'24 Vols Transfer Offers

#476
#476
LWSVOL said:
I'm not defending any strategy. Just trying to state what I think it is.

Maybe they surprise me with results. I just think with a young QB there are likely a struggle or two.
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I know you're not...that's why I disclaimed at the beginning. It just seems like a weird approach by the coaches.
 
#478
#478
LWSVOL said:
Didn't predict. Speculated.

Breaking in new QB but if they can convince a ton of seniors back, would help a ton to match 8.

The more new bodies they have to play, the less likely they are more successful. Jmo
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Barring an injury to Nico….

Chattanooga, Kent St, Vandy, MS St, UTEP, Arkansas are all wins.

That’s 6.

That leaves Bama, UGA, OK, UK, FL, and NC St.

UGA & Bama will be stacked like always.

OK lost their starting QB.

UK will start a guy with 21 career attempts.

FL who knows but it’s in Neyland.

NC St MJ Morris threw 7 td and 5 INT last season.

Just seems like you’re only taking into consideration Vols roster and QB situation.
 
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#479
#479
allvolrecruiting said:
Keep an eye on this one...

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Dingle is a good TE. UK fans didn't want to lose him, even if he was underutilized. Outside of Brown, Robinson, and Key, he was probably their most reliable pass catcher. But only getting 11 balls in 10 games wasn't going to keep him. Interestingly enough, he's almost the exact same size as Joly, though he may be a better blocker. Also like Joly, he had one of his best games against Tennessee.
 
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#480
cncchris33 said:
Dingle is a good TE. UK fans didn't want to lose him, even if he was underutilized. Outside of Brown, Robinson, and Key, he was probably their most reliable pass catcher. But only getting 11 balls in 10 games wasn't going to keep him. Interestingly enough, he's almost the exact same size as Joly, though he may be a better blocker. Also like Joly, he had one of his best games against Tennessee.
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Don’t know if I’d call Brown a reliable pass catcher but Dingle does seem to be underrated
 
#484
#484
Amusing study in fan dynamics. Princeton Fant was on campus four seasons before he saw consistent action. Then in two seasons under Heupel (specially the final), he became this player you couldn’t replace. As far as tight end in its textbook form, Castles was an upgrade…hindered by a QB who didn’t see the whole field and make quick progressions. Heupel simply managed to tinker with Fant’s responsibilities and create a jack of all trades role.
 
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#487
#487
NighthawkVol said:
I know you as a poster well enough to know that, well, you know. So this isn't meant to disparage you or attack what you know. But given what you're saying, which I have no reason not to believe, the reasoning on the part of the coaches is circular. But according to what you're saying:

-We have 7-8 win talent for next year.
-It's year 4 of Heupel's tenure. Heupel said when he was hired that he intends to compete for championships immediately. Now I'm sure that was a bit of hyperbole, but he certainly knows that Year 4 at Tennessee, the expectations aren't 7/8 wins. It's to compete for championships, as he stated.
-In order to compete with Georgia/Alabama, we need more dudes.
-We're not attacking the portal because there aren't enough dudes there.

Except there are dudes there. We don't get a lot of them because we don't attack the portal. Alabama got Burton and Ricks from the portal. And the LT from Vandy last year. FSU got Keon Coleman and Jared Verse from the portal. Georgia got RaRa Thomas. Colorado got Travis Hunter and the TE. I haven't named a single QB. There are plenty of plug and play talented players from the portal, but YOU HAVE TO GO AFTER THEM. In fact, Tennessee has gotten Bru McCoy, Omar Norman-Lott, Keenan Pili, and John Campbell from the portal.

So we're just gonna sit tight with a 7/8-win roster and hope to keep building...in year 4? Really? That makes ZERO sense. If you don't have the talent on your roster, you do what you can to get it. And in the era of the portal, there's no reason not to.
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Relax
 
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#488
This may have already been asked and addressed elsewhere (I've missed it if it has) but do we have any idea of when we'll know if all of these SRs with an extra year will be back?
 
#489
#489
MarcoVol said:
Barring an injury to Nico….

Chattanooga, Kent St, Vandy, MS St, UTEP, Arkansas are all wins.

That’s 6.

That leaves Bama, UGA, OK, UK, FL, and NC St.

UGA & Bama will be stacked like always.

OK lost their starting QB.

UK will start a guy with 21 career attempts.

FL who knows but it’s in Neyland.

NC St MJ Morris threw 7 td and 5 INT last season.

Just seems like you’re only taking into consideration Vols roster and QB situation.
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I can't count the number of times I read how we would stand a real chance to beat Bama and Georgia this year because they were losing great QBs. It was in the hundreds.

I am just speculating because of an inexperienced QB without all the elite talent that a Bama and Georgia has. Give me their talent and I would feel better.

Come August when all the rosters are set, I will be ready to predict. I predicted 9 for 2023 in August
 
#491
#491
UTwild82 said:
This may have already been asked and addressed elsewhere (I've missed it if it has) but do we have any idea of when we'll know if all of these SRs with an extra year will be back?
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I think they will need to know by the early signing date so by mid week next week.
 
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#494
#494
LWSVOL said:
I can't count the number of times I read how we would stand a real chance to beat Bama and Georgia this year because they were losing great QBs. It was in the hundreds.

I am just speculating because of an inexperienced QB without all the elite talent that a Bama and Georgia has. Give me their talent and I would feel better.

Come August when all the rosters are set, I will be ready to predict. I predicted 9 for 2023 in August
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They were up 20-7 on Bama at half. Had the offense been able to stay on the field in the 2nd half, that’s a different game. They’re competing.

If Joe just ran the ball more willingly throughout the season, they might have won another game.

I know you’re skeptical of a young RS Freshman, but there’s a long list of elite RS Freshmen QB’s. CJH doesn’t miss often on his QB evaluations and we have a large sample size to work with.
 
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#495
#495
MarcoVol said:
Don’t know if I’d call Brown a reliable pass catcher but Dingle does seem to be underrated
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Really?

He led the team in receptions and was 3rd in yds and TDs.

90 recs, 1067 yds, and 7 TDs in two years. I'd take him.
 
#497
#497
LotteryPick said:
They were up 20-7 on Bama at half. Had the offense been able to stay on the field in the 2nd half, that’s a different game. They’re competing.

If Joe just ran the ball more willingly throughout the season, they might have won another game.

I know you’re skeptical of a young RS Freshman, but there’s a long list of elite RS Freshmen QB’s. CJH doesn’t miss often on his QB evaluations and we have a large sample size to work with.
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I think the kid likely ends up a really good QB. Even Peyton struggled the first half of the year when he started playing.

I have list of five star QBs back to 2003. Half failed to meet expectations with the school they signed with.

I just want to see how the kid competes in Norman next year to judge him.
 
#498
#498
LWSVOL said:
I can't count the number of times I read how we would stand a real chance to beat Bama and Georgia this year because they were losing great QBs. It was in the hundreds.

I am just speculating because of an inexperienced QB without all the elite talent that a Bama and Georgia has. Give me their talent and I would feel better.

Come August when all the rosters are set, I will be ready to predict. I predicted 9 for 2023 in August
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Totally but those teams I mentioned aren’t on Bama and UGA’s level.
 
#500
#500
MarcoVol said:
We’ve offered 8-9 dudes. Granted like half of them are TEs. But how many portal guys you expecting to take?
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Originally thought we'd go for 10-12. We are in legit roster trouble with the imbalances caused by the disasters that were the '20 and '21 classes.

However, with the number that are coming back, and not hearing of Sophomores being processed.... I don't know how we even make the numbers work to take more than 3-4, and 2 of them will definitely be TEs.

We are going to need a lot of production from under classman in the secondary and on the offensive line if this continues ... and I don't know how to feel about that.
 
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