Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

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August 5, 1962

Marilyn Monroe is found dead after an apparent drug overdose..........

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85SugarVol said:
They are historically a better football program. That’s true.

Does UVA offer a better footprint for TV deals? Maybe.
UVA also has a premier basketball program.
UVA is the premier academic institution.
Give em SEC money and id bet they get better at football.

I think UVA is the better option. Jmo.
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UVA is a great school, you make a really great argument. I’d make the bet with you their football would improve dramatically
 
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I personally wish it had stayed the course; however, I'm of the opinion that we need to build a wall around the south. Keep the Big 10 out. I know that may not work entirely because I think Georgia Tech and Miami aren't really sec school culturally but at this point we may just have to take the ones we want.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
The difference in the OL was the crowd..period.

But what shut the offense down was UGA raping our recievers on the los, thereby keeping them from getting so wide open as they usually do, and getting absolutely zero calls against them for it.
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Either way, the OL didn’t get it done. Hooker was pressured constantly and barely had any time to throw. Agreed though that our receivers were getting held some and jammed at the line. Reminded me of some of those Florida games from years ago. They pulled the same stuff.
 
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SugarCC said:
And Arkansas and S Carolina. I've never liked it. Neither belong.

And, they brought with them the conference championship game...imo, THE foundation of all we've seen happen since, and what's happening today. That was their first taste of what ratings would be like, and what the networks (in 1992, the beginning of expansion beyond ABC, CBS, NBC) would pay for it. That game sowed the seeds of 21st-Century TV contracts...the engine that is at full-throttle, that is driving ALL of this.
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Yep. In the new streaming world, live sports are one of the few content products left that will command advertising revenue under the old model. So the networks are paying higher sums for the rights to sports that will bring viewers. These GOR deals are driving the universities to seek a conference affiliation that will maximize their revenue. This dynamic leads to a situation where we have an Amazon vs. Wal-Mart struggle of the B1G vs. SEC, each feeling like they have to get bigger because if they don’t, their competitor will. Another good analogy might be the history of the pro wrestling business, which went from a bunch of geographically-based promotions, to a battle of the WWE vs. WCW, and finally the consolidation of all of it into the WWE.

I don’t like it, but it’s the way of the world.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
Cultural fit wise, I think VT is probably a better fit for the SEC overall than UVA who seems more akin to someone like Vanderbilt.
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Agree. Having done some post graduate study at UVA - if you could could combine features of Vandy, Mizzou, and Northwestern into one school - that's UVA. Pass. I don't even want Vandy and Mizzou. Would take VT over them.
 
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Glocker_Alum_2005 said:
I would put Mays ahead of even Joe Cool, as our most important player. Quoting AP, he is critical to making this offense go. Behind him at C is a huge question mark.
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And yet many on here did not want him, made fun of his recruitment coming out of HS as well as playing early in his time on the team.

It's not how you start, it's how you finish. He had the heart of a Vol and the work ethic of an east TN born and bred Mays.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
The difference in the OL was the crowd..period.

But what shut the offense down was UGA raping our recievers on the los, thereby keeping them from getting so wide open as they usually do, and getting absolutely zero calls against them for it.
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They do that every game…. It’s how I wish we would teach our DBs…..it didn’t work as well for Georgia against Ohio state.
 
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CAVPUT said:
Vandy needs a little bro in this league. Btw, I'm fine with UT having Vandy, UVA and UK as our permanent opponents. :cool:
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I sort of see why some were salty at us when the 9/3 format when it was being discussed. Tennessee looks like its on the upswing big time and it gets to ditch Georgia but keep Vandy/UK every year.

What a deal lol
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Getting more and more excited.
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I’ve stated this before that every season in this scheme, the OL under Ellarbee gets better and better…regardless of departing talent like Wright. The other players in the position group pick each other up and act as another coach. Culture builds culture. This dynamic will be tested whenever Cooper Mays departs, but remember he was nowhere near the performer previous to the coaching change. Teaching and a silent rock star in Kurt Schmidt building their core.
 
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