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The last bit of news on the players involved in the dorm incident was that there would be a decision from the school code of conduct committee on whether they would be allowed to stay in school and be reinstated. It's been a couple of weeks, and we've heard nothing. Has anyone heard when we might know something? Are they waiting until the end of football practice, the end of the semester, or some other milestone? Thanks.
 
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jave36 said:
Based on how kids were rated out of high school? Seems like a pretty useless data point to determine how our current roster compares to others, since it doesn't take into account coaching, development, culture. I'd take a bunch of 3* juniors and seniors with solid coaching for 3-4 years any day over 4* who are poorly developed or underclassmen.
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It's certainly meant to be a quick and dirty method, just like the blue chip ratio which is extremely basic without context...and yet is undefeated for over a decade.

It's a single metric of "raw talent," clearly not an all-encompassing analysis.
 
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Weezer said:
The only reason we shouldn't make 7 wins this season is if we're bit by the injury bug. Barring that, 7 wins should be our floor. A competent coaching staff should be able to accomplish that.
Even with what we've lost, we should have the talent to be middle of the pack SEC.
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I can see arguments for a wide range of outcomes next year for UT, without even trying to compare talent levels to your opponents.

On the plus side, Tennessee is returning a LOT of experience on defense, due to seniors taking advantage of the covid exemption. All those 3, 4 and 5 year veterans on the DL and the secondary will be a big boost in execution and should cover for the inexperienced linebackers, IMO. And Heupel's offensive scheme will stress opposing SEC defenses in new ways.

On the other hand, new coaches, new culture, new schemes, new quarterback, new running backs, and a heavily revamped starting OL. That's a lot of change. Some players will buy in and some will be alienated. Plus, if Coach Heupel runs his offense at a very fast pace like he has at times, it could cause problems in year one. Averaging 8 or 10 plays more per game can take a toll at any position if you don't have quality depth.
 
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GoBigOrange86 said:
Kirby has achieved nothing Richt hasn't achieved except play for a national title, and Richt arguably would have had two shots at one (2002, 2012) if we had the playoff format that allowed Kirby to play for one.

Meanwhile, Pruitt, while demonstrating some shocking ineptitude as a head coach, was working with a lot less talent. Imagine if he'd had a quarterback that was even serviceable (Maurer and Shrout clearly weren't it, either). Imagine if he'd had the 2015 UT squad.

I'm not saying it's definitive one way or the other, but it would be a fascinating case study.
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No it wouldn’t.
Mental masturbation is not the way to go. Be thankful that neither cheater are here....

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scvolfan7 said:
KY and Mizzou

Edit: ole miss and Pitt are equal but both have better QBs than we do
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I just can’t. If you believe this then you do not keep up with college football. I could have listened to them being familiar with their systems and further along and probably get us this year. I can’t get behind any argument where those teams out talent us in any way. And please show me a QB to be scared of on any of those teams not named Ole Miss. All average as hell.
 
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ptclaus98 said:
It's more than just talent. When you look at our talent then look at the instability of our program, our situation is worse than every program bar Vandy. It doesn't matter that we have talented players, this isn't the PAC-12. Talent, depth, and continuity is what matters in this league among other things.
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I understand that. But I’m sorry if KY and MZ do nothing for me. We crushed MZ last year and KY had to have JG throw their touchdown passes. We are worried about depth now but we are going to get some good players back soon and we will get a few transfers.
 
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Anything good happen the past two or three weeks? I'm fine not knowing about the bad.

Basically... Is the ow game gonna be must see the, or just DVR?

Hope y'all are all doing well. GBO
 
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