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Talked with a Purdue buddy of mine that is pretty reasonable. He said if he were a UT fan he would be pissed. He thought the forward progress call was probably a 50/50 call, but the real injustice was the inconsistency with the long TD where it appeared the Purdue player had forward progress stopped. Basically he said if they let that play go they should have counted Wright’s TD. Either both should have counted or both shouldn’t have.

Either way he said he would take the win, but didn’t agree with the way it happened.

TIFWIW.
 
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Weezer said:
I don't think we see Whitehead change positions. Hopefully Small get surgery, rehabs, and is back by the Fall. I think Sampson is a RB that will be versatile, able to line up outside if needed. I think you take a RB if they're a game-changer, otherwise, I think we're set there.
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Even if Small is back he won't be as up to speed/in shape probably as the other RBs. I wouldn't mind a transfer RB and let Small RS next season to get back to 100% before getting back on the field.

I think Wright may emerge more with a full off-season of work and I also am hopeful Williams is a beast from the get go. But yeah mostly I agree, don't take a RB to just eat up spot in this class.

But that RB room is thin either way and I'd say the staff may be preparing for attrition there (Beckwith specifically I'd be worried about).
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
Well, I finally caught up from today. I have one question, do any of you fine people work for a living?, because most of the weeds I waded through to get here is either, bitching and moaning or woe is me. I’d like a little warning heads up next time.
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Why all the testosterone, bro? Unwad your tighty-whiteys, dude.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
LB room right now without moving anyone around and with incoming freshmen.

OLB/DL
Byron Young - 6'3" 235
Tyler Baron - 6'5" 260
Roman Harrison - 6'2" 240
James Pearce - 6'5" 220
Joshua Josephs - 6'3" 215

ILB
Juwan Mitchell - 6'1" 226
Kwauze Garland - 6'1" 220
William Mohan - 6'1" 210
Bryson Eason - 6'3" 290
Aaron Beasley - 6'1" 225
Jeremy Banks - 6'1" 224
Solon Page III - 6'2" 223
Aaron Willis - 6'1" 225
Elijah Herring - 6'3" 230
Kalib Perry - 6'4" 215

Incoming guys all have great size and speed, I really like what we got here. Think Pearce/Josephs both can have early impacts and by year 3 I think Herring or Perry both could be big time contributors. Our success IMO with this group next season comes down to how good are Willis, Mohan, Eason (should be able to RS this year). Mitchell/Page both were seniors but I think both can return.
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Man, I would have sworn at least one of the Whitehaven Trio would be a steady starter by now. And I wouldn't have guessed McDonald would be the one with the most playing time.

IIRC, French had the highest upside, but he was obviously dismissed. Eason is probably way too big and slow at this point to be a second level linebacker, and he's not really big enough to play on the DT or fast enough to play on the edge. Would love to see him put it together and become a stud at some position.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
Well, I finally caught up from today. I have one question, do any of you fine people work for a living?, because most of the weeds I waded through to get here is either, bitching and moaning or woe is me. I’d like a little warning heads up next time.
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WARNING….do not visit recruiting forum during dead period, we discuss 💩 to shinola, bbq, guppies, weezers mom and occasionally football !
 
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SoilVol said:
Man, I would have sworn at least one of the Whitehaven Trio would be a steady starter by now. And I wouldn't have guessed McDonald would be the one with the most playing time.

IIRC, French had the highest upside, but he was obviously dismissed. Eason is probably way too big and slow at this point to be a second level linebacker, and he's not really big enough to play on the DT or fast enough to play on the edge. Would love to see him put it together and become a stud at some position.
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McDonald entered the deepest group (secondary)
French had the most obvious path forward to seeing the field (ILB, especially after Henry/Crouch left)
Eason appears to have used this season to bulk up and is likely moving positions to DL, he may have stayed as an OLB/Edge guy if previous staff were still here

I actually felt like watching the Kentucky vs Iowa guy that our DL as a unit needs to get more athletic/smaller. I get in the SEC a central guy of 300+ is good to have but the other folk beside him should be more athletic (closer to what Baron looks like) but strong. Eason is stout regardless of his weight...so him at 290lbs and with a full season and off-season to prepare as a DL could be big. We shall see though, I think quite a few of our Defensive talent was held out to RS so we could build more depth without having as much turnover all at once.
 
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SoilVol said:
Man, I would have sworn at least one of the Whitehaven Trio would be a steady starter by now. And I wouldn't have guessed McDonald would be the one with the most playing time.

IIRC, French had the highest upside, but he was obviously dismissed. Eason is probably way too big and slow at this point to be a second level linebacker, and he's not really big enough to play on the DT or fast enough to play on the edge. Would love to see him put it together and become a stud at some position.
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Put him at SDE.
 
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volunteerlane said:
Cool story from Music City Bowl...

I met and talked to Aaron Beasley's family. I asked them what Aaron's thoughts were on Heupel from inside the program. They said "Aaron loves Heupel and so does the team. He's so laid back and has made it fun again. If Pruitt were still here he would likely transferred out with a lot more players."

Nothing crazy but I love hearing stories like this from players and families vs media.

FWIW, I also met the refs families prior to the game. Nice crew but they left the conversation with, "We take bribes!"
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