Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Glitch]

and flying camoflaged ninja copperheads.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

https://atozsports.com/nashville/tennessee-vols-news-2023-football-opponents-headaches/

 

[SweetasSoda]

Spoiler: Picture

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I hope the spoiler works in case anyone is weak in the stomach. This is pictures of my buddy in Kentucky a couple of years ago. He got but by a recluse, and had to have his cut and drained.

See! Don’t y’all go trying to convince me spiders are a good thing! I didn’t believe you about the snakes either. I have a whole state park in my backyard they can go play in.

 

[SweetasSoda]

I've had spiders on me dozens of times, as I worked as a property preservation in HS and college. Never been bitten once.

You’re a vampire or something!

 

[jave36]

worse than fire ants?

No. Fair point.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

I bet CJH has directly covered his feelings with every coach on staff. He has NO NEED for cryptic messages. They have been together for a while. Coach knows the talent available and the production he got out of them since arrival here. The rest of the world cannot have the same level of knowledge and pulling OPINIONS out of their €}}.

His point is, it's time for Martinez to put up or shut up. If you think his cbs have performed well the last two years I don't know what to tell you LOL

 

[SweetasSoda]

That's probably because you jump on everyone who doesn't share your opinion. But I digress.

There’s that theme of everyone that disagrees with you is jumping on you. We’re going to have to write you a theme song.

 

[tnvols72]

PFF College
@PFF_College
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Kirby Smart has officially announced that Carson Beck will be Georgia's starting QB this season

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

There’s that theme of everyone that disagrees with you is jumping on you. We’re going to have to write you a theme song.

I love theme songs! Let's call it, I'm Right

 

[gordonr24]

RIP

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Mike Leach was a national treasure and an icon of the college football universe. Taken away from us way too soon.

 

[Preyed_On]

Oh it's more than that. He's a known portal tamperer. Look at taking Addison from Pitt (Duzzi called him out for it) and every good player we had after Pruitt left. Swain even alluded to the fact that they all knew where they were going before they hit the portal. Outside of Hank, they all went to OU.

Nail painting+A hole qbs (Baker too)+Convincing Addison to come USC before he entered the portal+Messing with the University of damn Tennessee (those players would have left but none of them have geographic or any ties to Oklahoma)=slimy

Every coach in the country is a lying scumbag.

…except the ones that coach at Tennessee, they’re the only morally superior coaching staff in the nation. Riley, Swinney, Saban, Smart… they’re all cheap swindlers that exploit their players.

This is what I learned on VN. From people who sit online all day and have had no interaction with said coaches. Coincidentally, those coaches all happen to be quite successful… weird how that happens.

 

[SmokinBob]

Ok….how do we post X/Twitter links with previews like we use to?

Testing…

https://x.com/jamesge25216540/status/1693111185397203422?s=61&t=hWIgvRvxzkR97AUQrV6L_g

Fail!
@Freak help?

 

[tnvols72]

 

[ChattaTNVol]

I haven’t got around to writing up the Florida defense preview yet but for the impatient know this, they are pretty talented but they will be dangerously young. Even Napier is using the young “excuse” in his media interviews so we’ll see. They recently lost a starting DE for the season to injury and have some other guys banged up coming out of fall camp. They’re concerned with their safeties so I think our guys will likely be able to exploit that. jmo.

This post is a transcript of the rest of that interview with Bru McCoy where he talks about the Huddle for Hearts program.

The end of the interview was the segment on Huddle for Hearts. There was a question on what recruiting is like in the transfer portal. Bru said it’s mostly just like high school though some guys already know where they want to go when they enter the portal. One other thing I left out was in regards to Joe’s arm strength, Bru said it’s easy for Joe to throw the ball 40-60 yards downfield off of his back foot, like Aaron Rodgers. I’d prefer to limit the back foot throws. jmo.

Q: How has training camp been?
Bru: It’s been awesome. It's coming down to the light at the end of the tunnel but it’s been cool.

Q: Tell me you don’t like training camp. Only QBs like training camp.
Bru: Training camp’s a grind. I’m holding out hope that this is the last one for me so that’s kind of motivated me through it.

Q: What’s been the biggest culture shock you’ve had coming from southern California all the way over here to Tennessee?
Bru: Night and day. I was at USC predominately during Covid. Having sellout games when you’re playing a Ball State, 102,000 fans. You’ve got 40,000, 50,000 when you’re walking out just to go to the game. I order door dash or uber eats sometimes and I get GO VOLS! written on the uber eats. Everybody knows who I am in town. It’s been night and day compared to growing up in So. Cal.

Q: How is it different for you having Joe Milton this year for a QB vs Hendon Hooker last year?
Bru: I think you just have to have an understanding of who they are as a player, how they think. Hendon and Joe spent so much time together they kind of process things in a similar way. Obviously Joe’s got this extraordinary arm strength so you take that into account so in this off-season it’s lets go catch as many balls as possible with the juggs turned up another notch because you’ve got to be ready for that. It’s not that big of a change in my eyes. We’re running the same offense, just a different guy at the helm. Joe has learned a lot through Hendon but he’s got his own flavor to it so you kind of pick up things as you play with him on the field but it hasn’t been much of a difference.

Q: Has Joe ever just let one go in practice, you hear the strength of his arm, so you see just how far he can throw a ball?
Bru: He’s a special guy with a special arm and he’s got a super high football IQ. You put those things together, the sky is the limit for our offense.

Q: What is the biggest difference for you having all the reps year one in Josh Heupel’s offense and now going into year two for you?
Bru: You start to see things better than before. Before I was focused on what’s my assignment, where do I need to be. Now I know the assignment, how can I execute it at the highest level, and especially in our offense. So for me it’s seeing safety structures, understanding how defenses rotate, things of that nature, and understanding how Joe is thinking and where he expects me to show up at. So the biggest jump for me is I don’t go out now thinking I need to make sure I know what route I have and with the tempo we have, making sure I’m seeing these signals the right way. Now it’s just executing at a high level, showing up where you’re supposed to be, and making decisions you weren’t making last year.

Q: How did you make the adjustment to the tempo of Heupel’s offense.
Bru: Yeah that was something I’d never seen before. You have to know the playbook and then you just rep it and rep it until you can play at a really high level.

Q: Take us back to the Alabama game. You have the catch that sets up the winning field goal and then the place goes nuts. The field is rushed. Take us through that moment that not a lot of us will ever go through.
Bru: We put a huge emphasis throughout practice and in the film room on showing up in the fourth quarter. I didn’t have a superstar game that game. I didn’t have crazy stats or anything like that but I knew when it came down to that fourth quarter that’s when we showed up and I didn’t have a doubt we were going to execute. Ramel caught the pass before mine. You’re just doing your job. You’ve repped it so many times. Obviously a lot of other things had to happen in that game to get that opportunity to do that. Honestly, on the field, the moment didn’t feel like a big moment to me. It was just an opportunity, another play. Then in hindsight you look back and yeah, that was pretty big. In the postgame I remember looking to my left and some guy was wearing my helmet. He was in the stands holding his arms up and you could see the “15” on the back of his helmet. One of the first people I ran into was my grandfather and I said, I can’t believe you jumped off that wall. We hugged it out and it was like a dream at that point.

Q: I know you guys have team goals for this year but as an individual looking to go to the next level, do you have some individual goals, and what are those?
Bru: I think the two kind of coincide. I want to try to get as many yards as I possibly can. I have the mindset that I want to catch every ball thrown my way. I think for me refining my skillset as a receiver was a big emphasis in the off-season, being able to play with a higher football IQ, recognizing defenses, run after catch is a big emphasis for me. As far as numbers and stats, I feel like that all comes with execution and how you work and the effort you put in, so no numerical values or anything. I just want to do what I can to help the team win.

Q: What do you attribute your development coming from?
Bru: Primarily, I’d say our receiver coaches in the off-season and throughout this summer. Coach Pope and coach Cook, both of them took a lot of time. They said, hey look, you’re an older guy, these things are important to know in football, period. So we spent a lot of time in the film room, looking at routes and coverages, understanding why a guy is open, trying to take the next step. It helps you in our offense especially where you’re reading defenses on the run. I think that’s a unique aspect of our offense so that helped me a lot once I got back on the field.

Q: From a confidence standpoint, at your size, when you see a 5’10 DB on the other side, do you think, buddy, it’s game over?
Bru: It’s a mindset, a killer mentality. I’m real calm, cool, and collected off the field but once I step on the field that’s when my football character comes out. I don’t think there’s anyone that should feel confident standing in front of me.

Q: What did you take from Cedric and Jalin, playing with them for a season?
Bru: Honestly, I think the first thing I learned from them was how to play with confidence. I was always kind of like an anxious guy. I’d rep stuff a lot because I was apprehensive about going out there but those guys were like, dude, once you know this stuff, just go out there and play ball. They played with a certain level of confidence and demeanor that helped them have a lot of success. Them going to the next level and being able to talk to them now, they’re saying, everything is in front of you, you’ve seen what it takes, just continue doing the little things that we were doing a year ago and it’ll all pay off.

Q: What stands out to you most about Josh Heupel now that you’re going into year two being coached by that guy?
Bru: He’s extremely, extremely smart, like a different level. It shows up in the way he thinks and processes football. That, and his level of character as a man. I look up to him as a man, the way he carries himself, the way he conducts himself, the way he treats his players is second to none. Not only is he a great coach that’s going to push you but he’s going to be the coach that pulls you to the side and loves you up when you mess up. He’s a special dude on and off the field. I’ve got a super high level of respect for him.

Q: Obviously opposing teams are going to know who you are now so coming out of fall camp who are some of the guys that people are going to see make that jump for you guys this year?
Bru: Definitely Ramel Keyton, Donte Thornton, Squirrel White, Kaleb Webb, Chas Nimrod. Out of the receiving room we’ve got a lot of guys that can make a lot of plays, very deep in our receiving room.

Q: How’s it been with Squirrel? I saw that he’s on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks list. How is it even knowing a guy named Squirrel?
Bru: Me and him are real close. He’s hilarious. He cracks jokes. He’s came out of his shell. Getting to know him has been awesome but he is a freak. I’ve never seen someone be able to put their foot in the ground change direction and not lose an ounce of speed the way he can. He’s improved a lot this off-season. He’s going to have a great season. Donte is another freak. He’s 6’5, probably runs a 4-3. We’ve got a lot to work with no doubt.

 

[Orange.]

I haven’t got around to writing up the Florida defense preview yet but for the impatient know this, they are pretty talented but they will be dangerously young. Even Napier is using the young “excuse” in his media interviews so we’ll see. They recently lost a starting DE for the season to injury and have some other guys banged up coming out of fall camp. They’re concerned with their safeties so I think our guys will likely be able to exploit that. jmo.

This post is a transcript of the rest of that interview with Bru McCoy where he talks about the Huddle for Hearts program.

The end of the interview was the segment on Huddle for Hearts. There was a question on what recruiting is like in the transfer portal. Bru said it’s mostly just like high school though some guys already know where they want to go when they enter the portal. One other thing I left out was in regards to Joe’s arm strength, Bru said it’s easy for Joe to throw the ball 40-60 yards downfield off of his back foot, like Aaron Rodgers. I’d prefer to limit the back foot throws. jmo.

Q: How has training camp been?
Bru: It’s been awesome. It's coming down to the light at the end of the tunnel but it’s been cool.

Q: Tell me you don’t like training camp. Only QBs like training camp.
Bru: Training camp’s a grind. I’m holding out hope that this is the last one for me so that’s kind of motivated me through it.

Q: What’s been the biggest culture shock you’ve had coming from southern California all the way over here to Tennessee?
Bru: Night and day. I was at USC predominately during Covid. Having sellout games when you’re playing a Ball State, 102,000 fans. You’ve got 40,000, 50,000 when you’re walking out just to go to the game. I order door dash or uber eats sometimes and I get GO VOLS! written on the uber eats. Everybody knows who I am in town. It’s been night and day compared to growing up in So. Cal.

Q: How is it different for you having Joe Milton this year for a QB vs Hendon Hooker last year?
Bru: I think you just have to have an understanding of who they are as a player, how they think. Hendon and Joe spent so much time together they kind of process things in a similar way. Obviously Joe’s got this extraordinary arm strength so you take that into account so in this off-season it’s lets go catch as many balls as possible with the juggs turned up another notch because you’ve got to be ready for that. It’s not that big of a change in my eyes. We’re running the same offense, just a different guy at the helm. Joe has learned a lot through Hendon but he’s got his own flavor to it so you kind of pick up things as you play with him on the field but it hasn’t been much of a difference.

Q: Has Joe ever just let one go in practice, you hear the strength of his arm, so you see just how far he can throw a ball?
Bru: He’s a special guy with a special arm and he’s got a super high football IQ. You put those things together, the sky is the limit for our offense.

Q: What is the biggest difference for you having all the reps year one in Josh Heupel’s offense and now going into year two for you?
Bru: You start to see things better than before. Before I was focused on what’s my assignment, where do I need to be. Now I know the assignment, how can I execute it at the highest level, and especially in our offense. So for me it’s seeing safety structures, understanding how defenses rotate, things of that nature, and understanding how Joe is thinking and where he expects me to show up at. So the biggest jump for me is I don’t go out now thinking I need to make sure I know what route I have and with the tempo we have, making sure I’m seeing these signals the right way. Now it’s just executing at a high level, showing up where you’re supposed to be, and making decisions you weren’t making last year.

Q: How did you make the adjustment to the tempo of Heupel’s offense.
Bru: Yeah that was something I’d never seen before. You have to know the playbook and then you just rep it and rep it until you can play at a really high level.

Q: Take us back to the Alabama game. You have the catch that sets up the winning field goal and then the place goes nuts. The field is rushed. Take us through that moment that not a lot of us will ever go through.
Bru: We put a huge emphasis throughout practice and in the film room on showing up in the fourth quarter. I didn’t have a superstar game that game. I didn’t have crazy stats or anything like that but I knew when it came down to that fourth quarter that’s when we showed up and I didn’t have a doubt we were going to execute. Ramel caught the pass before mine. You’re just doing your job. You’ve repped it so many times. Obviously a lot of other things had to happen in that game to get that opportunity to do that. Honestly, on the field, the moment didn’t feel like a big moment to me. It was just an opportunity, another play. Then in hindsight you look back and yeah, that was pretty big. In the postgame I remember looking to my left and some guy was wearing my helmet. He was in the stands holding his arms up and you could see the “15” on the back of his helmet. One of the first people I ran into was my grandfather and I said, I can’t believe you jumped off that wall. We hugged it out and it was like a dream at that point.

Q: I know you guys have team goals for this year but as an individual looking to go to the next level, do you have some individual goals, and what are those?
Bru: I think the two kind of coincide. I want to try to get as many yards as I possibly can. I have the mindset that I want to catch every ball thrown my way. I think for me refining my skillset as a receiver was a big emphasis in the off-season, being able to play with a higher football IQ, recognizing defenses, run after catch is a big emphasis for me. As far as numbers and stats, I feel like that all comes with execution and how you work and the effort you put in, so no numerical values or anything. I just want to do what I can to help the team win.

Q: What do you attribute your development coming from?
Bru: Primarily, I’d say our receiver coaches in the off-season and throughout this summer. Coach Pope and coach Cook, both of them took a lot of time. They said, hey look, you’re an older guy, these things are important to know in football, period. So we spent a lot of time in the film room, looking at routes and coverages, understanding why a guy is open, trying to take the next step. It helps you in our offense especially where you’re reading defenses on the run. I think that’s a unique aspect of our offense so that helped me a lot once I got back on the field.

Q: From a confidence standpoint, at your size, when you see a 5’10 DB on the other side, do you think, buddy, it’s game over?
Bru: It’s a mindset, a killer mentality. I’m real calm, cool, and collected off the field but once I step on the field that’s when my football character comes out. I don’t think there’s anyone that should feel confident standing in front of me.

Q: What did you take from Cedric and Jalin, playing with them for a season?
Bru: Honestly, I think the first thing I learned from them was how to play with confidence. I was always kind of like an anxious guy. I’d rep stuff a lot because I was apprehensive about going out there but those guys were like, dude, once you know this stuff, just go out there and play ball. They played with a certain level of confidence and demeanor that helped them have a lot of success. Them going to the next level and being able to talk to them now, they’re saying, everything is in front of you, you’ve seen what it takes, just continue doing the little things that we were doing a year ago and it’ll all pay off.

Q: What stands out to you most about Josh Heupel now that you’re going into year two being coached by that guy?
Bru: He’s extremely, extremely smart, like a different level. It shows up in the way he thinks and processes football. That, and his level of character as a man. I look up to him as a man, the way he carries himself, the way he conducts himself, the way he treats his players is second to none. Not only is he a great coach that’s going to push you but he’s going to be the coach that pulls you to the side and loves you up when you mess up. He’s a special dude on and off the field. I’ve got a super high level of respect for him.

Q: Obviously opposing teams are going to know who you are now so coming out of fall camp who are some of the guys that people are going to see make that jump for you guys this year?
Bru: Definitely Ramel Keyton, Donte Thornton, Squirrel White, Kaleb Webb, Chas Nimrod. Out of the receiving room we’ve got a lot of guys that can make a lot of plays, very deep in our receiving room.

Q: How’s it been with Squirrel? I saw that he’s on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks list. How is it even knowing a guy named Squirrel?
Bru: Me and him are real close. He’s hilarious. He cracks jokes. He’s came out of his shell. Getting to know him has been awesome but he is a freak. I’ve never seen someone be able to put their foot in the ground change direction and not lose an ounce of speed the way he can. He’s improved a lot this off-season. He’s going to have a great season. Donte is another freak. He’s 6’5, probably runs a 4-3. We’ve got a lot to work with no doubt.

Great interview with Bru!

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

I love this dude!! If there was ever a guy who deserved to win it all, including individual and team awards/championships, it’s Joe! What a class act! Hope he absolutely shreds every defense all year.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Went ahead and ordered the low version of the shoe that the basketball coaches wear during the season. Like them better than most of the team shoes we release every year and I needed a pair for the games.

High tops also suck lol

Edit: it isn’t exactly Tennessee orange, but it’ll do.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

There’s that theme of everyone that disagrees with you is jumping on you. We’re going to have to write you a theme song.

I suggest we save some time and just modify a classic song by exchanging the loss of these recruits for the loss of a girlfriend.....

THEY ARE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY HA HA...

Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go beserk

Well you left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind

And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa

 

[franklinpence]

I haven’t got around to writing up the Florida defense preview yet but for the impatient know this, they are pretty talented but they will be dangerously young. Even Napier is using the young “excuse” in his media interviews so we’ll see. They recently lost a starting DE for the season to injury and have some other guys banged up coming out of fall camp. They’re concerned with their safeties so I think our guys will likely be able to exploit that. jmo.

This post is a transcript of the rest of that interview with Bru McCoy where he talks about the Huddle for Hearts program.

The end of the interview was the segment on Huddle for Hearts. There was a question on what recruiting is like in the transfer portal. Bru said it’s mostly just like high school though some guys already know where they want to go when they enter the portal. One other thing I left out was in regards to Joe’s arm strength, Bru said it’s easy for Joe to throw the ball 40-60 yards downfield off of his back foot, like Aaron Rodgers. I’d prefer to limit the back foot throws. jmo.

Q: How has training camp been?
Bru: It’s been awesome. It's coming down to the light at the end of the tunnel but it’s been cool.

Q: Tell me you don’t like training camp. Only QBs like training camp.
Bru: Training camp’s a grind. I’m holding out hope that this is the last one for me so that’s kind of motivated me through it.

Q: What’s been the biggest culture shock you’ve had coming from southern California all the way over here to Tennessee?
Bru: Night and day. I was at USC predominately during Covid. Having sellout games when you’re playing a Ball State, 102,000 fans. You’ve got 40,000, 50,000 when you’re walking out just to go to the game. I order door dash or uber eats sometimes and I get GO VOLS! written on the uber eats. Everybody knows who I am in town. It’s been night and day compared to growing up in So. Cal.

Q: How is it different for you having Joe Milton this year for a QB vs Hendon Hooker last year?
Bru: I think you just have to have an understanding of who they are as a player, how they think. Hendon and Joe spent so much time together they kind of process things in a similar way. Obviously Joe’s got this extraordinary arm strength so you take that into account so in this off-season it’s lets go catch as many balls as possible with the juggs turned up another notch because you’ve got to be ready for that. It’s not that big of a change in my eyes. We’re running the same offense, just a different guy at the helm. Joe has learned a lot through Hendon but he’s got his own flavor to it so you kind of pick up things as you play with him on the field but it hasn’t been much of a difference.

Q: Has Joe ever just let one go in practice, you hear the strength of his arm, so you see just how far he can throw a ball?
Bru: He’s a special guy with a special arm and he’s got a super high football IQ. You put those things together, the sky is the limit for our offense.

Q: What is the biggest difference for you having all the reps year one in Josh Heupel’s offense and now going into year two for you?
Bru: You start to see things better than before. Before I was focused on what’s my assignment, where do I need to be. Now I know the assignment, how can I execute it at the highest level, and especially in our offense. So for me it’s seeing safety structures, understanding how defenses rotate, things of that nature, and understanding how Joe is thinking and where he expects me to show up at. So the biggest jump for me is I don’t go out now thinking I need to make sure I know what route I have and with the tempo we have, making sure I’m seeing these signals the right way. Now it’s just executing at a high level, showing up where you’re supposed to be, and making decisions you weren’t making last year.

Q: How did you make the adjustment to the tempo of Heupel’s offense.
Bru: Yeah that was something I’d never seen before. You have to know the playbook and then you just rep it and rep it until you can play at a really high level.

Q: Take us back to the Alabama game. You have the catch that sets up the winning field goal and then the place goes nuts. The field is rushed. Take us through that moment that not a lot of us will ever go through.
Bru: We put a huge emphasis throughout practice and in the film room on showing up in the fourth quarter. I didn’t have a superstar game that game. I didn’t have crazy stats or anything like that but I knew when it came down to that fourth quarter that’s when we showed up and I didn’t have a doubt we were going to execute. Ramel caught the pass before mine. You’re just doing your job. You’ve repped it so many times. Obviously a lot of other things had to happen in that game to get that opportunity to do that. Honestly, on the field, the moment didn’t feel like a big moment to me. It was just an opportunity, another play. Then in hindsight you look back and yeah, that was pretty big. In the postgame I remember looking to my left and some guy was wearing my helmet. He was in the stands holding his arms up and you could see the “15” on the back of his helmet. One of the first people I ran into was my grandfather and I said, I can’t believe you jumped off that wall. We hugged it out and it was like a dream at that point.

Q: I know you guys have team goals for this year but as an individual looking to go to the next level, do you have some individual goals, and what are those?
Bru: I think the two kind of coincide. I want to try to get as many yards as I possibly can. I have the mindset that I want to catch every ball thrown my way. I think for me refining my skillset as a receiver was a big emphasis in the off-season, being able to play with a higher football IQ, recognizing defenses, run after catch is a big emphasis for me. As far as numbers and stats, I feel like that all comes with execution and how you work and the effort you put in, so no numerical values or anything. I just want to do what I can to help the team win.

Q: What do you attribute your development coming from?
Bru: Primarily, I’d say our receiver coaches in the off-season and throughout this summer. Coach Pope and coach Cook, both of them took a lot of time. They said, hey look, you’re an older guy, these things are important to know in football, period. So we spent a lot of time in the film room, looking at routes and coverages, understanding why a guy is open, trying to take the next step. It helps you in our offense especially where you’re reading defenses on the run. I think that’s a unique aspect of our offense so that helped me a lot once I got back on the field.

Q: From a confidence standpoint, at your size, when you see a 5’10 DB on the other side, do you think, buddy, it’s game over?
Bru: It’s a mindset, a killer mentality. I’m real calm, cool, and collected off the field but once I step on the field that’s when my football character comes out. I don’t think there’s anyone that should feel confident standing in front of me.

Q: What did you take from Cedric and Jalin, playing with them for a season?
Bru: Honestly, I think the first thing I learned from them was how to play with confidence. I was always kind of like an anxious guy. I’d rep stuff a lot because I was apprehensive about going out there but those guys were like, dude, once you know this stuff, just go out there and play ball. They played with a certain level of confidence and demeanor that helped them have a lot of success. Them going to the next level and being able to talk to them now, they’re saying, everything is in front of you, you’ve seen what it takes, just continue doing the little things that we were doing a year ago and it’ll all pay off.

Q: What stands out to you most about Josh Heupel now that you’re going into year two being coached by that guy?
Bru: He’s extremely, extremely smart, like a different level. It shows up in the way he thinks and processes football. That, and his level of character as a man. I look up to him as a man, the way he carries himself, the way he conducts himself, the way he treats his players is second to none. Not only is he a great coach that’s going to push you but he’s going to be the coach that pulls you to the side and loves you up when you mess up. He’s a special dude on and off the field. I’ve got a super high level of respect for him.

Q: Obviously opposing teams are going to know who you are now so coming out of fall camp who are some of the guys that people are going to see make that jump for you guys this year?
Bru: Definitely Ramel Keyton, Donte Thornton, Squirrel White, Kaleb Webb, Chas Nimrod. Out of the receiving room we’ve got a lot of guys that can make a lot of plays, very deep in our receiving room.

Q: How’s it been with Squirrel? I saw that he’s on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks list. How is it even knowing a guy named Squirrel?
Bru: Me and him are real close. He’s hilarious. He cracks jokes. He’s came out of his shell. Getting to know him has been awesome but he is a freak. I’ve never seen someone be able to put their foot in the ground change direction and not lose an ounce of speed the way he can. He’s improved a lot this off-season. He’s going to have a great season. Donte is another freak. He’s 6’5, probably runs a 4-3. We’ve got a lot to work with no doubt.

This is outstanding. Thanks for bringing it here. Bru is going to be a beast. So much in this interview to highlight, but when he described the end of the Dixieland Delight, this line was awesome:

“One of the first people I ran into was my grandfather and I said, I can’t believe you jumped off that wall. We hugged it out and it was like a dream at that point.”

 

[Vols4us]

Heup is building a legacy and a culture that is second to none. Special times on Rocky Top.

 

[Weezer]

I love theme songs! Let's call it, I'm Right

Be truthful, are you like 12 or something?

 

[volinokc]

Went ahead and ordered the low version of the shoe that the basketball coaches wear during the season. Like them better than most of the team shoes we release every year and I needed a pair for the games.

High tops also suck lol

Where did you get them?

 

[volinokc]

This is outstanding. Thanks for bringing it here. Bru is going to be a beast. So much in this interview to highlight, but when he described the end of the Dixieland Delight, this line was awesome:

“One of the first people I ran into was my grandfather and I said, I can’t believe you jumped off that wall. We hugged it out and it was like a dream at that point.”

The part about Heup got me too. You can pull for every single person on this team—bottom to top.

 

[Orangeburst]

“Donte is another freak. He’s 6’5, probably runs a 4-3. We’ve got a lot to work with no doubt.”

Cat is out of the bag
Donte gonna play defense

 

[peaygolf]