Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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#19,855
Playdo said:
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I’m already juiced to watch this team again Saturday night! It wasn’t too long ago that we were very reserved to see who would show up every week in orange and white, or we were just hoping for moral victories. Now, we know exactly who will show up and expect legit victories. Feels so good. Thanks, Josh, Danny, and the entire coaching staff and program!!
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
Are you @Orangeredblooded's daytime alt?
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Whatever dude!🤣..you laughed.no need to bring her into it…she has a lot on her plate right now…before football season started she was doing good catching back up on the forum after 2 weeks…now that the season has officially started we’ve pushed her back a full year….😭🤣😂 I think you got me and @nicksjuzunk mixed up. he’s still trying to improve from being 4 months behind👀…..🫣😁
 
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If NCSU doesn't make some huge improvements in the trenches, I don't see how they can do much on either side of the ball.



They made their rushing $$$ on the edges because their interior OL was porous against WCU's interior DL. Their OL was able to clear the edge for their rushes, but UT probably has the best DL in the country. Our defensive interior should feast, and that's not even mentioning yet that our outside DL is a stronger point than our interior!

I just don't see how they can get a run game started, and if they are one dimensional, it's over with our edge rushers.



Their DL... I'm seeing NO push from their DL against either rushing or passing. If they can't bully WCU, what will they do against UT's OL? You complicate that with our wide splits, which should force their LBs to declare whether they are playing run or pass...? Their corners and LBs actually looked a bit undersized against WCU. I'm not sure what they can do against our size and speed. To further complicate things, they looked really susceptible to that WCU QB runs. He's no Nico.

QB... McCall seems to have made his name in a lower conf, with a weak(ish) arm, a little bit of scrambling wiggles, and a LOT of accuracy? I don't know if it was first game jitters, not knowing the scheme, if he was right and the receivers were wrong...? But he only looked accurate when WCU gave a lot of cushion and the receivers were wide open sitting down in zones. I'm not sure that'll be enough for them in the passing game against us, especially if we shut down the running game and passing is all they have.

Receivers... Er, Receiver. They seem to have one guy.




My prediction is that we have a lot of success early with run plays and short, quick throws. As soon as the Safeties start inching up to play that, we rip the ceiling off and go over their heads. On defense, I think we shut down their run early by setting the edge and forcing everything inside. I don't think their inside OL can open the holes. We get out to an early lead, they become one dimensional on offense due to lack of running game and the need to catch up. Our DL feasts and shuts them down. We win by at least two scores and it never really feels like we're in danger. It may not be a blowout, but I predict a comfortable win that looks good on the national stage and continues the hype.

I suspect NCSU faithful know this. I've watched a couple of NCSU content creators and the pattern here seems to be 'Wizard of Oz' logic. "Pay no attention to those first three quarters. They never happened. The last-quarter NCSU will be the one that shows up against UT. The first 3 Qs were just our great team working the cobwebs off, and that happened."

(I don't think that's what happened. I think NCSU and WCU are pretty equal in starter talent. I think NCSU has a bit better depth than WCU, and we eventually saw a bad ACC team against a very tired low-tier team.)
 
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Orange_Crush said:
If NCSU doesn't make some huge improvements in the trenches, I don't see how they can do much on either side of the ball.



They made their rushing $$$ on the edges because their interior OL was porous against WCU's interior DL. Their OL was able to clear the edge for their rushes, but UT probably has the best DL in the country. Our defensive interior should feast, and that's not even mentioning yet that our outside DL is a stronger point than our interior!

I just don't see how they can get a run game started, and if they are one dimensional, it's over with our edge rushers.



Their DL... I'm seeing NO push from their DL against either rushing or passing. If they can't bully WCU, what will they do against UT's OL? You complicate that with our wide splits, which should force their LBs to declare whether they are playing run or pass...? Their corners and LBs actually looked a bit undersized against WCU. I'm not sure what they can do against our size and speed. To further complicate things, they looked really susceptible to that WCU QB runs. He's no Nico.

QB... McCall seems to have made his name in a lower conf, with a weak(ish) arm, a little bit of scrambling wiggles, and a LOT of accuracy? I don't know if it was first game jitters, not knowing the scheme, if he was right and the receivers were wrong...? But he only looked accurate when WCU gave a lot of cushion and the receivers were wide open sitting down in zones. I'm not sure that'll be enough for them in the passing game against us, especially if we shut down the running game and passing is all they have.

Receivers... Er, Receiver. They seem to have one guy.




My prediction is that we have a lot of success early with run plays and short, quick throws. As soon as the Safeties start inching up to play that, we rip the ceiling off and go over their heads. On defense, I think we shut down their run early by setting the edge and forcing everything inside. I don't think their inside OL can open the holes. We get out to an early lead, they become one dimensional on offense due to lack of running game and the need to catch up. Our DL feasts and shuts them down. We win by at least two scores and it never really feels like we're in danger. It may not be a blowout, but I predict a comfortable win that looks good on the national stage and continues the hype.

I suspect NCSU faithful know this. I've watched a couple of NCSU content creators and the pattern here seems to be 'Wizard of Oz' logic. "Pay no attention to those first three quarters. They never happened. The last-quarter NCSU will be the one that shows up against UT. The first 3 Qs were just our great team working the cobwebs off, and that happened."

(I don't think that's what happened. I think NCSU and WCU are pretty equal in starter talent. I think NCSU has a bit better depth than WCU, and we eventually saw a bad ACC team against a very tired low-tier team.)
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This break down makes me miss hanks breakdowns🥺😢😭…nicely done sir🤣👍🏽 FIDDY + book it
 
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vol4eva said:
Bad QB play just destroys programs. I’m even more grateful we have a coach that can recruit and coach up the position.
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DJ Ukulele is what Milton would have been if not for Heupel....the fact that Heup was able to develop Joe into an at least decent mediocre QB that he could tailor a half-decent offense around is a freaking miracle to me.

I am so proud of our coach...he is the real deal.
 
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UTSuave’ said:
Whatever dude!🤣..you laughed.no need to bring her into it…she has a lot on her plate right now…before football season started she was doing good catching back up on the forum after 2 weeks…now that the season has officially started we’ve pushed her back a full year….😭🤣😂 I think you got me and @nicksjuzunk mixed up. he’s still trying to improve from being 4 months behind👀…..🫣😁
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You dropped a Nick Saban "special memory" post in the VN RF and think that's just going to slide. It's TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS football season, you know better.

*I'm not questioning your fandom, just your mindset.

HATE THE TIDE.....ALWAYS

Remember what Tony Vitello said, "You're either a VOL or you're not" and being a VOL IS HATING ALABAMA.
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
You dropped a Nick Saban "special memory" post in the VN RF and think that's just going to slide. It's TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS football season, you know better.

*I'm not questioning your fandom, just your mindset.

HATE THE TIDE.....ALWAYS

Remember what Tony Vitello said, "You're either a VOL or you're not" and being a VOL IS HATING ALABAMA.
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It was definitely bizarre celebrating Bama of the old years. If you want to see Dabo mad go watch Heup dice up his team in the Orange bowl
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
If that happens, it will be the last straw for directv for millions of people.
If they eff up my ability to record games…😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
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Y’all know the blame is not DirecTV - it’s Disney, etal. They’re increasing their charges to D-tv and D-tv is fighting that increase. If they submit, guess who ends up paying? Disney does this every football season - I think it was Dish last year and maybe some cable tv networks the year before…Disney, Etal increase profits either way…
 
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