Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[Kingston Vol]

Honestly I like the idea for smaller schools. Also the marquee match ups in OOC play are fun. But is one worth it with 3 cupcakes. Let's get some re alignment and why not go to an 11 game conference schedule. And give schools 1 open date that they can fill with a rival then do some re alignment. All games would be within a more reasonable distance and better games that fans want to see. Win win

Yeah, a lot of these smaller schools and conferences got too big for their britches because the TV money was so good.

It makes no sense that a team from Texas is in the same conference as a team in North Carolina, especially when there are more viable alternatives.

 

[FairburnVol]

Are we booming this weekend?

 

[VolBalla2014]

Your mom only sends me pictures.

Impressive considering my mom has a jitterbug lol

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Which 2020 five-star is under the least pressure?

Bossi (@Eric Bossi ): It’s actually the tandem of Tennessee-bound five-stars
Jaden Springer and
Keon Johnson. Don’t get me wrong, there will be high expectations for Springer (a high scoring, physical two) and Johnson (an electric athlete) during their first year in Knoxville. However, Rick Barnes and the Vols should return enough experienced players and have enough guys around them to allow Springer and Johnson to ease into things. The flip side is that if they are as good as hoped upon arrival, then Tennessee is going to make a serious run at an SEC title and perhaps even a Final Four.”

 

[headhunter15]

Which 2020 five-star is under the least pressure?

Bossi (@Eric Bossi ): It’s actually the tandem of Tennessee-bound five-stars
Jaden Springer and
Keon Johnson. Don’t get me wrong, there will be high expectations for Springer (a high scoring, physical two) and Johnson (an electric athlete) during their first year in Knoxville. However, Rick Barnes and the Vols should return enough experienced players and have enough guys around them to allow Springer and Johnson to ease into things. The flip side is that if they are as good as hoped upon arrival, then Tennessee is going to make a serious run at an SEC title and perhaps even a Final Four.”

Yes, please! I’d love to see a Final Four banner up in TBA with a title!

 

[BarrythesnoUT]

Which 2020 five-star is under the least pressure?

Bossi (@Eric Bossi ): It’s actually the tandem of Tennessee-bound five-stars
Jaden Springer and
Keon Johnson. Don’t get me wrong, there will be high expectations for Springer (a high scoring, physical two) and Johnson (an electric athlete) during their first year in Knoxville. However, Rick Barnes and the Vols should return enough experienced players and have enough guys around them to allow Springer and Johnson to ease into things. The flip side is that if they are as good as hoped upon arrival, then Tennessee is going to make a serious run at an SEC title and perhaps even a Final Four.”

 

[Pepe]

Did Jared Lorenzen say that too?

I can't help but laugh when people use stomach and belly interchangeably. It would be pretty disgusting to lie on the beach with your stomach exposed.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Now he needs to learn how to in it

 

[drylo]

Which 2020 five-star is under the least pressure?

Bossi (@Eric Bossi ): It’s actually the tandem of Tennessee-bound five-stars
Jaden Springer and
Keon Johnson. Don’t get me wrong, there will be high expectations for Springer (a high scoring, physical two) and Johnson (an electric athlete) during their first year in Knoxville. However, Rick Barnes and the Vols should return enough experienced players and have enough guys around them to allow Springer and Johnson to ease into things. The flip side is that if they are as good as hoped upon arrival, then Tennessee is going to make a serious run at an SEC title and perhaps even a Final Four.”

 

[Devo182]

Rivals did their "updating" of their players rankings this week. First off, I can't figure out what the basis of any changes would be since there haven't been any camps going on where you could do competitions analysis.

I know some people on here don't like Rivals but they did rank our 2020 class higher than any of the other services.

But this time around with nothing happening where they could evaluate the players, it seems that every player who committed to Tennessee got dropped in his ranking. Can somebody explain that to me, other than the regular "they hate us" which I honestly believe applies to ESPN?

"Deeper dive" into film. There were some camps pre shutdown.

Fwiw don't think anyone actually dropped. Maybe there was 1. The rest just had someone or a few people behind them get a bump, so logically they had to go down a relative spot. That's not being evaluated lower, just holding.

 

[Orangeburst]

NM.

 

[Devo182]

Recruiting wise...the report isn’t 100% accurate on the timing being reported but general sense of it has some merit

Boy...that's a tough one. Get our players back in and practicing and get on schedule to play as scheduled OR delay it and keep this recruiting storm going??

 

[drvenner]

65? Impressive.

Uniform number, brah.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Bruh ——— Popeyes Spicy Chicken Sandwich > Chick Fil A Spicy Chicken Sandwich..... dont @ me

 

[bullet20]

Bruh ——— Popeyes Spicy Chicken Sandwich > Chick Fil A Spicy Chicken Sandwich..... dont @ me

BLASPHEMY

 

[engineerVOL]

@cHiZzLeVOL

 

[Rishvol]

Bruh ——— Popeyes Spicy Chicken Sandwich > Chick Fil A Spicy Chicken Sandwich..... dont @ me

@cHiZzLeVOL for being a moran

 

[nicksjuzunk]

I’m just waiting for @nicksjuzunk verdict that dude can tell if you ate clean or not.it looks like JG tried to and then said f*** it at the end.

1. JG appears to have put on a bit of fat, based on baggy clothes pics, so hard to tell.
2. Off-season, 3 months from kick off, so not one care to give. Timing is everything. Could literally take an easy diet of a pound a week for the next 8 weeks, then easily two pounds a week through practices and be 16 pounds lighter, with minimal effort for a college athlete
3. Speed is not a strength of his anyways. He’s not a physique athlete. My mans can carry some fluff and be fine.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Yea I knew.

Uniform number, brah.

 

[drylo]

Boy...that's a tough one. Get our players back in and practicing and get on schedule to play as scheduled OR delay it and keep this recruiting storm going??

 

[Devo182]

The flip side is that if they are as good as hoped upon arrival, then Tennessee is going to make a serious run at an SEC title and perhaps even a Final Four.”

 

[Devo182]

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Would be optimal. But AV has hinted at this whole thing bringing us some advantage, whatever it is. Would be cool to hang onto it just long enough to close on Mondon, even Mims.

 

[Catbone]

There is a “play” here....

Recruiting purposes? Or maybe leveling the playing field with less practice for other teams?

 

[drylo]

Would be optimal. But AV has hinted at this whole thing bringing us some advantage, whatever it is. Would be cool to hang onto it just long enough to close on Mondon, even Mims.

I know... just sayin’

 

[Catbone]

Just a random thought. Cade mays is a JR this year correct? He very well may go pro after his JR year and will not return for the 2021 season. If his eligibility request is denied, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

If he is here only a single season it's arguably a better situation to have him next year rather than this year based on how our schedule and depth chart will look. We should be loaded in 2021 and possibly make a run at the SEC championship.