Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[UTK]

We should know better by now. Aggies trick us every year with their "talent" lol.

The past 4 seasons they've started:

2021 #6 - finished UNRANKED
2022 #6 - finished UNRANKED
2023 #23 - finished UNRANKED
2024 #20 - about to be UNRANKED

It was more about not respecting Notre Dame tbh lol

 

[knoxvol52]

I think theyre being extremely cautious with him. I dont believe he's fully healed, and didnt get much work in spring?

May make sense to ease him in. Keep him fresh for big games.

Sampson
Seldon
Bishop
Keith

Where's Lewis going to get carries, only one football.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Please tell me you ain't afraid of black bears

See them all the time around Dollywood, Cades Cove, and especially here around Asheville. Used to see them just strolling around Biltmore Village all the time when I worked there and a few would always get into my buddy's hot tub in Black Mountain.

Obviously wild creatures, but they're freakin babies as long as you're not between a mom and her cub.

That attitude gets a lot of people hurt.

People should absolutely respect Black Bears. They run twice as fast as we do, have one of strongest bites, and can climb. Worse yet, they're smart. The drought seems to have brought them down.

Think TWRA needs to open a special season for BB.

Now, do I think people need to freak out? No. Educate yourself. See a juvenille bear, prob best to walk opposite direction. Carry bear spray into bear country, dont shoot.

I recall a Stat in the Park. More people are hurt or killed by Black Bears each year than Grizzly.. Griz are isolatory, and dont seem to want to be near us.

If you see a bear in Suburbia, thats a problem. Dont feed it. If you do that's a dead bear.

@SoilVol

 

[volbeast33]

Lewis probably plays bare minimum and gets a RS this season. Imo.

you are probably right…. he will get in four games eventually and redshirt.

 

[UTK]

Tempted to lock it in this early in the week
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That’s stealing candy from a baby easy lol

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Is there a Nico highlight reel anywhere online yet? Want to watch all those elite throws in one clip. Hoping the UT social media accounts will send one out today.

Ask and you shall receive! What timing!!

 

[Devo182]

That attitude gets a lot of people hurt.

People should absolutely respect Black Bears. They run twice as fast as we do, have one of strongest bites, and can climb. Worse yet, they're smart. The drought seems to have brought them down.

Think TWRA needs to open a special season for BB.

Now, do I think people need to freak out? No. Educate yourself. See a juvenille bear, prob best to walk opposite direction. Carry bear spray into bear country, dont shoot.

I recall a Stat in the Park. More people are hurt or killed by Black Bears each year than Grizzly.. Griz are isolatory, and dont seem to want to be near us.

If you see a bear in Suburbia, thats a problem. Dont feed it. If you do that's a dead bear.

@SoilVol

Sure, enounters are insanely more common. Hundreds, maybe thousands a day. Add the stupidity of humans and I can math it.

100% respect them. But I wouldn't panic either. Slowly walk away, get big, make a bit of noise.

The worst are the folks at cades cove that want to get as close as possible I wish the bears would smack them.


Bears in suburbia find their own food it seems. They are everywhere here in neighborhoods and downtown. Even worse in Black Mountain.

 

[VolGee4]

Did Lewis get any carries? Surprised to see Bishop get so many, even Keith, but didn't see Lewis?

Lewis is a true freshman. Bishop and Keith have been here a year with some positive development reports. We are going to need Bishop/Keith or both to take some decent snaps.

 

[drvenner]

304 on 6.6 YPC. Great day by the RBs and Sampson's huge run was beautiful.

Just talking OL and opening holes.

Our run scheme is the GOAT, so we're going to kill it regardless. I'm sure they'll hit their stride by game 3 or 4 though. Hopefully in time for FL.

I just don't think the run blocking is suspect when we do that. Were there some plays without running lanes? Yes. Not many, though and every single team has those at times as well.

 

[drvenner]

I loved Milton and I thought he definitely improved but you could immediately tell yesterday how much different this offense runs with Nico.

Sigh.

 

[UTK]

Factual

1. Ain’t no one got a gage on how the DBs looked based on that game. Let’s be real here.

2. Yes they are probably not elite by any means but they don’t have to be with this Dline and pass rush we will have.

 

[COOKEVOL]

That last line before they dropped the call was hilarious. "I'll take your 2 and a half million dollars...". So either that's his net worth (or maybe half) and she's threatening divorce, or that's the size of his life insurance policy and that was a death threat.

College football season is back!!

Anybody seen @Glitch this morning?

 

[volbeast33]

 

[InVOLuntary]

I know. Some people might want to re-watch on their big screen though

 

[Devo182]

I just don't think the run blocking is suspect when we do that. Were there some plays without running lanes? Yes. Not many, though and every single team has those at times as well.

Suspect would be far too strong a word.

Was just hoping for mauling domination vs a smaller team. But again, have seen that in a lot of early season play past few years. Then we hit SEC play and start puking in-between snaps and go beast mode. Not worried by any means. Just greedy.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Sigh.

Why the sigh?

 

[UTProf]

That attitude gets a lot of people hurt.

People should absolutely respect Black Bears. They run twice as fast as we do, have one of strongest bites, and can climb. Worse yet, they're smart. The drought seems to have brought them down.

Think TWRA needs to open a special season for BB.

Now, do I think people need to freak out? No. Educate yourself. See a juvenille bear, prob best to walk opposite direction. Carry bear spray into bear country, dont shoot.

I recall a Stat in the Park. More people are hurt or killed by Black Bears each year than Grizzly.. Griz are isolatory, and dont seem to want to be near us.

If you see a bear in Suburbia, thats a problem. Dont feed it. If you do that's a dead bear.

@SoilVol

Yes but considering other bears ours are docile. They are rarely aggressive which is good considering how many we have surrounding us. Also you can always throw some cocaine at ours lol.

Now grizzlies otoh…..yikes

 

[InVOLuntary]

Anybody seen @Glitch this morning?

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Balder

 

[SmokinBob]

Are yall going to the game?

We did not - had G-daughter‘s first birthday party but we watched!

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Is there a Nico highlight reel anywhere online yet? Want to watch all those elite throws in one clip. Hoping the UT social media accounts will send one out today.

 

[TechnoVol]

Only thing I didn't get on the Nico -> Thornton play is why he sauntered his way out of bounds. Looks like he had the sideline to motor into the endzone if he hadn't let off the gas after securing the catch.

He slowed down because he juggled the catch.

 

[DD4ME]

 

[jave36]

Good start to the season. JMU was the fifth leg on this one. View attachment 672428

I'm still pissed at Oregon. Had a 6 game parlay hit if they didn't choke.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Nico's release is lightening fast