Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[tnvols72]

Guys, I could use your prayers. Had to drive myself to the ER. Woke up in excruciating pain. They think it's a kidney stone. Never had one before. They've finally given me some meds so the pain is starting to subside a little.

Sending prayers

 

[thistime]

I know nothing of the NIL thing other than some get payed big bucks some get little to nothing depending on their abilities. NOW who tells the "payer" who the "playee's" they want are, the school, boosters ? Which scenario is closet to how it works.

1. I want a monument built for my admirers (school). I pay a General Contractor (Sprye) to build it . He gets sub contractors I want (playee's) to build my monument.

2. I want a monument built for my admirers but I can't pay so I give a little cash to a contractor to do all the dirty work (schools). The nice contractor says he will help and they raise funds to build the monument (Sprye). They get "suggestions" on the right subcontractors (playee's) to give the raised funds to while getting a kick back on raised funds.

3. I want a monument built so people can admire it but I can't because I can't spend money on monuments (school). Nice people want to help build it and get funds from donors or companies while getting a small kickback (Sprye). They then get subcontractors (playees) recommended by the donors to build the monument.

It happen's everyday, one is considered a venture for profit, one is a little hinky and one is a kind of a none profit thing so which scenario is the closest

 

[ACvol3]

Anyone else deal with the stomach bug from hell recently?

My little boy just had strep. That sucked

 

[engineerVOL]

had it last week and gave it to my wife. I had it bad

Congrats on the secks, tho, amirite?

 

[engineerVOL]

My little boy just had strep. That sucked

That turned out plus HFM to be one of the worst weeks of our lives, ugh

 

[BigSteve09]

My little boy just had strep. That sucked

yup. it's been one wave after another at our house.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

after you sprayed raid in it's face, which likely blinded it and would've painfully killed it. Would much rather a shovel and/or crushing the skull than raid. Far more humane.

Aside: I'd like to not talk much about snakes here in the future unless anyone has a pressing ID question lol

This is how I will always envision you now. Your love of herpes(tology) knows no bounds.

 

[engineerVOL]

This is how I will always envision you now. Your love of herpes knows no bounds.

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[volinexile17]

I'm sorry as well. It's been a challenging week with a newborn and I could have communicated better.

Shockingly mature conversation for the internet. Did not know this could happen.

 

[ChattaTNVol]

Hendon Hooker’s path to the Heisman -

I wanted to compare how various ratings looked for QBs, in particular, how different published ratings assessed Hooker’s performance last year on a game by game basis.

Rocky Top Insider posted a lot of PFF grades for each of our games last year and the season ending grades. They did that for players who played 30%+ snaps. Since I’ve yet to convince myself to give PFF any money for their service I used RTI as my source for PFF grades.

PFF produces grades on a play by play basis and there’s some heartburn with some folks about their process and the qualification of those doing the grading. It is what it is.

ESPN QBR evaluates much more than just a QB’s passing. It includes rushing, fumbles, sacks, and a proprietary method of calculating the EPA the QB adds above that of an average QB. ESPN QBR also adjusts for strength of the opponent so after the first I think 4 weeks, prior weekly QBR numbers adjust to what has been revealed as the strength of opponents.

The NCAA passer rating is just that. It doesn’t factor in any other aspect of QB play. I used CFBstats for this source but to ESPN’s credit they publish this rating alongside their QBR for the QB and even put it in the column before QBR.

Hooker was sacked 39 times last year and coughed up 5 fumbles. Those in particular would impact both his QBR rating and his PFF grade. They obviously wouldn’t show up in the NCAA passer rating and neither would his rushing yards.

So here is a comparison of Hooker’s graded performance from last year from the above noted sources.

Note: QBR & PFF are on a 0-100 scale.



I don’t have historical PFF grades but I did compare ESPN QBR for some familiar QBs in selected years to the NCAA passer rating for those QBs in those years. I included where the QB ranked nationally with each rating for that year.



I think Hooker is a really good kid. I think he has a tremendous family and their influence on him is apparent. Based on reports he is an exceptional leader and has an exemplary work ethic. I think with normal progression Hendon is minimum a top 10 QB in QBR this year and maybe top 5. Here’s the thing. Heisman voters historically tend to vote based on wins and volume stats. How many yards did he pass for and how many games did he win.

Last year we ran more on inferior defenses and passed more on stronger defenses. Bryce Young had 4,000 passing yards going into the SEC championship game, with a lower passer rating than Hooker. This year Hooker should have 12 full games instead of 10.5. That should help a lot. I think both Tillman and McCoy are likely NFL receivers and we should also be strong in the slot. We need to do a better job up front and at RB protecting him which will reduce the number of sacks and fumbles. We also may need to at least get to Atlanta which to me is not all that farfetched. Just getting to Atlanta I think gets him invited to New York. Win in Atlanta and he’s probably bringing home the trophy. jmo.

 

[bignewt]

Guys, I could use your prayers. Had to drive myself to the ER. Woke up in excruciating pain. They think it's a kidney stone. Never had one before. They've finally given me some meds so the pain is starting to subside a little.

Nah.

 

[Volsdeep4]

Anyone else deal with the stomach bug from hell recently?

Dadgum cold got us down

 

[TheMagnificantOne]

 

[Ten_Titans]

The NCAA is so inept.

They employ how many people? They couldn’t get a single person… or gasp!… a committee to think through NIL before deciding. “Nah… it’ll probably be fine”

And now they want to retroactively enforce rules they never wrote to begin with.

Good luck, clown shoes

They had literally 40 years to notice how much money was in CFB and plan for this, and they did nothing. Imagine having a book report due in 40 years and not even starting.

 

[Leeleesteeth]

Guys, I could use your prayers. Had to drive myself to the ER. Woke up in excruciating pain. They think it's a kidney stone. Never had one before. They've finally given me some meds so the pain is starting to subside a little.

Prayers for you. Have had multiple episodes. TAKE the pain meds. Drink a ton of water. Good Luck.

 

[Ashevillevol]

Anyone else deal with the stomach bug from hell recently?

It’s the taco truck.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Guys, I could use your prayers. Had to drive myself to the ER. Woke up in excruciating pain. They think it's a kidney stone. Never had one before. They've finally given me some meds so the pain is starting to subside a little.

We'll be expecting you to go through the forum liking every post you come across, like a certain "someone" not long ago, who was on the mend and plenty of painkiller happiness.

(I'm finally only around 100 likes away from breaking even on the post/like ration. Get to stepping!)

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[TheMagnificantOne]

The goat keeps winning...

 

[tnvols72]

Congrats on the secks, tho, amirite?

lol was not in no shape for secks

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Kentucky man, the new Florida man.

I had a coworker “Florida man” his birthday yesterday and it did not disappoint.

I can’t remember the whole thing but it involved nudity, House fire and failed cookie baking attempt

 

[InVOLuntary]

Nah.

I was going to download your book. Just screw it.

 

[butchna]

I defend him in GOAT arguments but he’s never been an engaging interview…byproduct of a less than engaging personality. Could see a way more expensive Jason Witten experiment with this one. That being said, I felt the exact same about Troy Aikman and he’s been a star.

 

[lilesrt]

I am assuming post retirement? What’d I miss?

 

[InVOLuntary]

Well guys, thanks for the prayers and good vibes. It is/was a kidney stone. Doc says that based on the location the worst is behind me. Prescription for Flomax and nausea stuff but no pain meds. Not really hurting much right now. Too much to do to sit around. Got lots of work to do.