon a team’s pace of play.

Now with that being said, this has very little impact on the discussion as far as Tennessee is concerned. We are well outside the top 20 in offensive efficiency and don’t stand a chance in the world at sniffing the top 20.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Did you hear about the man who fell into an upholstery machine?

Apparently, he was hurt pretty badly, but now
he's fully recovered.

 

[DD4ME]

As a fan, the utility of having three very good to elite programs to root for throughout the entire year is much better than just having one. Even if that one is often viewed as the most important (revenue and school perception-wise).

I mean, I would give just about anything to see another football national championship. But the high would wear off after a few days. Right now we go from one solid season to another. Basically fills up the entire calendar year outside of July and August. And that’s for fall camp updates anyway.

I might feel differently if football was still in the gutter. But we just made the playoff and I think Heupel hasn’t reached his ceiling yet here.

This

 

[vol94]

Good grief nobody is saying that. But we got swept by a first year head coach. Most of us laughed when UK hired Pope. We laughed when they got smoked by UGA. We laughed when they lost to Vandy. And now they sweep us.

There is no way to sugar coat it. This series against UK was pathetic. We are still a very good team. But you make it sound like we lost to a powerhouse on the road. We didn’t. Oh and why is it other teams can win on the road in the SEC but we can’t?

I swear some of you go to extremes when others get upset.

Keep posting. It’s more enjoyable to read comments from realistic posters. It’s okay to be frustrated and state opinions based off factual info. Or he$$, just posting an opinion.

There isn’t any excuse for TN to be swept by KY this yr. And we had the game won imo last nt. It’s concerning as we choked down the stretch to elite teams. If we do it now, then why would one expect anything different in March?

 

[DD4ME]

Knecht is playing again. Happy for him.

 

[DD4ME]

Y’all, if I was guaranteed a football national championship in return for losing a finger, I’m pretty sure I’d give up any pinky through middle finger on either hand.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Heard that the inventor of Velcro just died...................RIP.