Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[CABVOL]

My yearly expenses total around 18k a year. I don’t do much that I don’t want to, I’m just a home body. I’ll buy a video game every couple of months and that’s basically the entirety of my leisure spending.

I’m 25, essentially fresh out of college, making ~30k trying to find my career path so I haven’t invested much. Just general savings. I hope I find a career I want to settle in with relatively soon, but I’m currently back at a restaurant I served at in college while I’m looking for work from home opportunities. My girlfriend is off for her masters in a year, and I have no clue where we’ll be living since she hasn’t picked her school. So work from home is pretty much a must at this juncture.


Sorry, weird tangent on my life situation right now lol. But basically- yeah live below your means. It’s hard for some, but I manage it well.

Right now, if you can manage to invest 1-2k a year, put it in Total Stockmarket Index Fund through Vanguard (some of the lowest fees available), you will be a well-off individual by the time you retire. (Based on the history of the stock market, your money will double about every 7 years). Obviously, as you can afford, you can invest more.

Also at your age, I’d invest at a 80/20 (stocks/bonds) ratio.

 

[volsfan_17]

He could do both the Vols and Titans. I seem to recall this occurs in Florida. Maybe FSU and Tampa Bay Bucs.

Paul Keals does both Ohio State and the Bengals. It can be done.

 

[AllVol11717]

All well and good on wait and see, but this is about two of your BODING WELL argument bullet points going faceplant in the same post. Are you PRETENDING otherwise?

Where did I say I was pretending otherwise? And saying something doesn’t “bode well” doesn’t mean it’s an ironclad indictment of future failure, just that they were not positive indicators of success at that point in time. Which they werent. (I also never said they didn’t “bode well” just that they weren’t inspiring, which again, they weren’t)

I have no problem admitting those signs didnt end up being as foreboding as they seemed at the time, I’m happy they didn’t, but to act all high and mighty with hindsight is some weird grandstanding with which some on this board are so weirdly obsessed.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

So uhhh anyone think it’s a coincidence that de1 hasn’t posted since December 19th after all the lies that AP said he made and that Buck handled?

It’s not a coincidence. AP and Buck had a convo and Supercuts was told to give it a rest.

 

[AllVol11717]

Older and wiser you get the more you realize it’s okay to say “yeah I was a freaking idiot”.

I was definitely wrong on those signs not boding well, but I still stand by the fact that at that time they were not good signs.

 

[Volsdeep4]

What if we all Venmo Junior Colson some money?

He doesn’t make any at Michigan so there’s a fair chance but idk. His parents already got money

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Absolutely. I’ve never felt more flat and unmotivated than the last couple years after graduating college with not having any real goals or career aspirations. Yeah, I hold a job to pay my bills but it’s just a job right now. You need goals and ambitions to stay happy.

I'm in that spot right now. I've got a job thats a decent one, but it's just a job to me I have no real interest in it or ambitions of being here forever. I had two job offers one I wanted and one my family wanted for me. I took the one they wanted instead of the one I wanted, 6 months later I've regretted the decision ever since.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[Falcons02]

UCF gets their highest rated recruit in like 4 years after JH leaves. That partnered with UCFs QB saying its been the best few days on campus since JH left are not inspiring things.

This aged well

 

[AllVol11717]

Since I have some extra time this morning (all in good fun )

@HoleInTheRoof:

Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

This decade of drafted QBs has been pretty solid, crazy that the 2004 class lived up to the hype (I listed the best QBs and then pro-bowlers from the same class)

1998 - Peyton Manning (Brian Griese, Matt Hasselbeck)
1999 - Donovan McNabb (Daunte Culpepper)
* 2000 - Tom Brady (Marc Bulger)
2001 - Drew Brees (Michael Vick)
2002 - David Garrard
2003 - Carson Palmer
2004 - Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger (Matt Schaub)
2005 - Aaron Rodgers (Alex Smith, Matt Cassel, Derek Anderson)
2006 - Jay Cutler (Vince Young)
2007 - (no pro bowlers drafted)

* Chad Pennington was also in this class and had a solid career, but never made a pro-bowl

So to me it seems like 2007 (since it yielded the worst QB class) is a good pivot point to the new QB era...and here's a few guys drafted in the new age

2008 - Matt Ryan (Joe Flacco also in this class but no pro-bowl)
2009 - Matthew Stafford
2010 - no pro-bowlers, but Sam Bradford in this class
2011 - Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Tyron Taylor
2012 - Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Russell Wilson, Nick Foles, Kirk Cousins
2013 - no pro-bowlers
2014 - Teddy Bridgewater, Derek Carr (Jimmy Garoppolo also in this class but no pro-bowl yet)
2015 - Jameis Winston (Marcus Mariota also in this class but no pro-bowl)
2016 - Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, Dak Prescott
2017 - Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, Mitchell Trubisky
2018 - Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson (Baker Mayfield & Sam Darnold also in class but no pro-bowl yet)
2019 - Kyler Murray
2020 - Justin Herbert (Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts, Jordan Love all in this class no pro-bowl yet)
2021 - no pro-bowl yet (Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, Justin Fields, Mac Jones, Davis Mills)


So far 2004 or 2012 have to be in consideration for best QB classes ever...just hitting on that many in one class is pretty amazing.

Bold = SB Champs
Italic = Played in SB

Best QB class: 1998 there haven’t been any great QBs drafted since. Good role players, yes.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Notre Dame

MFs , he is currently the DC at a prestigious program! Damn I hate the media. Alright, let’s change our schedule to add notre dame next year. Don’t care when, where or how. Just want to whup that prestigious arse. Public, private, at a high school, don’t care. I want to embarrass them a la the ‘85 Sugar Bowl opponent. Prestigious my ass!

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Texas making a move to the SEC has lit a huge fire under A&M's ass. They see the writing on the wall unless they get way ahead of Texas and can be THE Texas program of the SEC.

We are going to see the real hate between those programs that everyone always talks about.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

5,810 hours to till kickoff.....tik tok !

I should be caught up by then

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Next year (assuming Hendo/Tillman are healthy) which of these records for a single season/game do you think goes down?

Passing (season)
325 completions (Ainge - 2007)
519 attempts (Ainge - 2007)
3819 yards (Peyton - 1997)
36 TDs (Peyton - 1997)

Receiving (season)
76 receptions (Nash -1997)
1298 yards (Meachem - 2006)
13 TDs (Nash - 1997)

Passing (single game)
37 completions (Bray - 2012)
65 attempts (Manning - 1996)
530 yards (Bray - 2012)
7 TDs (Ainge - 2007)

Receiving (single game)
13 receptions (Pickens - 1990)
256 yards (Washington - 2001)
3 TDs (Many)

 

[Jackcrevol]

Notre Dame

Would be a big loss.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Couldnt happen to a better bunch of idiots.

 

[Nashvegas31]

It’s not a coincidence. AP and Buck had a convo and Supercuts was told to give it a rest.

I must have missed something good

 

[TNHopeful505]

Morons just like UF fans.

Patience is no longer a virtue and 1 down year, after multiple 10 win seasons, is a sure death knell.

God I hope we remember this lesson when Hype has his one down year where we only win 11 games...after we win 13+ for the next 5 years...

#TheSabanEffect

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Santa Anna won the Alamo....

But we won Texas. Think long term. Also, if the Alamo only had Tennesseans fighting, we would have won. It’s those other folks that gave up (texans)

 

[triadvolfan]

Wow, not a coincidence that we were in the 2010 game as well.

 

[JCVol00]

If Hooker made that kind of leap and put up those kinds of numbers without even fully grasping the offense til the Mizzou game then imagine what kind of numbers he will put up having a full offseason as qb1 under his belt

 

[99Vol]

is this in reference to Verse?…

 

[AllVol11717]

If Hooker made that kind of leap and put up those kinds of numbers without even fully grasping the offense til the Mizzou game then imagine what kind of numbers he will put up having a full offseason as qb1 under his belt

Very excited for his final season. We played without Mays at tackle a lot this season, so replacing him won’t make us look drastically different.

As long as WR and RB play is decent we should see the same offensive firepower as the past season but hopefully with less 2nd quarter lulls.

 

[ACvol3]

is this in reference to Verse?…

I hope with everything in me that it is Nico… would be a program changer