Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Then do that without the insight into your own personal strife. Takes half the scales away.

Lol..I will say whatever I want. Dude is an idiot.

 

[SCvol333]

Hardly. I don't get why people think this. Maybe the all-SEC schedule was a shock to fans, but a bunch of SEC offenses absolutely ate last year and no OOC games meant no stat-stuffing games.

We gave up 30.1 ppg (all in-conference of course), that was good for top half of the SEC (#7 exactly). Considering the SEC is the cream of the crop, being 7th isn't too bad at all. 69th nationally which has us just hardly below the midway point.

Historically, despite SEC offenses being a lot better than a decade ago, last year's defense was 5th best of the last decade vs conference opponents ('19, '15, '14, '11 were better). The other 5 seasons we allowed to SEC teams:
2018 36.1 PPG
2017 34.8
2016 36.9
2013 30.6
2012 40.0

I just don't think, and stats support it, last year's defense was "bad". It was an unusual year with an insane schedule and, still yet, we were better than half of the league. That is encouraging.

We had JG, an allSEC schedule, and a lame duck coach at a certain point. Lots of context…

 

[Ten_Titans]

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It's a weird one. AK did not have all that much of a career here, all things considered. No one ever would have thought to put him up there if he hadn't turned into the NFL player that he is.

But I get it. Have to move the program forward and stop living so much in the past. That is someone who has brand recognition in 2021.

 

[butchna]

Lol..I will say whatever I want. Dude is an idiot.

#Trailblazer

 

[eVOLve]

It's a weird one. AK did not have all that much of a career here, all things considered. No one ever would have thought to put him up there if he hadn't turned into the NFL player that he is.

But I get it. Have to move the program forward and stop living so much in the past. That is someone who has brand recognition in 2021.

AK is one of the big names in the league. Danny White is gonna use him to promote the brand here.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

AK is loved here and he loves us back. I like the move.

 

[Weezer]

I think our lines are a strength going into the season. Can't remember the last time I thought that.

I thought that last year, believing talent would overcome the bad coaching of Will Friend. I was wrong. Apparently bad coaching trumps talent.

 

[Weezer]

Cade really needs to be at guard…. I have my doubts about Ellerbe and Huep if they start him at Tackle

Not if he's their best option at RT. Sure, I think he's a better OG, but if they NEED him to play tackle, you play him at tackle.

 

[engineerVOL]

I’d put AK’s gold grill on the 50-yd line

 

[ACvol3]

How did I not know that Tee Hodge is Randall Cobb’s nephew?? Just saw that

 

[Glitch]

I’d put AK’s gold grill on the 50-yd line

Sounds like a good give away item for the first big home game. 102,455 with gold grills grinning after all 47 TDs.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Looks like we’ve got ourselves a set of wheels! Big thanks to everyone again. I’ll get to that video for a more personal thanks soon.

 

[TheRain]

Here is a throwback Uni for the Tenn v Pitt game.

Actually, the all orange was Johnny's, too.

 

[tnhunter 10]

They look like Vandy. Where's Tennessee colors. At least the state colors, not those hideous uniforms.

 

[Gilbert]

Rumors Karon Prunty is no longer with the gamecocks.

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

Rumors Karon Prunty is no longer with the gamecocks.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Rumors Karon Prunty is no longer with the gamecocks.

Might as well come to Tennessee

 

[SmokinBob]

I don’t get the no talent on defense. It’s like we lose Too Too and Crouch and we suck. We literally have almost every valuable piece still back. And Crouch sucked. I would have much rather seen Banks and Beasley. And we brought in Texas starting LB and some other transfers plus Willis. Just lazy reporting. I’m so ready for the season to start.

Locker room material

 

[TrippieRedd]

Might as well come to Tennessee

Nah. Should have come in the first place.

 

[therickbol]

They look like Vandy. Where's Tennessee colors. At least the state colors, not those hideous uniforms.
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Their best player's father is the pitching coach at Vanderbilt.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Rumors Karon Prunty is no longer with the gamecocks.

 

[Playdo]

How is this not the photo they used for the stadium?

 

[JoeyVols32]

Lol. I can totally see this happening to Kirby

Go back and watch the 97 game on YouTube. It’s hilarious watching Kirby try to tackle Jamal Lewis all game. He gets ran over or ran through many times as a senior, and Jamal was a freshman.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

We beat KY by 14+ this year. They will not be able to keep up. BET

Word!

 

[JCP201]

AK is loved here and he loves us back. I like the move.

He's a superstar-- good person to represent our team for recruiting purposes. (He was wearing his Vols number at Saints Practice recently)