Recent content by OldVol

The pass to Bru late to set up the field goal was as exciting as any in Tennessee history and I’ve been watching for 65 years.

Paul could very well be right. Aguilar is a pick waiting to happen. He throws a lot of balls in the area of the other players. If we have a really successful year, I have serious doubts that it will be because of Joey. Fortunately we have recruited well. Both young guys were much higher...

Not a lot of difference in the 2 companies. Both are making their apparel with child labor in China. They make just enough in VN and Cambodia to be able to say they do it there. The majority of Adidas factories are in China. There’s no moral high ground for either company. They’re both guilty of...

Gotta keep in mind that we are at the threshold of the settlement being imposed that will limit each school’s ability to pay a player directly from school funds. Moving forward this money will not impact NIL so much. That money will still have to come from outside interests like Spyre. The...

Wilson is the standard for great footballs and should be used by all NCAA schools. There’s too much variation in all of the other brands.

One major problem with the NIL era is the unset market. Some of these kids making pretty good coin will never earn a dime in the NFL and they know it. That’s why so many are transferring. Thomas, in all likelihood, will never make an NFL roster and he’s wanting to make money now. I’m sure he’d...

One major problem with the NIL era is the unset market. Some of these kids making pretty good coin will never earn a dime in the NFL and they know it. That’s why so many are transferring. Thomas, in all likelihood, will never make an NFL roster and he’s wanting to make money now. I’m sure he’d...

Nico wasn’t much better than Milton was the argument, absent the typo. Neither thought it was a bad idea to run out of bounds on the final play of a game with the game on the line. I disagree on the offensive line. Hooker made line play look much better than they were because he got the ball out...

I think that’s relative. We rode a guy in 22 who was tailor made for this offense. He made fast reads and was always a threat to run. Other than at QB, we are better at almost every position than we were in 22. I’d say we’re a QB really clicking with this offense away from being really good. We...

We have seen true freshmen QBs win big in this league. It depends on the player. Merklinger has put on weight and muscle. He’s at 215 now. He’s plenty big enough for the league. How good? Yet to be seen. Last I heard Aguilar is only 220.

Sometimes you end up with the best you can get for the money. Sometimes you’re stuck with a player because you lacked the resources to get a player that you wanted much worse. You start at the top of your board and work your way down and in balancing your budget, you have to take less here to...

Talent evaluation often goes hand in hand with how much cash you have to spend.

If we let Merk and Mac fight it out and go with the best, we will be fine. Not a fan of agular.

Nico was coming into a very good situation this year. Only a very small handful of rosters exceed ours’ and none of them wanted him. I’d dare say a player who can improve not only his finances but the ability to be surrounded by a better cast.

He spent a decade in football purgatory before rising from the ashes at Oxford.