Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Orange.]

We’ll see when the SEC speaks. I thought it was 1 game, first occasion; 4 games, second occasion. 4 games, physical contact (or especially egregious?).

Not a terrible guess and best suited to engagement farming on bruh’s part.

 

[Orange.]

Awaka had 12 points and 14 rebounds yesterday. Could use that toughness right now. But we good.

I’m not worried about the guys who left, in the least. I thought at the time (there was much Henny Penny in the air) that Barnes would use the occasion to upgrade the roster. I think Barnes definitely succeeded in doing that. I thought so at the time the transfers signed on, and I still think so. Great job by Barnes.

To be called “old fashioned, Barnes sure is working the portal like he cut his teeth on it. Very impressive.

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

Reminder: BOT is Jrod, the kentucky twitter troll. Please do not feed the troll.
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As much as I can't stand BOT and have him/her/it on ignore, finding someone online that uses "reading comprehension" as an attack and also believes in legalizing drugs isn't exactly like finding a unicorn. There's a lot of folks online that would check those boxes. However, I'm not exactly opposed to fudging the evidence if it boots BOT.

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

Ok and?

Goes back to my original point

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Did you know E.T. was a jedi?

 

[Jackcrevol]

Do you guys ever get these?

Its become a game to me.

'Will I be considering selling next year or so?'

 

[Orange.]

But but but!! They lost a very important midweek game to an unranked ETSU!! And they didn't sweep Bama!! /s

Fahr

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Goes back to my original point

I mean Chaz and JM can handle it while ZZ is out, but I've always thought.
Starting 5
Then a backup 1/2 guard
Backup 3/4
Backup center
Is the perfect rotation

then have a big and combo guy that only play of there is foul trouble.

 

[Weezer]

Did you know E.T. was a jedi?

His species appeared in the Galactic Senate, but he wasn't a Jedi. But it's possible there could have been Jedi within his species. Nothing supports your conclusion that E.T. himself was a Jedi as his powers were inherent to his species.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[Orange.]

i do not give a **** about anyone except the tennessee volunteers men's basketball team and the tennessee lady vols basketball teams

good to be king (and queen)

Yes!

I’m not sure how I suckered myself into caring that Hurley lost (even at that price) or that our league booted the ACC for the number of teams all-time record in the Sweet 16. But from here on out, I will laugh to see every other team in our league booted ASAP.

And I am definitely all about the Vols. Nothing else matters, at the end of the day.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I’m not worried about the guys who left, in the least. I thought at the time (there was much Henny Penny in the air) that Barnes would use the occasion to upgrade the roster. I think Barnes definitely succeeded in doing that. I thought so at the time the transfers signed on, and I still think so. Great job by Barnes.

To be called “old fashioned, Barnes sure is working the portal like he cut his teeth on it. Very impressive.

I feel like he did upgrade

Felix:
in 36 games, 25.6 mpg, 7.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.7 bpg
Aidoo:
in 32 games, 18.4 mpg, 6.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg

Igor:
in 35 games, 25.8 mpg, 9.7 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.0 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.7 bpg
Awaka:
in 36 games, 19.6 mpg, 8.2 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 0.7 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.6 bpg

Chaz:
in 36 games, 31.3 mpg, 18.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.1 apg, 0.9 spg
Freddie:
in 31 games, 24.6 mpg, 9.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.9 spg


I mean if Awaka was still here Dubar probably isn't...but he may not be getting the same minutes or production.

We're basically playing an 8 man rotation with all 8 guys playing 10mpg or more....

 

[Jimmy Football]

The Big Ten loves the Drake.

 

[Orange.]

The Big Ten loves the Drake.

Not like us.

(This guy seems like a good coach.)

 

[Devo182]

Meet the Grahams

 

[Devo182]

Not like us.

(This guy seems like a good coach.)

 

[Glitch]

Do you guys ever get these?

Its become a game to me.

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I love to try and string these morons out as long as possible thinking that I might actually want to sell my home and move on purpose.

 

[Devo182]

Eerily accurate for me

 

[TrippieRedd]

nvm lol

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

It has been written.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I love to try and string these morons out as long as possible thinking that I might actually want to sell my home and move on purpose.

Cant remember if someone on here posted or not. May have been @BenGrimm.

Someone posted that they'd dug too far underneath. Good news is they've found Mithril. Bad news is there may be a Balrog. Either way, they'd still need a $1M to justify.

 

[Devo182]

Theoretically, because chaotic systems like hers tend to raise your ceiling and lower your floor. So you make a game like UConn winnable, but you also make yourself vulnerable to losing to 13-19 Georgia at home.

So, the question posed is, once she gets top-level talent and has less of a need to raise the ceiling of her team, will she adjust her system to make it less susceptible to upsets? I’m not advocating for it or against it, I’m just curious to see whether it happens.

Given the necessary wins are all in March, I'd say no. Unlike football where 1 awful reg season game can ruin you.

Bring in the talent, keep the positive variance.

 

[barrylee]

Haven’t been around much lately but have a weird question. People saying Plowman and Danny were congratulating LV’s yesterday, does Danny have a skin head now?

Whoever was with Donde yesterday had no hair whatsoever..

 

[Devo182]

$90 for 10 shots of fahrball

The friend just sitting there with the look of "dude you're getting ripped off...but thanks for buying"

 

[SoilVol]

I was wondering what this upset could be compared to so we could understand it's magnitude better. Was it like when the yanks beat the ruskies in hockey? Bigger?

It's hard to compare it tbh. Especially since its an individual sport.

From an NCAA perspective it's the biggest upset in any sport when you factor in the scene (finals). It's not like App State beating Michigan in that case.

Gable was an Olympic champion as a college kid against grown-arsed men without allowing a single point. He had lost 1 match as a freshman then had gone undefeated in college/world/olympic competition for 5-6 years. He retired from wrestling after 2022 and returned this year for his final year of eligibility just for funsies.

Hendrickson was a 5th year senior who had to get military approval to transfer from Air Force. He'd had a great career but had never made the finals. He wasn't even the favorite to win the title BEFORE Gable announced his return. Then he went undefeated.

I mean I guess it would be like if a football team went undefeated in football for 5 straight seasons, averaging a 35pt margin of victory and not winning by anything less than 21, with a QB who had won 4 straight Heismans. Just utter domination. Then in the NCAA finals they lose to a team like 2022 Tennessee with Hendon Hooker in the final second. That would be the only football scenario I could imagine.