Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Let's not forget the entire league will now happily call us UT-Knoxville or UTjr blah blah. Literally signing up to hurt our own brand.

We’re going to have to reverse that.

 

[Weezer]

I'm sure.

Flattered you want to see me on the pole....

Perv.

 

[butchna]

How could Clemson ever have gotten better than Bama while playing in the ACC?

Hmmmm….

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Being in the ACC doesn’t PREVENT you from building up the best team in any given season. That was never my point. But when they WEREN’T? Being relatively untried didn’t carry them over the top. How about this? When they were run on the rail against Bama with Bryant as their QB, there were TWO SEC teams in the playoffs who ended up in the NC game. Hmmm…

 

[VOLSONLY]

Flattered you want to see me on the pole....

Perv.

 

[Memphisvol87]

Let's not forget the entire league will now happily call us UT-Knoxville or UTjr blah blah. Literally signing up to hurt our own brand.

Maybe our admin will get serious about winning. I want to play a big game every Saturday. And if we aren’t prepared to bring the heat I want them to get embarrassed to the point of fixing the problem. Sometimes you need to be forged in the fire. Don’t want to get our a$$ kicked ? Fix the problem on the field don’t run.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

 

[Weezer]

No way in hell I'd put Texas that high. What have they done lately? Plus they have a new coach.

 

[Memphisvol87]

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This is the truth. My expectation is to see a well coached team that fights to the death. We will all know what this is after year one. The previous 3 coaches all flashed their incompetency year one.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

I say we trade out the Bama rivalry for a UT rivalry. Make Ga play Bama every year.

 

[butchna]

I was following what I think was the logic posted earlier that you have to “play the best to be the best,” and that playing in the ACC is for losers, etc.

I personally still think playing 2 or so great teams in the regular season is all you need to get championship ready.

I’m not sure who you’re quoting. My point is you don’t sneak around competition and win championships. You have to BE the best at the end of the season or you’re not going win…”rested” or not. No one can supply me the team that won in the playoff era because they were fresh…not the clearly more loaded/better coached team. Closest would have been the Bama team led by Jacob Coker against Clemson and Deshaun Watson. But they’re disqualified…cuz SEC and too much competition.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Optics and perception?

It could be called the Cracker Barrel ... but that chain now sells beer!

 

[Weezer]

I say we trade out the Bama rivalry for a UT rivalry. Make Ga play Bama every year.

We're gonna rival ourselves?

 

[butchna]

There is no advantage for adding more good teams to the SEC with the current 4 team playoff model not sure how our fans are not grasping this concept, it has nothing to do with being a “coward” or “pride” for wanting a logical easier road. If it changes to 12 teams in the playoff then I am all for adding Texas and Oklahoma.

It’s going up to 12…eventually 18.

 

[Billy Antrim]

Maybe not a good analogy. According to some reports, Davy Crockett didn't die fighting. He surrendered and was then executed.

But even though they died, they bought enough time for Sam Houston to get an army together and defeat Santa Ana at San Jacinto. So they lost the battle but won the war.

 

[Dudley Smith]

Let's not forget the entire league will now happily call us UT-Knoxville or UTjr blah blah. Literally signing up to hurt our own brand.

Other than on message boards where they don’t want to spell out the whole words, I imagine most fans of other schools in the league will simply refer to the schools as “Texas” and “Tennessee.” Do Finebaum callers regularly use “UT” when they refer to us? I’m my experience, it’s only people in each school’s respective region that refers to “UT” when the context is clear because of where you are. That also applies to people living in Toronto and Tampa when they refer to their local university.

 

[butchna]

Maybe not a good analogy. According to some reports, Davy Crockett didn't die fighting. He surrendered and was then executed.

I saw the documentary with John Wayne…that’s bolsch.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Off topic, I know.....but when does fall practice start?? I'll hang up and listen.

 

[The Dog]

Other than on message boards where they don’t want to spell out the whole words, I imagine most fans of other schools in the league will simply refer to the schools as “Texas” and “Tennessee.” Do Finebaum callers regularly use “UT” when they refer to us? I’m my experience, it’s only people in each school’s respective region that refers to “UT” when the context is clear because of where you are. That also applies to people living in Toronto and Tampa when they refer to their local university.

So, they call South Florida, UT in Tampa ?

 

[butchna]

Off topic, I know.....but when does fall practice start?? I'll hang up and listen.

August 4 I think.

 

[Weezer]

So, they call South Florida, UT in Tampa ?

Possible. I'm not convinced people in South Florida know the alphabet.

 

[Dudley Smith]

So, they call South Florida, UT in Tampa ?

No, they call the University of Tampa UT.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Possible. I'm not convinced people in South Florida know the alphabet.

they may not know it but they know words mansion, Lambo, and yacht.

 

[Volnatic]

I am not buying the tOSU and Michigan rumors. The B1G is the other superpower right now. They are making a killing with their network are likely to expand as well.

For those of you familiar with the history of pro wrestling, we are watching the collapse of the territory system occur in CFB. Next comes consolidation and the “Monday Night Wars” phase, with the SEC and B1G as the WWE and WCW.

I miss the territories.

 

[Weezer]

They moved the poll to the FF.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Anyone know who the newest one is from?