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VflPT22 said:
I don’t see any way he redshirts. He is too good. And he will be here in December with 8 months to be fully ready as well.
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That does help. There will be a transition, but getting in a spring and fall practice will help him. At least we have some young talented depth. Don’t sleep on Jackson at Qb, I think the guy is going to be pretty good as well. Always need a little depth at Qb. GBO!
 
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LittleVol said:
Man....you and me both know that ain't happening lol.

Also, freshman QBs have been starting in the SEC regularly for over 20 years now.
Nico needs to add some good weight. He'll be ready. And by far be our best option.
Tayven Jackson will redshirt, and become a better QB competing with Nico everyday.

Bama could redshirt Bryce Young because they had a 1st rnd draft pick in Matt Jones who has already played good football coming in for Tua.

We have to play Nico. And if he gets hurt, we have to play Tayven.
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Tayven might actually end up being really good. I’m excited to see him compete this summer.
 
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SpringBokVol said:
Everyone was waiting for the Vols baseball team to fall.

They wanted them to fail.

The only way to show that the UT way worked was to win. Otherwise the haters would have the fuel needed.

I hate that they got the fuel needed.

They are loving these salty volunTears
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I'm not crying. I'm proud of our guys. Won the regular season. Won the SEC tournament. Played their hearts out. Most fun team in the history of baseball.

Hold your head up.
 
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bigl3327 said:
You are mentioning guys who came into loaded teams and didn't start game 1. Ainge and Shaeffer were all we had and Frohm and Manning were due to injury. Even Bray and Dobbs had to start during their true freshmen seasons, but to win the job in fall camp, start game 1 and dominate is something all together different.
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Everyone knows Dobbs should have been starting earlier. Butch...smh

Simms was huge for Bray- grant you that.

But football is offense centric now. And developed passers like Nico are made to thrive right away.

Why would you not play him if he's the best option?
I'm curious, if Arch Manning were committed to us, would you want him redshirting??
 
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bigl3327 said:
I'm one that hasn't given up on Milton. Especially, considering the fact that we may need that man at some point this season. Jackson is far from ready.
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And Milton IS ready??

Milton had the job handed to him by Heupel. And couldn't play well enough to ever threaten to take the job back.

Football is not complicated. You play your best players. A true freshman with still developing passing skills in Tayven Jackson gives me more confidence than Milton.
Who cares if he can throw it 90 yards if he can't ever complete a deep ball?

Unaware of the game clock and situation running out of bounds against Ole Miss.

He just simply isn't a P5 QB.
 
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ACvol3 said:
Anybody have any St Augustine suggestions? (Places to eat or what-not). We are heading that way now
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Applebee's


Columbia is good.
Prohibition kitchen is good
Pirate museum doesn't have food but good scallywags
Do the trolly. It also stops at the distillery. Free liquor. Bars are everywhere.
 
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ACvol3 said:
Anybody have any St Augustine suggestions? (Places to eat or what-not). We are heading that way now
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Most of the good restaurants are seafood places all along A1A, on the intercoastal or in the downtown historic area. There are a couple on the touristy south side but I would mostly avoid. Can't remember the name of the fish camp north of Vilano Beach but it's good. Most any of them you Google will be very good....just not O'Steens. If you get tired of over-priced seafood and want fast casual Mexican then Taco Libre is one of my favorite spots.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
Find the copperhead 🙃

@SoilVol no idea if this is a good enough photo, but this is the type of grass I have.

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Looks like fescue to me. Watering it religiously (without overwatering) is probably the only way to save it at this point, but that may be a fools errand. If you can find some way to argue the contractor who installed it caused it to die then they will replace it. Try to have them replace it this fall when it cools off. Then it can get roots established over the fall, winter, and spring and may not completely die off next summer.

Or, if you don't care what kind of lawn you have, you can overseed with bermuda and water daily until it establishes. Bermuda is extremely hardy to hot weather and you do virtually nothing but mow it. Practically impossible to kill. Fescue probably looks nicer, takes more work, have to reseed it every so often, will stay green in fall and earlier in spring. Thicker, taller stand than bermuda.

Lawns are stupid money pits. Reject modernity. Kill it all and make your whole yard gardens, trees, and wildflowers lol.
 
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SoilVol said:
Looks like fescue to me. Watering it religiously (without overwatering) is probably the only way to save it at this point, but that may be a fools errand. If you can find some way to argue the contractor who installed it caused it to die then they will replace it. Try to have them replace it this fall when it cools off. Then it can get roots established over the fall, winter, and spring and may not completely die off next summer.

Or, if you don't care what kind of lawn you have, you can overseed with bermuda and water daily until it establishes. Bermuda is extremely hardy to hot weather and you do virtually nothing but mow it. Practically impossible to kill. Fescue probably looks nicer, takes more work, have to reseed it every so often, will stay green in fall and earlier in spring. Thicker, taller stand than bermuda.

Lawns are stupid money pits. Reject modernity. Kill it all and make your whole yard gardens, trees, and wildflowers lol.
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25 rows of mondo grass, then, 25 rows of monkey grass.

Your neighbor will murder you in your sleep. But, you'll have grass until doomdsay.
 
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I had said early in the season that if we had a weakness it was infield defense. We overcame that with improvement at those positions, great pitching, and great offense. But I'd say it certainly caught up to us in the postseason.

I think we will be losing our entire infield unless Ortega comes back. But we add Maui at SS.

Our "Way Too Early" options to replace 3B, 2B, and 1B are Christian Moore, Steenstra, and Burke (1B). There's some other freshmen on the roster that are infielders but don't know enough about them. Stephenson can also play infield.

If we can get Tommy White from the transfer portal he's an immediate starter at either 1st or 3rd I'd think.

We have to replace catcher, oh and CF and RF....

Good news is that I think we only lose Blade Tidwell (though he may stay if his draft stock has dropped), Walsh, Connell from the bullpen.

Okay, back to football recruiting!!
 
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