Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[knoxvol52]

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…

Agree if he would have played for the Chicago Bears he would be toast poor Justin Fields sacked all the time and hit running the ball.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

 

[Devo182]

Still counts.

Was the most beautiful gallop I've ever seen. I was a young'en but it's forever etched in memory.

I'll also never forget our Sunday School the next day was literally eating snacks and watching the game highlights. Bama fans need not apply at Cedar Springs Presbyterian

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

This has always been my argument as a professor against other academics who think athletics bring no value to the university. Like it or not, a huge selling point of college is having fun. Good sports teams are more fun. It isn’t all about education and if it were they’d teach more classes anyway instead of shoveling all of that onto adjuncts so that the tenured folks can write articles 3 people will ever read.

Tennessee athletics helped me get through med school. Absolutely positively gave me something to look forward to.

My med school graduation gift to myself was season tickets. During my internship and residency, I would switch call so that I always had home game weekends off. Took a lot of crazy call schedules but worth every bit.
I didn’t miss a home game. Internship in Memphis and residency in Dallas. I was single and had a blast driving in from Memphis or flying from Dallas. Would crash at friends places to save hotel money ( paid them in game ticket or alcohol ).
Graduated from med school in 1991. Got to see some absolutely great games!
Miss getting to go to games. (Wouldn’t miss spending the time with my kids though)

Always optimistic about our Volunteers!

15-0

 

[volbeast33]

18.9% of the U.S. Population is Hispanic/Latino. How many head coaches do we have of that ethnicity? 6?

There are not very many Latinos that participate in football….. They tend to be more involved in baseball and especially soccer.

 

[Devo182]

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Psh only 5 INTs in 2 seasons. What a gimmick. Real football QBs can throw that in a single game.






But fr that is COMPLETELY INSANE. What we just witnessed the past 2 years with HH may not be fully be grasped until we have 10 or 15 years of separation.

H-i-s-t-o-r-i-c-a-l.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

I swear my almost 2 year old is going to develop an Australian accent with the amount of Bluey we watch

My wife is a pediatrician. I think Peppa Pig is causing a rash of British accents in DFW.

Parents come into her office with a thick accent and they have a very Cultured sounding British child

 

[volbeast33]

I said people of color.

That’s not a favorite sport of many other people… I wouldn’t expect to see very many involved.

 

[volbeast33]

Gimmick implies it's not sustainable, it relies on trick plays. Exploiting weaknesses in the defense and coverages isn't gimmicky, that's literally the definition of good offense. It's not trickery like a statue of liberty play or a flea flicker, it's just well-executed exploitation of whatever deficiencies the defense has.

It’s been used since the 90’s to describe a college only offense.That means it is more of a system than actual talent…. Sort of how the old Houston Cougars ran their offense.

 

[vols 30]

Vandy Black and gold game on SECN right now for those who need a laugh

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Wowwww Mel Kiper has Will Levis ahead of CJ Stroud

 

[Devo182]

I'll just add my own experiential memory to the NFL discussion, not that anecdotes mean much, just how it opened my view up.

I once worked for a company in Knoxville that had roughly 200 employees doing the same job more or less. I'd say 95% of them were white.

Then there were maybe 12-14 supervisors. Half were white and half were black.

Then there were 5 managers. 1 was white and the other 4 black.

The HR manager was also black.


Clearly, not saying explicit racism was occurring, but it made one wonder about the implicit biases or maybe just prior connections. And even those thoughts could have been completely wrong and wrongly skeptical.

All to say this - I can at least grasp how many in the NFL view it when they see mostly white owners giving jobs to mostly white folks, in a largely minority league.

Just an experience and a view.

 

[Devo182]

Vandy Black and gold game on SECN right now for those who need a laugh

On a Wednesday night?

 

[Enki_Amenra]

There will be an amazingly prolific meltdown in Gainesville when we beat them for the 2nd year in a row.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Psh only 5 INTs in 2 seasons. What a gimmick. Real football QBs can throw that in a single game.






But fr that is COMPLETELY INSANE. What we just witnessed the past 2 years with HH may not be fully be grasped until we have 10 or 15 years of separation.

H-i-s-t-o-r-i-c-a-l.

I saw 3 interceptions in '21 and thought it may be a fluke. . . thought he would still have a great year in '23, but throw about 7-8. Never crossed my mind he would throw fewer. Crazy.

 

[jave36]

It’s been used since the 90’s to describe a college only offense.That means it is more of a system than actual talent…. Sort of how the old Houston Cougars ran their offense.

I don't think that's a universally agreed upon definition of gimmick. System offense or college only offense I hear all the time, gimmicky I only ever hear in reference to hoaky flash in the pan offenses that involve trickery more than skill.

 

[SugarCC]

Was the most beautiful gallop I've ever seen. I was a young'en but it's forever etched in memory.

I'll also never forget our Sunday School the next day was literally eating snacks and watching the game highlights. Bama fans need not apply at Cedar Springs Presbyterian

Bama fans are heathens anyway, no saving em.

 

[jave36]

I'll just add my own experiential memory to the NFL discussion, not that anecdotes mean much, just how it opened my view up.

I once worked for a company in Knoxville that had roughly 200 employees doing the same job more or less. I'd say 95% of them were white.

Then there were maybe 12-14 supervisors. Half were white and half were black.

Then there were 5 managers. 1 was white and the other 4 black.

The HR manager was also black.


Clearly, not saying explicit racism was occurring, but it made one wonder about the implicit biases or maybe just prior connections. And even those thoughts could have been completely wrong and wrongly skeptical.

All to say this - I can at least grasp how many in the NFL view it when they see mostly white owners giving jobs to mostly white folks, in a largely minority league.

Just an experience and a view.

I think it's less about racial biases and more about familiarity biases. White owners hire their friends or members of their circles, who are majority white. Those friends hire their friends, also majority white. People hire who they know by default, and people grow up and hang out with people of similar skin color in our culture. It's not malicious or even subconscious bias against other skin colors, you just tend to hire people you know best.

Now a smart owner would say, "hey, if I broaden my hiring pool to people I don't already know, my chances of finding better talent get even better. I need to have a system in place where my pool isn't limited to my circles if I really want to be successful."

 

[drvenner]

Always tell story of being in CT. Going to a Target, on second level of a garage. Clothes lay everywhere, apathetic clerks on cell phones - no restocking - pointing to one wad of bags at checkout (which you have to pay for).

Simply needing heartburn medication, and to purchase oatmeal. Most every item is kept under lock & key. One person, a human gazelle, had the key. Mr Social, was having conversations with anyone who'd listen.

Couldnt do it.

#everyday

Maybe try a drug store next time?

 

[drvenner]

Whose shirt is this on here? I can think of a couple good guesses

I am pretty sure that is @Orangeredblooded

 

[MarcoVol]

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…

I think he’s tougher (not stronger) than Tua. Vols lit that little fella up and he was smiling and relaxed. I also think he’s more elusive than Tua. He’s got that smooth factor. Can dance around the pocket and still make plays downfield.

Or he might get killed.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Wowwww Mel Kiper has Will Levis ahead of CJ Stroud

Mel has been on the down slide for the last 3-4 years. I don’t have much confidence in him now.

 

[drvenner]

WTF???

Did anyone see this??? Holy Smokes!

University of Indianapolis baseball star throws no-hitter, hits cycle

Meh 7 inning no hitter.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

I am pretty sure that is @Orangeredblooded

You’re no better or worse than Weezie, so you deserve the same treatment as him. . SHAME on you for picking on middle age folks.

 

[you]

Does D4H have his draft analysis posted here somewhere?