Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[scvolfan7]

Really hope that Emerson can live up to his ranking. We need him in the worst way next year. We'll have Gooden and Mincey with experience this year. We really need Emerson to be good, and then we add some juco guys for some depth. Hopefully they can contribute.

I think Garland can be a good player too

 

[scvolfan7]

This is the only good JG take

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Love this from Rob Lewis:

Why all the angst? — I get the disappointment in a three point loss when you held a 21-9 lead early in the third quarter, but I’ve been caught off guard by a lot of the waling and gnashing of teeth from fans in the aftermath of the South Carolina game.
Tennessee closed as a 10.5 point underdog on the road in Columbia against a South Carolina team coming off bye week. Tennessee is in its eighth game under Jeremy Pruitt who inherited a shell of a program thanks to Butch Jones. Will Muschamp is in year three of putting his program in place.
The Vols haven’t been able to run the ball on anyone, have had trouble protecting the quarterback and rolled into South Carolina with patchwork offensive line that ended up exceeding all but the wildest expectations.
Yes, that was a winnable game, but it would been a fairly large upset in the grand scheme of things, which is why some of the fan reaction to the loss has seemed over the top to me. We’re talking about a team that went 0-8 in the SEC last fall and didn’t exactly receive a massive infusion of talent in the offseason to change the look of the roster.
Again, I get the disappointment in not closing the deal with a 12 point lead in the third quarter. What I don’t get is people looking at a double-digit underdog losing on the road and somehow feeling that has provided immutable proof that this staff isn’t the answer.
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, mine is if that’s yours, you’re extremely short sighted and prone to overreact.

 

[butchna]

I see that UCLA has number one strength of schedule. Neither one of us is doing too well. Except for maybe Bama, I don't think many teams do that well with such a schedule as we have. It just wears you down. Yes, it's an excuse but it's a good one.

UCLA got obliterated by Fresno State, who hasn’t beat a team worth a crap and who’s lone loss was to Minnesota who might be worth said crap. They are ranked 20th, so maybe UCLA benefits from their strength of schedule because underwhelmingly coached UCLA is on that schedule. Their strong teams they lost to include Oklahoma, Cincy and Utah. Maybe Bama, UGA, Florida and West Virginia will end up ranked.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Mincey and Butler have been playing so much better than Gooden

hmmm.. I thought Gooden was said to be one of our better players on the DL so far this year. You sure that you don't have him and Butler confused because Butler hasn't done anything and didn't play hardly at all Saturday.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

I think Garland can be a good player too

We need somebody to be. DL is the biggest concern for 2019.

 

[rocktopper16]

Who is our dog next year on Defense?

 

[butchna]

Mcvay. He puts on a clinic every week. With the lesser of all 3 of the QBs

Not lesser to Brees STATISTICALLY and it’s a hair between Goff and Mahomes with half a season to go.

 

[jakez4ut]

Love this from Rob Lewis:

he's not wrong. that's for sure.

 

[Rishvol]

hmmm.. I thought Gooden was said to be one of our better players on the DL so far this year. You sure that you don't have him and Butler confused because Butler hasn't done anything and didn't play hardly at all Saturday.

I might be. But it seems like every time I see 93 he's 5-7 yards from the LOS. I will admit I don't look for him though

 

[lmoore944]

Who is our dog next year on Defense?

Banks

 

[LightningVol]

WTF just pick a time...geez

 

[Big Orange#1]

My hot take of the week. Kentucky beats Georgia to get in the driver's seat in the East and then we beat them in Knoxville. I think that if they win Saturday, they would have to lose two to lose the East, but I would really like for them to come in riding high and we smack them right back down to where they belong.

The winner of Kentucky and GA wins the east no matter what.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Who is our dog next year on Defense?

Banks, Taylor, Thompson, McCullough, and Peterson imo

 

[MCScots4]

Who is our dog next year on Defense?

Who is our dog this year on defense?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

There will be growing pains. We could have two FR tackles starting on the OL, and we'll have FR and Sophs on the DL and all over the secondary. Offensive skill players will be our most seasoned positions-- and hopefully, we'll be adding FR speed at RB and WR.

FR and SO all over both LOS is not a good thing in the league

 

[roosterjbh]

Who is our dog next year on Defense?

I’m excited to see two shutdown corners in Taylor and Thompson.

Hope things are going better on your end buddy.

 

[Wickman]

WTF just pick a time...geez

Ratings my friend. Money rules all

 

[JCP201]

So for anyone wanting to make plans and travel to these games? In other news, I guess the Browns have fired everyone.

 

[tomq_123]

 

[LA Vol]

Using Rob Lewis' logic, we shouldn't expect to win another SEC game this year-- because the Vols will be underdogs in all three of them and we're a road dog at Vandy. So according to Rob, we should expect to go 4-8 and be content, because that's what we're "supposed to" do. Or maybe he thinks we should be thrilled because we got a "large upset" at Auburn to save us from going 3-9, like we were "supposed to" do.

 

[JCP201]

Of those scheduled, I'd think the Auburn/Georgia game would be the 3:30.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Using Rob Lewis' logic, we shouldn't expect to win another SEC game this year-- because the Vols will be underdogs in all three of them and we're a road dog at Vandy. So according to Rob, we should expect to go 4-8 and be content, because that's what we're "supposed to" do. Or maybe he thinks we should be thrilled because we got a "large upset" at Auburn to save us from going 3-9, like we were "supposed to" do.

yeah... you completely missed his point.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Of those scheduled, I'd think the Auburn/Georgia game would be the 3:30.

Hope we get the noon game.

 

[volfaninpa]

These are great!