Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[MoCo_Vol]

Al Wilson posted 12 tackles and forced a school-record three fumbles in the Vols 20-17 overtime win vs UF in 1998..........

Yeah, lots of great defensive games as well. Can’t easily find the stats to jar memory though on those.

I know I remember watching Deon Grant, Al Wilson, & Leonard Little all take games over before though.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

My son's an electrical engineer and a car buff. What's going on?

I've been working on something I can't really talk about. . . but I need some help wiring in the instrument cluster. Maybe your son can help,

 

[Devo182]

Whose shirt is this on here? I can think of a couple good guesses
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Mcgill for now, but Newt in the future. He doesn't know it yet, but he's a Darth McGill in training.

Already has the dog love and misanthropy down. Just needs a bit more age and grump.

 

[knoxvol52]

My Mount Rushmore in Tennessee sports is Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard King,Peyton Manning and Todd Helton those are my four I'm sure I missed someone but since the 70's that is my 4

 

[Devo182]

Excellent point. They try to mock it as being just show for attention while ignoring that it scores points…lots of them…which wins games…which is the point!

No, silly.

The point is to pet your hubris and pride by jamming the ball down the other team's throat while losing 44-6. It's about machismo and ego, not winning this "game" you speak of. And dear god when will this forward pass gimmick end

 

[Ace]

My Mount Rushmore in Tennessee sports is Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard King,Peyton Manning and Todd Helton those are my four I'm sure I missed someone but since the 70's that is my 4

Take Grunfeld off and add Johnny Majors or Pat Summitt

 

[peaygolf]

My personal Rushmore of TN performances

Jalin Hyatt 6 catches 207 yards and 5 TDs vs Bama
Travis Stephens 19 carries 226 yards 2 TDs at Florida
Peyton Manning 373 yards 4 TDs in comeback SEC Championship Game vs Auburn
Chuck Webb 294 against Ole Miss OR 250 against Arkansas in Cotton Bowl

Honorable Mentions:
Josh Dobbs 68.2% 413 total yards 5 total TDs 0 INTs vs Missouri
Tyler Bray 82.9% 405 passing yards 5 total TDs 0 INTs vs Cincinnati

A few great games against Vandy as well by different players I left off, cause well...it was Vandy.

Gene McEver vs. South Carolina 1929................ He had five touchdowns on the day and three extra points, leading to 33 points overall. When it comes to all the possible ways a player can get credit for scoring, that remains the most points ever scored in a regulation setting by a Vol.
Thanks to McEver’s play, UT won the game 54-0 to finish 9-0-1. Also, McEver managed to set a single-season school record for rushing touchdowns with 18, which still stands to this day, although Reggie Cobb got close in 1987 with 17.

 

[SweetasSoda]

No, silly.

The point is to pet your hubris and pride by jamming the ball down the other team's throat while losing 44-6. It's about machismo and ego, not winning this "game" you speak of. And dear god when will this forward pass gimmick end

Jermy, is that you?

 

[bignewt]

Mcgill for now, but Newt in the future. He doesn't know it yet, but he's a Darth McGill in training.

Already has the dog love and misanthropy down. Just needs a bit more age and grump.

 

[triadvolfan]

Yeah, lots of great defensive games as well. Can’t easily find the stats to jar memory though on those.

I know I remember watching Deon Grant, Al Wilson, & Leonard Little all take games over before though.

 

[Jimmy Football]

My Mount Rushmore in Tennessee sports is Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard King,Peyton Manning and Todd Helton those are my four I'm sure I missed someone but since the 70's that is my 4

Dewey Warren
Kevin Nash
Mike Honcho
A bottle of mustard

 

[dwaugh]

Peerless Price 4 catches for 199 and winning touchdown in 98 National Championship game or the clinching Touchdown either way it was a great performance

Will Levis:
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
16/27 98 3.6 0 3 13.4

Doesn't want to format correctly. I feel sorry for the team that wastes a 1st round pick here.

 

[volinbama256]

My personal Rushmore of TN performances

Jalin Hyatt 6 catches 207 yards and 5 TDs vs Bama
Travis Stephens 19 carries 226 yards 2 TDs at Florida
Peyton Manning 373 yards 4 TDs in comeback SEC Championship Game vs Auburn
Chuck Webb 294 against Ole Miss OR 250 against Arkansas in Cotton Bowl

Honorable Mentions:
Josh Dobbs 68.2% 413 total yards 5 total TDs 0 INTs vs Missouri
Tyler Bray 82.9% 405 passing yards 5 total TDs 0 INTs vs Cincinnati

A few great games against Vandy as well by different players I left off, cause well...it was Vandy.

I'd throw in there Iceman Clausen going down to Tuscaloosa and winning in 6 overtimes... I was there and it was amazing how calm cool and focused he was...

 

[Devo182]

12.1% of America is black. 4 out of 32 head coaches is right at 12.5%

Half of America is also women...

But half of the NFL is not.

That seems to be the argument...the demos of the NFL.

Though I'd go wider, because plenty of HS and college players want to be coaches. And plenty of NFL dudes have made plenty and don't want to be coaches. Imo college football players is maybe a better barometer. Those seem to be the guys that most often go onto to be grad assistants and shift into the field, though sure some NFL dudes turn around and coach.

 

[Devo182]

 

[Devo182]

Will Levis:
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
16/27 98 3.6 0 3 13.4

Doesn't want to format correctly. I feel sorry for the team that wastes a 1st round pick here.

Sally did this task admirably

 

[SugarCC]

My personal Rushmore of TN performances

Jalin Hyatt 6 catches 207 yards and 5 TDs vs Bama
Travis Stephens 19 carries 226 yards 2 TDs at Florida
Peyton Manning 373 yards 4 TDs in comeback SEC Championship Game vs Auburn
Chuck Webb 294 against Ole Miss OR 250 against Arkansas in Cotton Bowl

Honorable Mentions:
Josh Dobbs 68.2% 413 total yards 5 total TDs 0 INTs vs Missouri
Tyler Bray 82.9% 405 passing yards 5 total TDs 0 INTs vs Cincinnati

A few great games against Vandy as well by different players I left off, cause well...it was Vandy.

Manning 20-29 301yds 3tds, 1td rushing, 41-14 against Bama in 95 was a good one.

Peerless in the Fiesta Bowl is the greatest big time performance I've ever seen, though...Jalin against Bama is up there, too.

 

[Devo182]

Manning 20-29 301yds 3tds, 1td rushing, 41-14 against Bama in 95.

*1 TD Galloping*

 

[SugarCC]

*1 TD Galloping*

Still counts.

 

[SSVol]

Half of America is also women...

But half of the NFL is not.

That seems to be the argument...the demos of the NFL.

Though I'd go wider, because plenty of HS and college players want to be coaches. And plenty of NFL dudes have made plenty and don't want to be coaches. Imo college football players is maybe a better barometer. Those seem to be the guys that most often go onto to be grad assistants and shift into the field, though sure some NFL dudes turn around and coach.

Demographic arguments are a slippery slope. They sometimes backfire.

The fact that some races are disproportionately represented as players has been used to justify racism among management, but there is a much more controversial side to this. The fact that some races are disproportionately represented as players suggests that there is a racial aspect to fitness for the function. The same *may* be true of ownership, management, and coaching. The problem is that if being black confers an advantage as a player, everyone is fine with that, but if being white confers an advantage as a non-player, it must be racist. While I have no doubt that racism is often a factor, it may not be the primary factor, and people may not like the implications of that.

In the end, pushing towards color-blindness is the only sustainable approach. The constant emphasis on color fairness is gonna backfire time and again.

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[RikidyBones]

I agree with that.

It exists though, if anything you can argue the Rooney Rule isn't helping. It's almost like these owners/teams find unqualified minority candidates to meet the requirement but have no intention of hiring them.

I understand the complaints though. It is odd to see a league with 70%+ being made up of a minority and then the higher level positions don't reflect that. But there's also the very real point that not all players/workers make great coaches/managers.

Why do "higher level positions" have to reflect something as insignificant as skin color from a completely different part of an operation? You even said the relevant part out loud.

"But there's also the very real point that not all players/workers make great coaches/managers"

Alot of these coaches worked their way up from the bottom. GMs as well. Yet an employee from some other department should supercede that because of race ratio in their department vs yours? I find that argument absurd. No offense

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

My money is on Bryce Young becoming a star

If he has a great OL. He’s a little guy. If he’s getting chased and killed by NFL defenses, then he will have a very short career.
Look at Tua…

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Both might be really good.......I'm not a guru........but I'm just not sure that BY is worth a #1 or #2 overall pick.
Duggan is a sleeper IMO.....

Levis and AR for sure not worth a top 150 pick.

FYP

 

[Orange_Crush]

Still in NY. Three jobs, no money…every job change has moved me forward though. Still looking for the fit.

Could be a huge opportunity where I’m at but I don’t trust management to come through.

About to apply for a job in Costa Rica, because why not? Wife and family will need some selling on that idea. I’ve already dragged them all across Asia for the last 20 years

Might just meet you there in Costa Rica, hermano.

However, my understanding is that Americans can't work in CR until they get permanent residency...? (takes 5-7 years)