Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[jakez4ut]

i learned a few things today.

1. i think i'm done going to September football games. it's way too freaking hot. and weather dealys in football are as bad as they are in nascar.
2. WVU's offense is really good.
3. we do, in fact, still have a ways to go.
4. i have reached the age where college studen debauchery is no longer entertaining. lol. good for them. i guess i've graduated from it.
5. our offensive line had real problems figuring out who to block. their front gave us problems early, and the early start was hard to come back from.
6. the drive in the 2nd qtr gives me hope for the future. that was a thing of beauty. just need more of it.
7. i'm not ready to crown JG, he has things to work on, but i think i saw enough today to say there's something there to work with.
8. MC was huge.
9. Tim Jordan is pretty darn good. Madre Hill impressed me at times.
10. the defense....i want to rail on the defense. i am not sure how i felt about us lining up so far off the WR's, really thought we'd be more aggressive at the line with them. but i have to give credit. Grier dropped some dimes.
11. i really want to win a game like this. make a statement. Jeremy Pruitt inherited what he inherited. but this whole football thing is a lot more fun when you win.
12. i'm a sore loser.

all in all, i've definitley had better opening weekends. i'm not sure what there is to be gained for a team like ours to play a team like WVU in week one. will we get better? yeah, i think so. tough match up on both sides. but count me in the group that is fine with opening up against inept tech and having a couple cupcakes before we open SEC play with FL. we can play another P5 team later in the year.

lastly, i'm just tired of losing. period.

GBO.

 

[vol2002]

Alright I’m out. I think I know now all I need to know about this team. Gonna be a slog! See you guys later in the year around signing day.

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

Man, if LSU wins we will have the only loss in the SEC in week 1. Doering called it. Makes me sick. Hopefully the team will start clicking in the next 2 games.

 

[VolGee4]

You're right. Go back and read what I posted.

I have admitted my fault is my temper, I'm not going to justify it. If that discredits me, or all the sacrifice and good I have done, and people I have helped..then so be it. But a lot greater men than me have had worse tempers than me, and have done a lot worse, and somehow the Lord forgave them...So please forgive what I said, but you shouldn't have personally attacked me either.

I didn’t think I personally attacked you. I just said that you whine a lot. The constant complaining about effort, defense, whatever just gets old. I understand that everyone has faults. So do I. But I try to be positive, and it is just odd to me that someone in your line of work is just so critical. That’s all.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

If Osborne ain’t even in the FG team then it’s not four TD’s. And one play where we score our third TD then we lose by 13 or 11. Two plays make it a 12 point game even with our D struggling. The freshman CJP recruited played hard and got a first down the last possession. Having freshman play is hard short term but will help long term and the locker room has a better coach to lead them. That’s all I got but their were some positive and one is we don’t have an eyore azz wipe or child molesting enabling coach in our sideline. I think we will see improvement going forward.

Good points. But a LOT of guys on this defense need to go on a trip to the Emerald City and find some heart and some balls. I swear it really makes me wonder if they really even want to play. I don't get it..

 

[jakez4ut]

Man, if LSU wins we will have the only loss in the SEC in week 1. Doering called it. Makes me sick. Hopefully the team will start clicking in the next 2 games.

they will. the next two weeks will be good for this team.

how much does it help afterwards...dunno. i'm sure everyone got a little dose of reality today. self included.

 

[Ashevolle]

Man, if LSU wins we will have the only loss in the SEC in week 1. Doering called it. Makes me sick. Hopefully the team will start clicking in the next 2 games.

Doering will be coaching FCS within 5 years

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

First game in the first year of a multi year rebuild. You need to lighten up. And buckle up! The ride once again is long and bumpy.

The game was disappointing. But almost everyone I listened to in the national media predicted this. I’ve learned to take the pundits seriously. This was always a 5 or 6 win team.

I said it is a 5 or 6 win team. I also said I expected the team to play tougher and more disciplined..I knew this was a tough one, and thought we would likely lose, but I thought, or at least I hoped they would play better and not get embarrassed like this.

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

they will. the next two weeks will be good for this team.

how much does it help afterwards...dunno. i'm sure everyone got a little dose of reality today. self included.

I’m making the 6 hour trip to the UF game. Really don’t want to make that trip to watch them get beat like a drum. I tempered my expectations for this game but it was worse than I thought it would be. I feel a little beat down right now. Maybe I should just go to bed. Im so sick of freaking losing.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I didn’t think I personally attacked you. I just said that you whine a lot. The constant complaining about effort, defense, whatever just gets old. I understand that everyone has faults. So do I. But I try to be positive, and it is just odd to me that someone in your line of work is just so critical. That’s all.

It's not whining, it is calling it what it is. That was a slam and you know it. I am sorry for my original response, and I hate that I feel this way, but I do.

 

[jakez4ut]

I’m making the 6 hour trip to the UF game. Really don’t want to make that trip to watch them get beat like a drum. I tempered my expectations for this game but it was worse than I thought it would be. I feel a little beat down right now. Maybe I should just go to bed. Im so sick of freaking losing.

yeah. i commented on this earlier in the off season. the fans bring the baggage. this staff doesn't have any. they know (and we do too, we just don't want to talk about it, much less admit it) we have a couple/three years of reubild ahead of us.

and that sucks...for us fans. i think anyone with a half a brain would say getting TN back to relevance in 3 years is phenominal. and they're probabl right.

but for us..the fans...it's just another 3 years of suck, hoping it gets better, hanging on every recruit, signeee, play, game etc, etc, etc...

patience be damned...says the fan. we want to freakin' win.

i think this teams gets better as the year goes on. and honeslty we're right on schedule so far with how many of us thought this season would go...lol.

yeah...agreed. i'm going to bed too.

on a positive note, at least we're not michigan?

 

[JacketVol]

Good points. But a LOT of guys on this defense need to go on a trip to the Emerald City and find some heart and some balls. I swear it really makes me wonder if they really even want to play. I don't get it..

Coach has been saying they got to believe in themselves. Some just may not make it back from Butch. If they don’t and don’t do so quickly, they will be on the bench. Some just ain’t got it.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I’m making the 6 hour trip to the UF game. Really don’t want to make that trip to watch them get beat like a drum. I tempered my expectations for this game but it was worse than I thought it would be. I feel a little beat down right now. Maybe I should just go to bed. Im so sick of freaking losing.

I think I should too before everybody on VN hates my guts. I should have never gotten on, but I needed to vent. It isn't the loss that bothers me so bad..

 

[chavisut]

It's not whining, it is calling it what it is. That was a slam and you know it. I am sorry for my original response, and I hate that I feel this way, but I do.

Please remember this when someone post something negative you disagree with.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Please remember this when someone post something negative you disagree with.

I am not negative just for the sake of being negative like some are. Some are just total garbage trolls. I don't want to feel the way I do. And I'm sorry for bringing others down.

 

[JacketVol]

Today’s game sucked.

 

[jakez4ut]

Today’s game sucked.

lol. agreed.

 

[85SugarVol]

Is there a bigger crybaby on VN than McGill?

 

[volfanCLT]

Today’s game sucked.

 

[LA Vol]

Coach has been saying they got to believe in themselves. Some just may not make it back from Butch. If they don’t and don’t do so quickly, they will be on the bench. Some just ain’t got it.

I agree with this. Some guys have maxxed out. The coaches aren't going to be able to fix everybody. Invest in the younger players who're coachable and want to hustle.

 

[85SugarVol]

Micah Abernathy still sucks. Hard.

 

[jakez4ut]

Is there a bigger crybaby on VN than McGill?

hm. i haven't been on all day. but immediately after getting home i basically told everyone to just leave me alone, i unloaded hte truck, put everything away, emptied thre coolers, cleaned all the dishes we used, took a shower, and went upstairs and watched football in my bonus room and sulked....until i could verbalize what i wanted to convey about today's events.

does that count? i just didn't make it public....lol.

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

I think I should too before everybody on VN hates my guts. I should have never gotten on, but I needed to vent. It isn't the loss that bothers me so bad..

It’s all good man. Just shows you genuinely care about your team. You’re hurting like a lot of us. We all vent in different ways.

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

hm. i haven't been on all day. but immediately after getting home i basically told everyone to just leave me alone, i unloaded hte truck, put everything away, emptied thre coolers, cleaned all the dishes we used, took a shower, and went upstairs and watched football in my bonus room and sulked....until i could verbalize what i wanted to convey about today's events.

does that count? i just didn't make it public....lol.

Lol. I probably haven’t said 3 words to my wife since the game ended. Pretty sure she went to bed mad at me. I just didn’t feel like talking. About anything.

 

[vosams]

Should of spent my flight points to Miami for the Titans season opener than to Charlotte. It’s okay though. It’s week 1.