Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[Orangeburst]

Saw Rage at Starwood back in the day.

Saw Rage? They a cover band or Lumberjacks?

 

[Devo182]

Love Rage but I’m not bringing my 10 year old boy. Next day he would say, “F you, I won’t do what you tell me.” That’s a big no buddy.

The kid did seem partially handicapped, but all smiles and positive energy. It was sweet to see. His dad was hugging and holding him the entire time.

 

[ACvol3]

“Rings over Lambos” more like “Splinters over Playing Time”.

Kids are dumb enough to believe that the coaches are the reason for the rings… no, players are the reason.

 

[VolInDayton]

Do you think we can go 5-1 versus:

Florida
LSU
Pitt
UK
USCjr
Mizzou

I would say possible, but 4-2 is more likely.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Ok. I dont think I need to outline the adversity this University and Staff has endured over last few seasons.

We are still a ways away from a 10 win season. Florida is just as if not more talented. We have to beat them before I buy in to 9 or 10 wins. That said, anything less than 8 wins is a dissappintment.

We were easily a bounce and a few bad calls from winning 9 or 10 last year. Not saying we will win 10 but it is possible especially counting the bowl game. I for sure think a 8-9 regular season is possible with a outside shot at 10. Of course a few bad breaks could take us to 7. I do agree with you I expect us to improve and not winning at least 8 in regular season would be disappointing. Would love to see us win at least 9 in regular season and then win bowl. That would give us some good momentum for sure. GBO!

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Who do we think takes up the slack for J. Payton? I think him and Evans are the biggest loses to date. Thoughts….

well luckily we have already played a lot of games without Evans.

 

[Weezer]

I would say possible, but 4-2 is more likely.

 

[BigSteve09]

From the Stanford Steve and The Bear show talking SEC win totals:

Steve: Tennessee! Everybody's Vols. Do you believe the hype?



Bear: Offensively I believe the hype for sure. The issue that I have with Tennessee is more of a "me" problem. I didn't think that last year was going to go well for them at all, and then for them to smash and exceed *my* expectations for them... and now everyone has expectations for them. It's the old adage - if you weren't at the baptism, you don't wanna be there for the funeral. Do you wanna go all-in on a team you really weren't sure about last year, and then they have this prolific offense, and now everybody is on them. They have the Bama game, they go to Georgia, they go to LSU, they go to South Carolina, they go to Pitt. There are some land mines there for them to deal navigate with a defense that I think still has some issues.



Steve: I agree on all fronts. I think the Pitt game is massive, especially when you talk about win total. I've seen over 7.5 -160 and over 8 -120. I don't really want to touch either of those. I mean, how much better can hendon hooker be? He was phenomenal [reading stats]. And they found him in that game against Pitt, so to me, that game dictates a lot. I've heard people talk about Florida is a must-win, well yeah, if you wanna have a breakout year. But you have to go to Pitt and win, because they beat you in *your* house last year. To take that next step, that's a game you have to win. The only team worse on third down defense was Missouri. They were 42% on 3rd down, that's 102 in the NCAA. I don't think their defense takes that amount of strides (to fix that). Factor that with Hooker, I don't think he has another tier to his game, I think we saw his ceiling last year. Tillman was unbelievable last year, I still can't believe he didn't make that catch against Ole Miss last year. But for all those reasons, Tennessee is a "stay away" for me this year.



Bear: I agree on the "stay away" part of it.



(What's weird about the comments above is that for every other opponent of ours, they mentioned our game as a tough game for them. So they think we can beat almost anyone but don't want to take us to get to 8+ wins because of the defense.)

Note: this basically means that they are calling for us to go 8-4.

more notes:
SEC

-Both think Bama will probably go undefeated



-Don't think UGA or Bama will lose 2 or more games



-Dating back to 2000, Mike Leach has had 3 3rd year QBs. Every team went on to win 9+ games. 24 year old QB. Over 6.5.



-too much turnover for ole miss. Could see start 7-0 but finishing 7-5. Looking at under 8.



-leaning auburn over 6. Others at ESPN circling auburn over 6. Think push at worst.



-arky - might be better team this year with worse results than last year. Leaning under 7.5



-LSU over 7. Think it will push, but they have upside. They have a qb that has been there since before Burrow transferred there...



-doesn't see A&M getting to double digit wins



-they're on UGA over 10.5 where they can get it.



-Theyre under Florida 7.5. Like the Napier hire but think they have a lot of growing pains. More of a chance that they beat Utah at home than Tennessee on the road.



-they literally laughed about Vandy


-hesitant on Kentucky this year. They usually take Kentucky season total overs but think this team might take a step back.

-don't know what to make of South Carolina. Think over will be hard for them to hit over. Steve has over 6. "I am not a Spencer rattler fan, but he is light years ahead of the QBs that they had."


-they can't stop anybody. Looking at their point total over in their games week to week. Don't think they'll make bowl. "What Tennessee did to them was just brutal. They scored on 10 of their first 11 possessions!"

 

[drvenner]

See above, but here is the exact quote in case I'm fumbling the interpretation any

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[Devo182]

I would say possible, but 4-2 is more likely.

Yeah that's where I am. 4-2 most likely

Followed by 3-3 next most likely, then 5-1...any of those 3 fairly possible.

Then the outliars... 2-4 most likely, then 6-0...etc.

Sure would help if these transfer QBs (Pitt's, LSU's, USCjr's) who all have plenty of raw talent...end up blowing. Them and Richardson seem like major x-factor unknowns. An improved pass rush from our end would help too

 

[RiseToTheTop]

From the Stanford Steve and The Bear show talking SEC win totals:

Steve: Tennessee! Everybody's Vols. Do you believe the hype?



Bear: Offensively I believe the hype for sure. The issue that I have with Tennessee is more of a "me" problem. I didn't think that last year was going to go well for them at all, and then for them to smash and exceed *my* expectations for them... and now everyone has expectations for them. It's the old adage - if you weren't at the baptism, you don't wanna be there for the funeral. Do you wanna go all-in on a team you really weren't sure about last year, and then they have this prolific offense, and now everybody is on them. They have the Bama game, they go to Georgia, they go to LSU, they go to South Carolina, they go to Pitt. There are some land mines there for them to deal navigate with a defense that I think still has some issues.



Steve: I agree on all fronts. I think the Pitt game is massive, especially when you talk about win total. I've seen over 7.5 -160 and over 8 -120. I don't really want to touch either of those. I mean, how much better can hendon hooker be? He was phenomenal [reading stats]. And they found him in that game against Pitt, so to me, that game dictates a lot. I've heard people talk about Florida is a must-win, well yeah, if you wanna have a breakout year. But you have to go to Pitt and win, because they beat you in *your* house last year. To take that next step, that's a game you have to win. The only team worse on third down defense was Missouri. They were 42% on 3rd down, that's 102 in the NCAA. I don't think their defense takes that amount of strides (to fix that). Factor that with Hooker, I don't think he has another tier to his game, I think we saw his ceiling last year. Tillman was unbelievable last year, I still can't believe he didn't make that catch against Ole Miss last year. But for all those reasons, Tennessee is a "stay away" for me this year.



Bear: I agree on the "stay away" part of it.



(What's weird about the comments above is that for every other opponent of ours, they mentioned our game as a tough game for them. So they think we can beat almost anyone but don't want to take us to get to 8+ wins because of the defense.)

Note: this basically means that they are calling for us to go 8-4.

more notes:
SEC

-Both think Bama will probably go undefeated



-Don't think UGA or Bama will lose 2 or more games



-Dating back to 2000, Mike Leach has had 3 3rd year QBs. Every team went on to win 9+ games. 24 year old QB. Over 6.5.



-too much turnover for ole miss. Could see start 7-0 but finishing 7-5. Looking at under 8.



-leaning auburn over 6. Others at ESPN circling auburn over 6. Think push at worst.



-arky - might be better team this year with worse results than last year. Leaning under 7.5



-LSU over 7. Think it will push, but they have upside. They have a qb that has been there since before Burrow transferred there...



-doesn't see A&M getting to double digit wins



-they're on UGA over 10.5 where they can get it.



-Theyre under Florida 7.5. Like the Napier hire but think they have a lot of growing pains. More of a chance that they beat Utah at home than Tennessee on the road.



-they literally laughed about Vandy


-hesitant on Kentucky this year. They usually take Kentucky season total overs but think this team might take a step back.

-don't know what to make of South Carolina. Think over will be hard for them to hit over. Steve has over 6. "I am not a Spencer rattler fan, but he is light years ahead of the QBs that they had."


-they can't stop anybody. Looking at their point total over in their games week to week. Don't think they'll make bowl. "What Tennessee did to them was just brutal. They scored on 10 of their first 11 possessions!"

i enjoy it when they think we wont be any better.


and AU is gonna be bad.

 

[VolInDayton]

Hear me out. We go 1-1 against Bama/UGA. Then we beat all the cupcakes.

 

[drvenner]

I wish people would stop asking if Tillman is coming back. The news would be posted here immediately if he were, and probably by several people in quick succession. We’ll know something when some kind of official roster is released, at least.

Twitter will explode if it actually happens.

 

[drvenner]

I think I used a different word, but that works too.

Not fooling around?

 

[drvenner]

What kind of religion did he find?

Weezerism

 

[OrangenSC]

We're finishing up 2 weeks at Jasper National Park and Banff National Park in Canada. There are no words.

First up, views from, and nightly visitors to, our campsite at Jasper.

 

[Jackcrevol]

We were easily a bounce and a few bad calls from winning 9 or 10 last year. Not saying we will win 10 but it is possible especially counting the bowl game. I for sure think a 8-9 regular season is possible with a outside shot at 10. Of course a few bad breaks could take us to 7. I do agree with you I expect us to improve and not winning at least 8 in regular season would be disappointing. Would love to see us win at least 9 in regular season and then win bowl. That would give us some good momentum for sure. GBO!

that was some circular fun.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Wow

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Nosebleed photos (yer welcome) but Rage Against the Machine reunion + Run The Jewels in Raleigh (NC St's arena too...the arena is also right beside their football stadium...great setup). Bucket list item checked off for my wife and I.

Only been to 2 arena concerts in my life where the ENTIRE crowd stood the entire time...this was one of them. The best was the group in front of us...dad with his ~10 yo son who was going wild every song Closing with "Killing in the Name Of" with 30k hands up and 3-4 moshpits at once had me in my feels Beautiful sight...great crowd.

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Been to soooo many tailgates and games there. Honestly, I’ve probably been to that stadium more times than Neyland in my lifetime.. and I’ve been to Neyland dozens of times.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Just found this masterpiece!


And another good one:

 

[clt_tiger]

The kid did seem partially handicapped, but all smiles and positive energy. It was sweet to see. His dad was hugging and holding him the entire time.

That’s pretty cool. Bonding and being present is more important, no doubt.

 

[engineerVOL]

I’ll take it

 

[engineerVOL]

Ardmore Alabama
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The CO-OP I work for teamed up with a West Kensucky CO-OP and purchased Ardmore Telephone. I spliced a lot of fiber optics down there. Absolutely HATED that place lol. Since then we sold out and got out of our partnership with WK. I was overwhelmed with joy when I got the news.

There’s a Rick’s BBQ there now so it slightly redeems itself for being near Alabama.

 

[RikidyBones]

Almost done with book 2 of wheel of time. So close to the end of the series.