Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[InVOLuntary]

Dec. 30, 1972 HOUSTON —Bluebonnet Bowl

Vols - 24
LSU - 17

Condredge Holloway turned in his most electrifying performance of the season, completing 11 of 19 passes for 94 yards and rushing for 74 yards on 19 carries, to lead the Vols past SEC rival LSU 24-17 in the 1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. Holloway, who was named the game’s outstanding player, led the Vols to a 24-3 halftime lead, scoring twice and throwing a touchdown pass to tight end Jimmy Young. Known as the “Artful Dodger,” Holloway kept the Tigers off balance the first 30 minutes and left Vol fans wondering what might be ahead for the diminutive signal-caller. Things got tense for the Vols in the second half as LSU All-America quarterback Bert Jones led the Tigers to two second half scores. Jones was threatening a third when All-America and senior defensive back Conrad Graham cleanly broke up a fourth down pass at the Vol 10 to preserve the victory. Tennessee’s Carl Johnson was named the defensive player of the game. The game finished a 31-5 composite record for the Vol senior class.

SCORING SUMMARY
LSU — Jackson 29 FG
TENN — Young 6 pass from Holloway (Townsend kick)
TENN — Holloway 15 run (Townsend kick)
TENN — Townsend 33 FG
TENN — Holloway 10 run (Townsend kick)
LSU — Jones 2 run (Jackson kick)
LSU — Davis 1 run (Jackson kick)

Weird playing a conference foe in a bowl game.

 

[peaygolf]

Weird playing a conference foe in a bowl game.

Very weird...
I know it's happened twice........LSU and UF.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Marshawn Lloyd isn't worth it if his addition causes one of our backs to leave

False. He is a better runningback than Small and Wright. Sampson should be RB1 next year and Lloyd and him would be deadly.

 

[butchna]

Very weird...
I know it's happened twice........LSU and UF.

What made the 1969 Gator Bowl game against Florida even weirder was that it was Dickey’s last game before jumping to the opponent.

 

[peaygolf]

What made the 1969 Gator Bowl game against Florida even weirder was that it was Dickey’s last game before jumping to the opponent.

And whipped his butt in 1970..........That would have been a fun game to witness.

 

[wisvol22]

I think it's way past time for the NFL to set up a model like MLB. Let kids who have no desire to be in a college classroom go straight to the league via a minor league. Yeah, I know that's what CFB is right now, but just end the pretense about tying play to the classroom. Kid doesn't want an education, so be it. Head to the league and give it your best shot. Likely won't eliminate every example of this, but it would make it a lot less likely IMO.

I get the premise, but unless there's a minor league system developed, 99.9% of high school kids are no where near physically or skillfully mature enough to play or make an impact in the NFL.

 

[peaygolf]

The NFL doesn’t want to do that and it wouldn’t change much…. Baseball players still leave early all the time.

If you go college to play baseball, don't you have to stay three years? I think that is the case.

 

[pierce60]

That defense...

That defense is giving up 21 points a game while averaging almost as many injuries a game….they’ve held teams to points to win most of the games they’ve lost.

 

[drylo]

I’d put Henry over Graham. Johnnie Jones also. Garner over James Stewart and Hayden suffers in that competition. Missing Reggie Cobb.

 

[butchna]

If you go college to play baseball, don't you have to stay three years? I think that is the case.

Unless you go JUCO.

 

[peaygolf]

Unless you go JUCO.

Forgot about that route...............

 

[butchna]

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Needed those two years he wasted signing with Bama.

 

[volbeast33]

If you go college to play baseball, don't you have to stay three years? I think that is the case.

You have to stay three years in football as well. It’s three years past high school I think is the rule so someone like Byron Young…. You can leave earlier but the majority are there for three years.

 

[InVOLuntary]

@mrMet @utvolmaniac @Z06VolinWV (and other bourbon aficionados)

Picked these up this week.

What's my sipper for tonight's game?

 

[Govolsman98]

False. He is a better runningback than Small and Wright. Sampson should be RB1 next year and Lloyd and him would be deadly.

No he isn't. Plus he's injury prone. Would be a waste of a spot

 

[Ron Swanson]

@mrMet @utvolmaniac @Z06VolinWV (and other bourbon aficionados)

Picked these up this week.

What's my sipper for tonight's game?

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Yes

 

[peaygolf]

You have to stay three years in football as well.

I know.

 

[WangoTango]

It's about balancing the needs of humans and nature. Either extreme is wrong.

We are the caretakers of what has been given to us. We shouldn't care for nature to the detriment of humanity but we should be good stewards of the resources that we have been given. All resources are not equal and accordingly we should value them as such.

 

[VolInDayton]

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[Z06VolinWV]

Thought I heard on SEC this morning that both teams wearing orange tonight? That's not right is it?!?

 

[VolInDayton]

@mrMet @utvolmaniac @Z06VolinWV (and other bourbon aficionados)

Picked these up this week.

What's my sipper for tonight's game?

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The Henry McKenna is great. I loved my bottle. I heard there is a lot of deviation between barrels, so hopefully you got a good bottle.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Thought I heard on SEC this morning that both teams wearing orange tonight? That's not right is it?!?

Tennessee…orange jersey
Clemson….orange pants

 

[Orange Studs]

Those look like clemson colors on my laptop. You dun cursed us now!

Reverse psychology

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Thought I heard on SEC this morning that both teams wearing orange tonight? That's not right is it?!?

No

 

[Crookruss]

The Henry McKenna is great. I loved my bottle. I heard there is a lot of deviation between barrels, so hopefully you got a good bottle.

That’s very common in the BiB’s due to them not blending for a consistent flavor profile like they do in most bourbons.