Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[Jimmy Football]

I’d be pissed if the Titans took Levis, at all. If they give up draft capital to get him, woo boy…

 

[Orange_Crush]

And, as I said, the crazy, the volatility, that edge...just adds to it, I admit.

I had one crazy woman in my life, and that was enough to teach me.

 

[SugarCC]

I had one crazy woman in my life, and that was enough to teach me.

Oh, yeah...it's plenty fun, until it's not.

 

[csprig9]

This year’s Jack Luttrell?

Speaking of him
Any word on how he’s doing in practice

 

[Orange_Crush]

Oh, yeah...it's plenty fun, until it's not.

Yah. And when it's not, it's REALLY not. And you can't get rid of the really not fun.

It's kind of like Lymes Disease. That day out in the sun is great. Then it's years of wishing you'd been a gamer locked in your mom's basement.

 

[Ron Swanson]

lol what the

 

[csprig9]

What did Kirby say

 

[VolNash17]

This happens, automatically frees up my sundays.

 

[VolNash17]

What did Kirby say

He took a subtle shot at our offense. Didn’t mention the Vols by name but it was pretty clear what he was trying to say. I’ll have to find the twitter video later

 

[ChattaTNVol]

And so it begins.

lol - this is gonna be fun.

We may have “certain people” trying to create a QB controversy so they have something to put on their YouTube channel or write about on their website – OR – maybe Nico after only 7 practices is already proving that he’s worth every cent of the supposed 2 million in NIL he’ll earn this year. I mean I don’t think he’s getting paid to take it easy for a year. Heupel said on the first day of spring camp Nico had to have a sense of urgency and Nico himself said he knew he was being counted on to be ready this year. jmo.

I like the idea of thinking it’s possible for Nico to challenge Joe for the starting job coming out of fall camp. It just means we have 2 QBs ready to play, and one of them was the MVP of the Orange Bowl. Even though he won the MVP award Joe said he did some things wrong in the Orange Bowl and that we could have had more points. That’s good that he could recognize and admit that. Halzle said Joe has another level to get to. It’s at least partly our job to see if we can help him get there. jmo.

I’m not really trying to stoke the kindling (easily ignited materials) of a QB controversy but in looking back at the last 2 games of 2022 with Joe at QB, our offense went 3-20 on 3rd down attempts. So that’s one thing to toss on the fire. lol.

The 1D+TD% performance by our offense was average (vs the prior 11 games of the year) vs Vanderbilt but was below average against Clemson. Our defense outperformed against Vandy, handing them their second shutout of the year with a score of 56-0 on their “home” field. Their only other shutout was in Athens where Georgia blanked them 55-0. Our defense (1D+TD%) was right at our average on the year against Clemson.

One more item on the impending QB controversy, Heupel said in his post scrimmage comments that Joe did some good things, took care of the ball and slid in the pocket – BUT – he suggested the position, like all other positions, was open for competition. I suppose one could interpret Heupel’s comments as a preemptive defense of Joe’s scrimmage performance – if one were so inclined. lol

On the other hand I think Nico had the best offensive line in the scrimmage. I’m guessing he had Campbell and Karic on his left side and probably Parker Ball at center. Joe had JJ and Ollie Lane on his left and Addison at center. Heupel singled out the #1 defense for praise, especially the pass rush, but I don’t think there’s any drop off up front on the defense from the ones to the twos and probably not that much to the threes. Coach G knows what he’s doing. I think the difference may have been in the offensive lines during the scrimmage. I don’t think Campbell and Karic get handed the starting jobs on the left side of our line but I do expect that’s where they’ll likely be by the time we get to Virginia. jmo.

This is what I think the OL probably looked like in the scrimmage:

This is what I think the OL looks like for the season:

I think our best case scenario (for us and for Joe’s NFL draft stock) is for Joe to hold onto the Job as QB1 this season but we can’t afford much of a drop off from Hooker’s performance at the position in 2022. I think most people recognize that Joe has come a long ways but both he and others I think recognize that he still has a ways to go. We’ll have to see how things pan out over the next few months. In any event Nico is still learning. Prior to the scrimmage, Adam Sparks said in watching the two run the offense in practice it was like Joe runs the offense at 90 mph while Nico was at about 50 mph. He thought Nico might be at 70 mph by the end of spring. Nico being ready to play this year is not optional; it’s imperative. jmo.

 

[RikidyBones]

What did Kirby say

That he likes to look at geriatric porn and has over 50 cats to snuggle with every night in his home.

 

[UTProf]

Kim Mulkey gets her clothes from Elton John and Exotic Tiger King Joe

For someone who doesn't like teh gays every outfit looks like it belongs at a pride parade.

 

[Dudleys87]

lol what the

Somebody gonna get fired.

 

[UTProf]

Our german shepherd will not tolerate blue jays in our yard. She chased them from tree to tree and barked at them from directly below a branch, even following them in flight barking and lunging at them overhead (which is pretty comical) until they all left. Maybe we should rent her out at a fat fee as a service

You def. need to rent her out. She's providing valuable services and it would be wrong to hoard her fine work.

 

[bignewt]

No way that GM and Vrabel are that dumb.

 

[UTProf]

lol what the

Titans about to learn that Tennesseans remember they're the Oilers.

 

[BigSteve09]

Titans may as well not even build the new stadium if they draft Levis or Richardson.

 

[omghulkhands]

With how much hate has been generated about Levi’s on this board, I’m now convinced he is destined to be the GOAT. Y’all have spoke it into existence.

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

Sounds like Levis' agent is working overtime to spread rumors to combat all the negative press that was out there about him falling down draft boards.

 

[Rocky_Top_Vol13]

 

[BigOrange15]

And who is the renowned QB guru on the Titans staff that is going to fix this overrated goober? What a stupid move this would be.

 

[Z06VolinWV]

@mrMet, @Z06VolinWV, @utvolmaniac

Found this Friday...

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Nice! I've actually never had that, but heard this years is pretty good! 130 proof tho, yikes, little hot for my liking. Let us know how it is.

 

[SugarCC]

Yah. And when it's not, it's REALLY not. And you can't get rid of the really not fun.

It's kind of like Limes Disease. That day out in the sun is great. Then it's years of wishing you'd been a gamer locked in your mom's basement.

 

[UTProf]

Titans may as well not even build the new stadium if they draft Levis or Richardson.

I'd be more ok wasting a pick on Richardson for two reasons - 1. he's off the charts physically and 2. he really hasn't had coaching. But I sure as hell wouldn't waste a day one pick on him. I'd pick him up on day 2. No QB should ever be taken in the first 10 spots if you don't think they're a day 1 starter. And no one can think Richardson is ready based on his tape (arm yes - he can do amazing things - yes but he hasn't been able to do it in games yet so not an instant starter).

Levis has a strong arm but he's a career backup. The only thing he ever did at UK was take sacks from holding the ball too long (as a damn senior no less), be unable to beat out a mediocre Penn St. QB, and throw a ton of INTs. All while never once making anyone at UK into a go to WR. And in college, a great QB can turn all kinds of guys into go to WRs - not Levis tho. And all the analysts are giving him credit because he's at UK but two things 1. UK has been recruiting well for a decade now (not top 10 but well enough) 2. UK plays plenty of opponents that Will Levis (or any decent college QB) should've lit up.

Hell's bells, he threw 3 ints to our secondary. We made Richardson look like what every scout dreams of - there was Heisman talk after our game and not for Hooker but for Richardson.