walk-on Jacob Gilliam bidding for Tiny's LT spot

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I honestly don't care who our OL is as long as they are mean, nasty and knock the D on their backside. :good!:
 
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Justin Britt who was Mizzou's best OL last fall and got conference honors was a 2* recruit. Talented players do get missed.
 
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sjt18 said:
Justin Britt who was Mizzou's best OL last fall and got conference honors was a 2* recruit. Talented players do get missed.
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Everyone always finds some obscure tidbit of data. A walk on vying for a LT spot is usually not a good sign. Not 100% of the time but more than not.
 
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velovol said:
Everyone always finds some obscure tidbit of data. A walk on vying for a LT spot is usually not a good sign. Not 100% of the time but more than not.
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I don't disagree. But OL is probably the most difficult group for the recruiting svcs to grade. More than any other position group, low rated players become all-conference players and NFL draftees.

That said, I think this season hinges on two things. One, Saulsberry's return. Two, find a LT.
 
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AZVOLSFAN said:
Well, the last time, that I recall, our Vols had a walk-on that started on the O-line we made a bowl game. Remember the Sullins twins? Maybe it's a sign....
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you mean that time that a 255lb interior lineman got absolutely manhandled by Terrence Cody twice to lose a game and giftwrap a championship to the Bammers
 
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VolAllen said:
How is it that all these "busts" always occur on our roster and not our rivals?!?
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Back in the day, those players had to go thru the Urban Meyer rehabilitation/reeducation process or the Richt "12 strikes and your out" policy.
 
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Freak said:
JimmyHyams: Wed 02:48pm UT walk-on senior OL Jacob Gilliam of Farragut will likely be put on scholarship, per Butch Jones. Gilliam won LT job in the spring.
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Good for Gilliam earning a sccholarship. It's still concerning to me that a walk on beat out the JUCO we recruited for the LT position.
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I seen some pics on facebook of Gillam lifting a couple months back kid was killing the squat! No one knew who he was till a rather good looking chick showed up claiming to be his big sis.I think this one may just suprise this year.
 
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crusse10 said:
you mean that time that a 255lb interior lineman got absolutely manhandled by Terrence Cody twice to lose a game and giftwrap a championship to the Bammers
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Yes, I believe he was talking about that time.
 
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If it makes you feel any better, think of it this way. If the coaches would want to put our best tackle at LT, then Gilliam didn't just beat out Blair, but also Sanders, Kendrick, Kerbyson, Coleman and Pair. :question:

It's a long time before we play our next SEC game; we'll know more before then.
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
If it makes you feel any better, think of it this way. If the coaches would want to put our best tackle at LT, then Gilliam didn't just beat out Blair, but also Sanders, Kendrick, Kerbyson, Coleman and Pair. :question:

It's a long time before we play our next SEC game; we'll know more before then.
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My point exactly. Either Jacob is highly underrated, and all the big schools missed on their evaulation, or we are in deep trouble. Let's hope it's the former.
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VolAllen said:
"Bust" meaning that a "touted" JUNIOR isn't ready to be 1st team, even in preseason PRACTICE. You normally discover a "bust" in game time situations (Peterman, our OL last year, Dobbs, etc..), but a "touted" player normally comes in and works his tail off in practice (or is a freak of nature like CP) to live up to expectations, and earn the starting spot. So to come in and be replaced by a walk-on in just a couple of short weeks had to say something..
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bwahahahahahahaaaaaa! whatever!
 
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VolAllen said:
Until spring practice, Dobbs appeared to be a bust. And we still don't know exactly how good he is..
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Weren't you claiming that you "knew" that Dobbs was #2 on the depth chart a week or two ago?

You can't call someone a bust after one (true freshman) season. Dobbs obviosuly wasn't ready to play and was our only healthy QB. He still has 3 years to leave his mark.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Weren't you claiming that you "knew" that Dobbs was #2 on the depth chart a week or two ago?

You can't call someone a bust after one (true freshman) season. Dobbs obviosuly wasn't ready to play and was our only healthy QB. He still has 3 years to leave his mark.
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Dobbs is #2. #3 and #4 are just worse.
 
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VolAllen said:
Dobbs is #2. #3 and #4 are just worse.
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I'm just curious to know what you see Dobbs and Fergy's ceilings to be.

Both have better raw physical talent than Worley had. If both can improve as much as he's improved over his career, then they could be very good by the time they're upperclassmen. Especially Dobbs with his running ability. With the playmakers we're surrounding him with, all he he has to learn to do to become a very effective QB is to not turn the ball over.

We know he has the physical ability to play QB at a high level. We know he has the intelligence to get the playbook down and lie up an offense. He just needs to learn not to force the ball and avoid turnovers. That's usually something QBs get better at through their college careers.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
I'm just curious to know what you see Dobbs and Fergy's ceilings to be.

Both have better raw physical talent than Worley had. If both can improve as much as he's improved over his career, then they could be very good by the time they're upperclassmen. Especially Dobbs with his running ability. With the playmakers we're surrounding him with, all he he has to learn to do to become a very effective QB is to not turn the ball over.

We know he has the physical ability to play QB at a high level. We know he has the intelligence to get the playbook down and lie up an offense. He just needs to learn not to force the ball and avoid turnovers. That's usually something QBs get better at through their college careers.
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Dobbs could end up being great. He has all the tools, but time will tell if football is his main focus in life. He may have no desire to play QB in the NFL, which would show in his college game. Honestly, I can't imagine Dobbs in the NFL. Not that I don't believe he can be good enough, I just don't see him going that route.

I think Ferg wants it bad, I just have doubts that he's good enough. Now, this is based off hunch and only seeing him play in the Spring game, but even last year, I didn't see big time qb play in his film. Not sure what it was exactly, but it seems like he could be Bray Jr.

Peterman... Jim Bob

In the end, I think it will play out like this:

Worley
Dobbs
Recruit 1
Recruit 2

Peterman ends up graduating, Ferg ends up transferring.
 
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