Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[VOLSONLY]

With our ace recruiter out on the trail I figured our numbers would be better.

 

[SoilVol]

You obviously never saw the movie with John Wayne then. They had plenty of time to leave safely but chose to stay. Heroes.

and that movie wasn't historically accurate

 

[drvenner]

Would love that pod for us but there’s no way we get that lucky. Or that Bama allows itself to be put in with three other top-tier programs.

Auburn would have the schedule we have now

 

[drvenner]

Olympics are trash. We turned it on at my grandmother's house and they were showing Women's 3 on 3 Half Court Basketball. What the absolute ****?!?! Since when is that an Olympic sport.

Men are competing against women.
People are playing sports nobody cares about.
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I love the Olympics. Been watching all day.

 

[drvenner]

Skateboarding and surfing are as well. Karate too. Those are some badazz sports if ya ask me!

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I mean there has been archery, badminton, fencing, etc. for years.

 

[JCP201]

This has probably been posted here somewhere today. But bringing OSU and Michigan into the SEC would be sacrilege:


Clemson football rumors: SEC in ‘serious contact’ with Tigers

So, how many teams are going to be in the SEC? Just make them NFL jr?

 

[GoBigOrange86]

So, how many teams are going to be in the SEC? Just make them NFL jr?

It’ll be great. Instead of ONE NFL, we’ll have TWO.

 

[Dudley Smith]

Auburn would have the schedule we have now

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch

 

[Type Orange+]

So, how many teams are going to be in the SEC? Just make them NFL jr?

They're taking this too far.
It will ruin college football.

 

[drvenner]

Is there anything in the world more laughable than aTm thinking that they actually had a say in anything relevant in the conference?

 

[drvenner]

The year is 2036. Alabama is running off their 30th straight in the series. Oklahoma just beat us the previous week by 27, but it was only a two score game at the beginning of the 4th so we feel like we're seeing real progress. We are assured our return is "just around the corner." People crack jokes about Nebraska and Colorado being dead programs and do so without any sense of irony. But at least we have tradition.

Sack up.

 

[drvenner]

Do you know who James Stockdale is?

Admiral who was Ross Perot's running mate in 1992. You probably know him. He was a POW in Vietnam.

You know the people who Stockdale said didn't make it? The optimists. The ones who said "We're getting out soon. It's just around the corner." Then they'd turn the corner and...they were still there. It was too much. Getting their hopes up only to see them repeatedly dashed against the rocks was overwhelming.

But cheer up, for the worst is yet to come.

Lol. So now, being A Vols fan is like being a POW?

 

[Jackcrevol]

Lol. So now, being A Vols fan is like being a POW?

piece of watermelon? pretty older woman?

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Lol. So now, being A Vols fan is like being a POW?

I’d go so far as to say it’s clearly worse.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I had Smokehouse 228 pork and brisket with c collards and Mac and cheese. Really good. @Enki_Amenra , @Vols4us

Good place to eat, for sure. I need to stop in there this week.

 

[Rishvol]

I love the Olympics. Been watching all day.

That's usually me but I just can't get into it this year.

 

[Catbone]

Is this dude legit?

 

[drvenner]

That's usually me but I just can't get into it this year.

Understandable. It's not the same. No fans. Covid will have impact on some major sports before all is said and done.

 

[Vols4us]

I had Smokehouse 228 pork and brisket with c collards and Mac and cheese. Really good. @Enki_Amenra , @Vols4us

Dang - now I'm hungry again. Just went on my meal plan.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Beta mentality? Hell it ain’t!

It's not in this case..hell man I'm about as non beta as you can f'n get and I see it as common sense. It doesn't matter what I think though, we are going to keep on getting our teeth kicked in until we don't anymore.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

The knee-jerk has been spectacular in here. Some simply cannot grasp we have been through our low point as a program in all its history and are climbing out of it. The Vol program has never shirked from taking on the best - ever. You don't become a winner by running away. You stand and fight. Get knocked down? Get up and fight some more. Eventually you figure out what it takes to win or die trying. For our football program that means moving on from one HC to another who can get things done better. Meanwhile you use the money to build your fan favorite school's athletic house needs.

As for me, I am welcoming Boomer Sooner and Hook 'em Horns to the SEC. Two great schools with fantastic tradition that adds big time to the SEC. Looking forward to seeing our guys whup up on them. There won't be any true freshman centers playing their first game as a RT to pick on for a career day. No #2's to be a statue and pic throwing machine. I can't wait to see Rick Barnes' face as the Longhorns walk dejected off the court. When Voltello turns the table on the school that defeated our guys on the biggest stage in college baseball. How could you not look forward to that? Smh at the wussy thinking on here at times. Turn in your Vol card and go enjoy the ACC. Tennessee is the SEC. Period.

It’s the new attitude that I am seeing everywhere. If I can’t succeed in my first attempt, then I will quit and go elsewhere where it will be easier.

Volunteers don’t run away from a fight. Absolutely don’t bail on the SEC because it would be easier in the ACC. No only no, but no way in Hell!

 

[Dudley Smith]

Is there anything in the world more laughable than aTm thinking that they actually had a say in anything relevant in the conference?

 

[TheRain]

Is this dude legit?

I don't know but it does seem like there are multiple conversations going on.

It's interesting that most Dawg fans I've seen don't like the potential schedule changes anymore then many of ours.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

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

Nope, was captured and tortured before dying. Crockett would not give up.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I love the Olympics. Been watching all day.

It's garbage