Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Orange.]

Tony looked like he'd been in a bar fight. What was up with that?

Got smacked with a line drive in practice. Hurts thinking about it.

 

[OrangeSticks]

Harmless common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon).

Thanks. That’s what I thought it was.

 

[Orange.]

For the record, all my negative Vol baseball posts last night were jokes. I’m excited about the season and hope Vitello coaches here for life.

I’m actually not worried about the hitting. Arizona is a good program and their Friday night starter looked legit to me. I bet we start raking before the weekend is over.

We knew you were mocking Barnes haters and drama queens.

 

[Leeleesteeth]

The worst thing this year's team could do would be to try to recreate last year's team. Fans shouldn't expect that either. Just makes them tight. Need to relax and find their own identity. Plenty of time to do that.

 

[volbeast33]

 

[VolGee4]

It is all of these rules changes they have made in an effort to speed up games. Once in the box and pitcher toes the mound they are not allowing time to be called.

I didn’t see it, but I believe the home plate ump later gave time to an Arizona batter. I don’t know the rule, but what if the pitcher addresses the runner and stands there for 10+ seconds? That can be considered an advantage.

 

[VolGee4]

I think AZ has 2 or 3 Top 50ish draft prospects. Grand Canyon does as well. I think Dollander and Maui are our only Top 50 prospects and of course Maui isn't playing this weekend and Dollander pitched last night.

Well, I would say Burns, Beam, and Burke are top draft prospects but only sophomores.

 

[VolNash17]

Anyone that knows baseball knows the front runner usually never wins the National championship. Take a look at Vanderbilt’s championship teams. They were good no doubt but they peaked later in the season and their record wasn’t absurdly terrific. Give it 15 games and then after Tennessee finally gets the Kansas kid and the other fella back we’ll start seeing some hitting. Pitching staff was pretty good last night against a good hitting program historically in Arizona

 

[volbeast33]

I didn’t see it, but I believe the home plate ump later gave time to an Arizona batter. I don’t know the rule, but what if the pitcher addresses the runner and stands there for 10+ seconds? That can be considered an advantage.

A batter can’t call time if it’s 5 seconds or less on the pitch clock….. I hate the rule…. So silly.

 

[VolGee4]

A batter can’t call time if it’s 5 seconds or less on the pitch clock….. I hate the rule…. So silly.

That is silly.

 

[Orange.]

Baseball is trying to speed up games to expand its audience just like football, years back, made rule changes to generate more (exciting) passing and more scoring for the same reason. Television.

 

[volbeast33]

Baseball is trying to speed up games to expand its audience just like football, years back, made rule changes to generate more (exciting) passing and more scoring for the same reason. Television.

More offense and the use of props would bring in more fans….. a pitch clock is just going to annoy the fans they already have.

 

[engineerVOL]

The worst thing this year's team could do would be to try to recreate last year's team. Fans shouldn't expect that either. Just makes them tight. Need to relax and find their own identity. Plenty of time to do that.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Hell a lot of Vol football and bball fans also don’t know anything about those sports. And not just on SM. Ever visited a game thread? As soon as the opponent scores a TD it’s lights out for the season

I'm actually a little surprised people are freaking out over one baseball loss.

First it's been silly how many overreactions there have been to basketball, but it's sad that they're doing this for baseball my god.

 

[Orange.]

More offense and the use of props would bring in more fans….. a pitch clock is just going to annoy the fans they already have.

You're prolly right. Idk.

 

[peaygolf]

Greatest college baseball team ever lost 14 games......geez. '83 Texas

2019 Vandy National Champs lost to Austin Peay for crying out loud..................

 

[Orange.]

I'm actually a little surprised people are freaking out over one baseball loss.

First it's been silly how many overreactions there have been to basketball, but it's sad that they're doing this for baseball my god.

I think it was demonstrated that the biggest idjits in the baseball game thread were trolls. When I showed blocked content to see who was being objected to, I saw several people I had blocked for football trolling. And the people faux-complaining in this thread were mocking Barnes haters.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

 

[headhunter15]

Anyone going to watch the XFL this season? Only Vol I could find was Alex Ellis.

 

[SoilVol]

Well, I would say Burns, Beam, and Burke are top draft prospects but only sophomores.

Yeah, sorry was talking about this coming draft.

 

[jave36]

Anyone going to watch the XFL this season? Only Vol I could find was Alex Ellis.

I saw somewhere there are more Vols than any other college. 10 former Vols in the XFL.

Edit here are the rosters. Josh Malone probably the biggest name.

 

[Orange.]

The worst thing this year's team could do would be to try to recreate last year's team. Fans shouldn't expect that either. Just makes them tight. Need to relax and find their own identity. Plenty of time to do that.

This seems exactly right to me.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Why did we do this?

According to social media, making fun of cancer…

Actually, making fun of another bama thing…


I just have to say that @SmokinBob makes me feel very current, even futuristic

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Anyone that knows baseball knows the front runner usually never wins the National championship. Take a look at Vanderbilt’s championship teams. They were good no doubt but they peaked later in the season and their record wasn’t absurdly terrific. Give it 15 games and then after Tennessee finally gets the Kansas kid and the other fella back we’ll start seeing some hitting. Pitching staff was pretty good last night against a good hitting program historically in Arizona

Ole Miss last yr. Ranked like number 1 early and they were complete garbage for half the season if not more. Just got hot late similiar to the 2021 Braves.

 

[headhunter15]

I saw somewhere there are more Vols than any other college. 10 former Vols in the XFL.

Edit here are the rosters. Josh Malone probably the biggest name.

Thanks!