Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[Glitch]

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Please don't cheer for the Vols. We gots enough crazy over here as it is. Keep your nutty self in the Southwestern corner and please don't venture to far out in case your crazy is contagious.

 

[LoudOrange]

I've got several friends from college day that live up there. Thank God they are all safe.
So sad. Reminds me of Jackson, TN in 1999 when I lived there. It will forever change their lives. Prayers!

At my parents home in Knoxville, they found several pieces of mail in their yard addressed to Jackson the day after that tornado.

 

[Rishvol]

OVC refs? Yep ETSU will definitely get hosed at some point

 

[jave36]

Siap, Diaz to Penn state, in case some were still wondering if banks might head there.

 

[Glitch]

I specifically meant the 40+ year olds who think they’re still college girls. We all know those types

Solid attempt at the back peddle but overall poor execution.

 

[BubbaWms]

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

So this is funny and by funny I mean taking the small victories with the bad.
Machine / boat shed (excuse the junk)

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Hay tarp still on.

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About three hundred feet in between the two.

Tornadoes are so weird...we saw a lot of crazy stuff in 2010 and 2011 in NE Alabama. In Rainsville a Huddle House was leveled killing over a dozen people and not 100 feet away were some small metal storage sheds perfectly intact. That particular storm missed our house by less than a quarter mile...I watched it as it went by.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

OVC refs? Yep ETSU will definitely get hosed at some point

They gotta figure out how to block this pass rush

 

[Skizer41]

Does it bother anyone that his mom was carrying an automatic weapon in her purse and he knew it was there

Ummm it was a SEMI-automatic weapon. Don't have a dog in the fight but there is a big difference. We're better than this.

 

[Batman1948]

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NIL money working here? This is the first time I've seen this type of team picture so I'm thinking someone is gettin' paid

 

[WesTnVol]

April 2006 wife’s family home place hit by tornado-two story house-wood working shop-mechanic shop
equipment shed-barn-grain bins all gone. Found two empty mason jars still sitting on a shelf in what was
a basement but now totally exposed.
We bought the land built a house and shop moved in this past August. Built a safe room in our walk in closet. Spend last night testing it out.

 

[Rishvol]

Yep. Told y'all it would happen

 

[volinbama256]

NIL money needs to appear, I want Zach Evans in our backfield next season. We NEED Evans in our backfield next season.

You get Evans, Copeland, and a DT (Noland or M'Bay) and LB and that alone will win us 1-2 more games... Will be interesting to see what happens when the dust settles.

 

[jave36]

April 2006 wife’s family home place hit by tornado-two story house-wood working shop-mechanic shop
equipment shed-barn-grain bins all gone. Found two empty mason jars still sitting on a shelf in what was
a basement but now totally exposed.
We bought the land built a house and shop moved in this past August. Built a safe room in our walk in closet. Spend last night testing it out.

Out of curiosity, what was the house made of? Brick or siding? I have (possibly false) belief that living in a brick house nowhere near any trees is a good way to avoid dying in a tornado. I've never seen a tornado destroy a well built brick house unless a tree fell on it, but I've never really researched it.

 

[beneVOLence]

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Siap, Diaz to Penn state, in case some were still wondering if banks might head there.

Some will still be worried lol

 

[chargervol]

Wow. Just reading through the thread with it going back and forth between the storm and rankings kinda puts everything into perspective.

Same. More stories and pics I'm seeing, the recruiting stuff just seems so insignificant.

Glad (up to your post) everyone reporting in is safe. Sorry for anyone's property damage but as long as you guys are ok.

 

[VolsNUT]

Yep. Told y'all it would happen

Bucs holding their own early. Keeping the Fargodome "library quiet".

 

[drvenner]

Hope they fire his ass after going 2-14.

 

[lilesrt]

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NIL money working here? This is the first time I've seen this type of team picture so I'm thinking someone is gettin' paid

Collegiate players (in all sports) need to be paid, aside from NIL compensation. Hopefully the NIL decision is a magnet for more opportunities for player compensation.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

What a call from Sanders there

 

[appyvol]

Bucs with the fake punt!

 

[Jack Burton]

Spyre talked to Zach and they talk to a lot of recruits that want to know about NIL and what they do is lay out how there are opportunities in Knoxville and explain the benefits of being a student athlete in Tennessee and how that can help you with NiL deals during school and also having that VFL network after school.

The “free Gus’ chicken” thing is really annoying to me and insulting to the people that put the work in, because that comes from them discussing the show with AP on Tuesdays as just an example of ways kids can grow their brand and exposure with the fanbase. Which a lot of places don’t have.

Sounds like we’re trying to sell potential earnings rather than offer guaranteed earnings. That works for more mature folks, but when you’re dealing with kids they want to know what they’re getting.

What is it that he is being offered that we can’t match?

 

[Orange Studs]

Congratulations. I hope that it goes away soon.

Thanks Doc. My wife went from coughing her head off to pretty much stopping. Those steroid shots and antibodies shot worked immediately. We are both feeling great!

 

[Riverratvolfan]

I've got several friends from college day that live up there. Thank God they are all safe.
So sad. Reminds me of Jackson, TN in 1999 when I lived there. It will forever change their lives. Prayers!

When that storm passed I was dating a girl that lived in the apartment complex on Murray Guard Drive basically right across 45bypass from union university which was hit hard. I’ll never forget the sound. She said grab the dog. I was like F the dog lets get in the tub. The drive home after was so eerie feeling. Super scary stuff.
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Sorry wrong storm I was thinking of the one that passed through a few years later.