Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[VolGee4]

Time to brush up on your French . Great story.

I took 5 years of Spanish with 1 being at UT...I am lost with French.

 

[Rizzo924]

It is actually pretty difficult to get into these days. I know of some pretty big Clempson donors who’s kids couldn’t get in via grades or handshakes. Also compared to the SEC, it’s no party school. It may have changed since I was in school, but they used to not have a single bar open past midnight.

I wouldn't confuse party school and small town night life.

 

[MarcoVol]

My Carolina, Converse, and Wofford alum friends joke that it's the Cow College of SC. Based on what I have heard its not difficult to get into, and, in my experience is more of a party, social atmosphere.

Your Carolina (assuming South Carolina?) fans are lying.

Clemson is harder to get into than USCe with a lower acceptance rate and higher overall average test scores.

 

[wisvol22]

Figured they would have put Bru but it is what it is. Hope Hyatt has a great season.

People really overlook Bru McCoy. Guy performed has been dealt a very poor card so far

2019: transferred after spring ball, didn't play or practice at USC
2020: Performed solidly as a freshman in a wonky, six game Covid season so probably got very little "normal" practice that year or at all up to this point. He had this production despite being behind a top 10 NFL Pick, 2nd team P12 that year in London and a receiver who was among the best rookie WRs last year in the NFL and was 1st team P12 that year in St. Brown.
2021: he had to sit out.

Now he's coming into a very stat friendly offense

This is the same guy that would be a top 10 commit in Vol history had he committed out of high school and was dubbed as one from someone as one of the best southern California high school prospects in the past decade (forgot where I saw). Article below also hypes him up big time as a high schooler.

 

[DaddyChad]

@Weezer
I'm concerned we may not have as much money for NIL, as I have been thinking all these months; and, FM's recruitment has brought on a bit of concern, and if we don't land Bradley...yeah, somethings up, imo.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe there's an article from 3 to 5 months back, Spyre's initial goal was 5 mill, something like that, then they said that went to 25, 30 mill, annually....that on top with what Nico supposedly got, I thought they were stacking cash. I believe I was wrong.

That dude showing up in here, telling us only 600 or so are signed up, plus this recruitment, with it being Miami that landed him...yeah, I don't believe we have anywhere near 25, 30 mill. If we did, I truly believe we would have landed at least one of FM, Burley, Tate, Benson, Kasper, CJ Allen, Parker, Faulk, Rojas...at least one of them. My reasoning, A&M took several away from Bama, UGA, and OSU last year...with straight cash, homey.

Spyre needs more money, and im not sure they're going to get it anytime soon. They're going to have to hustle their asses off during the season, and we have to win.

I thought Spyre had said they had a projection of 25 million which they expanded bc they had good response?

If FM was 1 million a year and Nico is 2 million per year, even if we’re at 30 million per that’s 10% of your NIL budget gone every year till they’re drafted, graduate, or your budget expands.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Did you know that if a bird gets in your garage they are too ****ing stupid to fly out even if you leave the garage door wide ****ing open? They just keep flying to the ceiling. And the only way to get them out is some long drawn out humane **** according to YouTube that no one has time for, or the more efficient shoot them with a BB gun until they drop to the floor then pick them up and chuck them out.

I learned that today.

 

[Orange.]

People really overlook Bru McCoy. Guy performed has been dealt a very poor card so far

2019: transferred after spring ball, didn't play or practice at USC
2020: Performed solidly as a freshman in a wonky, six game Covid season so probably got very little "normal" practice that year or at all up to this point. He had this production despite being behind a top 10 NFL Pick, 2nd team P12 that year in London and a receiver who was among the best rookie WRs last year in the NFL and was 1st team P12 that year in St. Brown.
2021: he had to sit out.

Now he's coming into a very stat friendly offense

This is the same guy that would be a top 10 commit in Vol history had he committed out of high school and was dubbed as one from someone as one of the best southern California high school prospects in the past decade (forgot where I saw). Article below also hypes him up big time as a high schooler.

I am glad he is underrated and I hope he takes great pleasure in proving them all idiots and incompetents.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I wish Sewanee would pull a troll move and hop back in on that clause. Would be hilarious.

Their goal every year could just be to beat Vandy. That's their Super Bowl.

Oddly enough...Vandy was their biggest rival in the beginning. Sewanee is in DIII though, apparently does extremely well for themselves and has a great setup.

I think I'm going to try and go visit the campus and maybe even watch a game there, watching the documentary I did that was about the 1899 season they had has me very curious about the school.

 

[Orange_Crush]

I thought Spyre had said they had a projection of 25 million which they expanded bc they had good response?

If FM was 1 million a year and Nico is 2 million per year, even if we’re at 30 million per that’s 10% of your NIL budget gone every year till they’re drafted, graduate, or your budget expands.

Timeline:

Spyre predicts huge budget.
NCAA dusts up about NIL clarifications, boosters, and collectives.
(Rumors about UT leadership distancing from NIL?)
(Boosters told to stand down?)
Spyre shows up on VN asking for money.


???

 

[DaddyChad]

Timeline:

Spyre predicts huge budget.
NCAA dusts up about NIL clarifications, boosters, and collectives.
(Rumors about UT leadership distancing from NIL?)
(Boosters told to stand down?)
Spyre shows up on VN asking for money.


???

DeerPark said the part in parentheses was false.

 

[volbeast33]

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Anyone subscribe to On3? Just curious how the content is compared to Rivals/247, I’ve subscribed and unsubscribed from both a couple of times Hardly any insiders are right a lot of the time so don’t really care about that, just entertaining reads and whoever has the vols commitments ranked the highest

Don’t subscribe to any. Direct that money instead to joining the Volunteer Club and get all your vol content here.

 

[mrmax86]

Did you know that if a bird gets in your garage they are too ****ing stupid to fly out even if you leave the garage door wide ****ing open? They just keep flying to the ceiling. And the only way to get them out is some long drawn out humane **** according to YouTube that no one has time for, or the more efficient shoot them with a BB gun until they drop to the floor then pick them up and chuck them out.

I learned that today.

Sounds like my dog, in bird form.

 

[BarnesIsCaliparisDaddy]

I don’t think Bru is going to do much here. Just a gut feeling

 

[MoCo_Vol]

DeerPark said the part in parentheses was false.

I'll wait to hear what Dasani has to say on the matter!

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

People really overlook Bru McCoy. Guy performed has been dealt a very poor card so far

2019: transferred after spring ball, didn't play or practice at USC
2020: Performed solidly as a freshman in a wonky, six game Covid season so probably got very little "normal" practice that year or at all up to this point. He had this production despite being behind a top 10 NFL Pick, 2nd team P12 that year in London and a receiver who was among the best rookie WRs last year in the NFL and was 1st team P12 that year in St. Brown.
2021: he had to sit out.

Now he's coming into a very stat friendly offense

This is the same guy that would be a top 10 commit in Vol history had he committed out of high school and was dubbed as one from someone as one of the best southern California high school prospects in the past decade (forgot where I saw). Article below also hypes him up big time as a high schooler.

Bru was also expected to be USC's second or third WR and he caught a long touchdown pass in the 2021 spring game.

Gotta like his odds in this offense.

 

[DawgInterloper]

I really don't like ONE power conference to rule them all...feel like the only reason this could be happening is the eventual crumbling of the NCAA as a top level overseer.

I'd say that's part of the reason. IMO the other part is preparing for what comes after NIL, which I don't think anyone sees as a long term, stable, primary payment mechanism. Revenue sharing could be next big step and football TV revenues will be the biggest piece of that pie.

It took a really big incentive for USC and UCLA to leave the west coast culture. I think they saw it as a matter of survival because they'll need that Big 10 TV money to keep their athletic departments intact if revenue sharing becomes a reality.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I don’t think Bru is going to do much here. Just a gut feeling

I believe Bru is gonna go off this year.

 

[SpringBokVol]

I think Bru will be our best WR after Tillman (if he comes back)

 

[jakez4ut]

I think Bru will be our best WR after Tillman (if he comes back)

 

[dwaugh]

I think that's because it used to be better. Still good, but used to be great.

I haven't had it since 1987, but it was great then!

 

[Devo182]

Miami making it easy to buy players like they were on Amazon Marketplace

Smart. Businesses are probably very intimidated by the whole process, especially small-mid. Putting it all online in a streamlined format is ingenious.

Believe we are working with Opendorse too iirc.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

He's pretty aggressive, I think he'll produce a lot of YAC.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I'd say that's part of the reason. IMO the other part is preparing for what comes after NIL, which I don't think anyone sees as a long term, stable, primary payment mechanism. Revenue sharing could be next big step and football TV revenues will be the biggest piece of that pie.

It took a really big incentive for USC and UCLA to leave the west coast culture. I think they saw it as a matter of survival because they'll need that Big 10 TV money to keep their athletic departments intact if revenue sharing becomes a reality.

Yep, ultimately NIL isn't about the fans essentially being the pipeline for funding players. We don't make any return on those investments except for enjoyment from winning more often. The schools, the TV networks, the coaches, etc. are who actually turn a profit from the players and thus should (eventually) be feeding a portion back to those players.

But oddly enough almost every major business has taken advantage of being able to exploit their workers for the lowest possible rate they can. It's why so many of the major tech giants that seem to rise to the top get so much labor/parts out of China.

 

[Devo182]

Lol Miami...