Recruiting Forum Football Talk V

[UTSuave’]

well boys…the world is ending

 

[UTSuave’]

Idk if I want to go the spread or the over. Feel good about both.

Spread for sure.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

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Ready for a certain 3 teams/coaches to get smacked down this weekend and sit down for a few weeks.

So Adrian Martinez now QBs KState. They ran for 297 on SD. Scored 20 in Q1, cruised to a 34-0 win.

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

 

[whitw]

Egos and alcohol..

Good recipe for taking an ass whipping. Seen it countless times through the years.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

I don't sleep
But do I?

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Man, I really hope we win next week! We are getting a lot of run with probably being 3rd best team in the conference and if we stumble the berating will be brutal.

I'm sure it's just BVS on my part but there's a voice deep down telling me not to fall for it, do not expect a victory on the road against a good solid team.

Someone please talk me off the edge..

Jump! Staying on the ledge of BVS is the problem. Fly with optimism. Soar to the heights of zeal and belief in your team!

It all starts with belief!

Jump into the Big Orange Lake of 15-0

 

[UpstateVol613]

I’m pulling for Kentucky this weekend just to get Anthony Richardson off my news feed. Apparently he won the National Championship last weekend.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

I’m pulling for Kentucky this weekend just to get Anthony Richardson off my news feed. Apparently he won the National Championship last weekend.

No way. Kentucky needs to get knocked down in a big way, then we will take AR off the news feed ourselves.

 

[ACvol3]

I’m pulling for Kentucky this weekend just to get Anthony Richardson off my news feed. Apparently he won the National Championship last weekend.

Exactly… they scored 29 points on utah. You’d think they put up 50 on bama

 

[SSVol]

Exactly… they scored 29 points on utah. You’d think they put up 50 on bama

It just goes to show how boring CFB has become with the same 4-6 teams at the top. They clamor for anything to talk about, even when it clearly means nothing.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

IF Banks doesn’t work out, I would take Geoff Collins in a heartbeat beat as DC. I doubt he survives this year at GT.

 

[volbeast33]

No way. Kentucky needs to get knocked down in a big way, then we will take AR off the news feed ourselves.

Kentucky will always be kentucky…. Florida has way more potential and we need to keep them down as much as possible.

 

[Jackcrevol]

not sure we can keep florida 'down'. just need to beat em. there's no reason why we cant.

if we win, we generate buzz. get the players to make a run.

 

[TrippieRedd]

I hope that Clemson kid gets made fun of for the rest of his life.

 

[ChattaTNVol]

Week 1 is in the books –

In the March 28th preview I posted for Florida and LSU, using the early preseason SP+ model from Bill Connelly, Florida was forecast to beat Utah by 2.8 points and Florida State was projected to beat LSU by 1.4 points. There wasn’t even a 50% probability that both of those things would work out that way, one maybe, but not both. jmo.

Even though the outcomes were unsurprising they make a tremendous difference in the narrative. If Florida loses it’s going to take Napier a while to rebuild. If LSU wins it’s because they still have elite talent. I figure that’s what the narrative would have been with alternate outcomes. jmo.

Florida State was #16 in the country in returning production. LSU reportedly only had 39 scholarship players when Kelly got to Baton Rouge. There’s QBR and there’s the NCAA passer rating. Anthony Richardson so far does better in the former and not so good in the latter. jmo.

West Virginia was #127 in returning production but they looked every bit as good if not better than Pitt last week. I don’t know if it holds true or not but I think Pitt is at risk of an emotional letdown after their “big” rivalry game. I don’t know if you can overcome that with coaching. It’s emotional fatigue and similar to physical fatigue there’s some period of rest and recovery required to get back to 100%. jmo.

In preseason models SP+ had us at 9 or 10 in all three editions, ESPN initially had us at 28 and Sagarin had us at 29. My understanding is that the latter two models were penalizing our offense due to the recency factor of Pruitt’s offenses. ESPN now has us at 10 and Sagarin now has us at 16. Similarly, I think Bill Connelly overrated Pittsburgh base on the same recency data. jmo.

Lastly, with Mitchell and Williams being out last week, people have speculated about why. We’re told it’s not injury related and I think Heupel said on Monday that we’ll see if Mitchell is HEALTHY enough to go by the end of the week. I’m guessing but I infer that both guys may have gotten the COVID. That’s still a thing; it’s just not talked about that much anymore. jmo.

Last week our 1st team offense had 8 possessions, scored 6 TDs, 1 FG, and punted once. Our 2nd team offense had 2 possessions and scored 2 TDs, while playing behind our 2nd team offensive line. Our 3rd team defense (3rd team because a number of the guys on the field for us weren’t listed on our 2-deep) held the Cardinals to a FG after the mishap between TJ and JWT, and Paddock was still running the Ball State offense. I think our depth may be underrated just a bit. jmo.

Right now I’m still thinking we have a decent chance of being undefeated when Alabama comes to Neyland. jmo.

 

[thistime]

Have you ever noticed that every questionable call always goes Clemson's way and when it is an ACC game there is NO question ? I find that odd but some have to keep their Show Pony up front no matter how it appears.

 

[Memphisvol87]

Week 1 is in the books –

In the March 28th preview I posted for Florida and LSU, using the early preseason SP+ model from Bill Connelly, Florida was forecast to beat Utah by 2.8 points and Florida State was projected to beat LSU by 1.4 points. There wasn’t even a 50% probability that both of those things would work out that way, one maybe, but not both. jmo.

Even though the outcomes were unsurprising they make a tremendous difference in the narrative. If Florida loses it’s going to take Napier a while to rebuild. If LSU wins it’s because they still have elite talent. I figure that’s what the narrative would have been with alternate outcomes. jmo.

Florida State was #16 in the country in returning production. LSU reportedly only had 39 scholarship players when Kelly got to Baton Rouge. There’s QBR and there’s the NCAA passer rating. Anthony Richardson so far does better in the former and not so good in the latter. jmo.

West Virginia was #127 in returning production but they looked every bit as good if not better than Pitt last week. I don’t know if it holds true or not but I think Pitt is at risk of an emotional letdown after their “big” rivalry game. I don’t know if you can overcome that with coaching. It’s emotional fatigue and similar to physical fatigue there’s some period of rest and recovery required to get back to 100%. jmo.

In preseason models SP+ had us at 9 or 10 in all three editions, ESPN initially had us at 28 and Sagarin had us at 29. My understanding is that the latter two models were penalizing our offense due to the recency factor of Pruitt’s offenses. ESPN now has us at 10 and Sagarin now has us at 16. Similarly, I think Bill Connelly overrated Pittsburgh base on the same recency data. jmo.

Lastly, with Mitchell and Williams being out last week, people have speculated about why. We’re told it’s not injury related and I think Heupel said on Monday that we’ll see if Mitchell is HEALTHY enough to go by the end of the week. I’m guessing but I infer that both guys may have gotten the COVID. That’s still a thing; it’s just not talked about that much anymore. jmo.

Last week our 1st team offense had 8 possessions, scored 6 TDs, 1 FG, and punted once. Our 2nd team offense had 2 possessions and scored 2 TDs, while playing behind our 2nd team offensive line. Our 3rd team defense (3rd team because a number of the guys on the field for us weren’t listed on our 2-deep) held the Cardinals to a FG after the mishap between TJ and JWT, and Paddock was still running the Ball State offense. I think our depth may be underrated just a bit. jmo.

Right now I’m still thinking we have a decent chance of being undefeated when Alabama comes to Neyland. jmo.

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This post certainly has my confidence going back in the right direction.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I hope that Clemson kid gets made fun of for the rest of his life.

What a douche, did I see the frat bangs high fiving??

Breaking it down, you had the high ground, about a 25-30 lb weight advantage, but bc you were too drunk. You whiffed and left a 15 yo whip your butt.

Nice.

 

[bigorange]

Angry Ales? Won't make it tonight, but hope to be at a future one.

Yep Angry Ale's, solid turnout of probably about 40-50 people

 

[MoCo_Vol]

We've learned 2 things after this past weekend of games.

1. Pac-12 was so trash last season (Utah and Oregon shouldn't have been top 15 teams). Riley at USC is gonna be can stomping that conference as long as they are in it
2. We're focusing more on building depth this season...not sure we'll see too many 60+ points games unless we're in a legit shootout. I like this phase may hurt Hendo's shots at the Heisman since he'll not play quite a few 4th quarters but will help the overall team late in the season and into next.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

I like the spread, could be a 10-3 type qtr.

Yeah I slept on it and that’s what I went with as well.

 

[thistime]

Vandy fan....excited but trying to ignore what is inevitable. This is not ME !!!! It's a disillusioned relative.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Lastly, with Mitchell and Williams being out last week, people have speculated about why. We’re told it’s not injury related and I think Heupel said on Monday that we’ll see if Mitchell is HEALTHY enough to go by the end of the week. I’m guessing but I infer that both guys may have gotten the COVID. That’s still a thing; it’s just not talked about that much anymore. jmo.

May have also simply been exposed to it and essentially in quarantine for safety reasons. Didn't look or notice if either were on the sideline.

 

[volbeast33]

not sure we can keep florida 'down'. just need to beat em. there's no reason why we cant.

if we win, we generate buzz. get the players to make a run.

Sure they can be….. they have been mediocre since Urban left…. They have more potential to become like Georgia/Alabama than anyone else…. We don’t need that machine to get rolling again.