Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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bignewt said:
I'm a bit worried about florida's rbs. You know Franks sucks so they are going to try and run, run, run. We need Shy and the LBs to come up big Saturday.
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Their RBs don't seem scary to me. Pruitt has played Mullen enough to know what he wants to do. I wouldn't worry about Franks too much running in read/option like you normally see from Mullen. Franks isn't built to be that type of QB. He can't take that beating like a Tebow/Dak/Fitz. They will do it just not as much as he would like. Prob more RPO than QB/RB read option
 
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Behr said:
Sup bro. You can pass it along if you want. I like to salt and pepper it, fry it for about a minute then dump it in the garbage where it belongs. Then start cooking the good stuff.
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I'm not a huge fan of gator, but I like to dredge inch sized pieces in corn meal, then pan fry at medium-high heat in oil with a high smoking point (I prefer avocado oil), and then top with Sauce Piquante. If you can't find Sauce Piquante, or don't want to go to the trouble of preparing a roux based sauce, regular hot sauce will go just fine with the gator.
 
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T Dog said:
Cox is still committed, dont assume, I hope we get him. Need more 300+ DL. I would say Middleton is a prime candidate for blushirt. Who else is the lower ranked cruits we have.
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I know he’s still committed but he doesn’t seem to have any interaction with our current class and I can’t recall the last time he visited or made plans to visit. Just seems like it’s a forgone conclusion he’s gone. I’m not wishing him away by any means.

Can Middleton blueshirt? I thought part of the blue shirt rules was a recruit couldn’t have visited. Middleton has been to campus repeatedly iirc
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
I know he’s still committed but he doesn’t seem to have any interaction with our current class and I can’t recall the last time he visited or made plans to visit. Just seems like it’s a forgone conclusion he’s gone. I’m not wishing him away by any means.

Can Middleton blueshirt? I thought part of the blue shirt rules was a recruit couldn’t have visited. Middleton has been to campus repeatedly iirc
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Even his post-commitment quotes sounded like he wasn’t committed. Classic case of just committing somewhere to hold a spot just in case.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
I know he’s still committed but he doesn’t seem to have any interaction with our current class and I can’t recall the last time he visited or made plans to visit. Just seems like it’s a forgone conclusion he’s gone. I’m not wishing him away by any means.

Can Middleton blueshirt? I thought part of the blue shirt rules was a recruit couldn’t have visited. Middleton has been to campus repeatedly iirc
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I see your point on Cox . Did not realize he has not been visiting or having contact with others we have committed. As far as Middleton, got me there too, who else we got committed that has not visited. Has Clemons.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
I know he’s still committed but he doesn’t seem to have any interaction with our current class and I can’t recall the last time he visited or made plans to visit. Just seems like it’s a forgone conclusion he’s gone. I’m not wishing him away by any means.

Can Middleton blueshirt? I thought part of the blue shirt rules was a recruit couldn’t have visited. Middleton has been to campus repeatedly iirc
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I thought they couldn't officially visit. Not sure if he's been on an official.
 
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Anyone else ever try the swamp platter at Kenansville Country Store? Came with just about every wiggly marsh critter battered and fried. Served with swamp cabbage. Pure deliciousness.

Looks like the place I was thinking of is now called Griffis.
 
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Found this
The biggest distinction for blueshirts however, is that the rule interpretation mandates that the players in question are not recruited.

That is defined by the NCAA as not having any of the following: an official visit to the school or a letter of intent issued for the student athlete to submit.

If neither of those have occurred, the player is eligible to be a blueshirt beginning the day after fall camp starts. At that point, he may be awarded a scholarship and counted forwarded to the next year’s recruiting class.
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Like many others I've been trying to figure out our offensive line. This is what I've got so far and it's just my opinion.

I continue to disagree with the idea that we don’t have a good offensive line. I think it is way too premature to make that determination one way or the other. I do however think it is likely correct to suggest that our offensive line is probably some measure of distance away from being “ready” for the defenses we’re going to be facing over the next few weeks. The good thing is barring injury we should see improvement to some degree from week to week. Jmo.

This game should give us a good measuring stick for the progress of our offensive line. As I understand what we’re doing our offensive scheme sometimes calls for gap blocking and sometimes (probably most often depending on play calling) uses zone blocking. Zone blocking is as I read more difficult to master because assignments aren’t always cut and dry and both communication among our linemen and the running back’s ability to read blocks are critical for success.

Experience, or reps, is the best teacher for linemen. They have to be able to make quick decisions in the chaotic moment right after the ball is snapped and they need to have a really good feel for what their fellow linemen are going to be deciding for themselves. Who is going to block who? This is not a static contest between offensive and defensive personnel; it is extremely dynamic with a lot of motion, some expected, some not. Blocking assignments are also not always static.

The most complicated part of the offense is the line of scrimmage and it’s also arguably the most difficult to master. This is the primary reason youth and/or inexperience on the offensive line is such a liability for the offense. It’s a lot easier to plug and play skill position personnel than it is on the line. The offensive line has a best five unit and a second best five unit. It doesn’t matter who the individual players are; it matters which five are the best unit and which five are the second best unit. Even finding that out is a discovery process that takes time and film evaluation.

We have limited starts/snaps for all of our offensive linemen in their current positions in this scheme. They have precious little time playing together. I’m not sure how many snaps are necessary to develop a first rate offensive line but I think from a snap count perspective for the same five unit it’s probably at least a few hundred if not more. As a general rule an offensive line is not built overnight. Interestingly, some coaches claim talent is arguably not as important as know-how and/or experience, five guys knowing each other well enough and knowing what has to get done that they are able to work together to accomplish a unit objective.

It is probably going to be really easy over the next few weeks to on occasions criticize the performance of our offensive line because it’s a steep learning curve that they are and have been facing so I think it might be more enjoyable from a fan perspective during this continuing time of growing pains to focus on those plays where it looks like they got that one right. Jmo.
 
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millst987 said:
“I know folks are wondering if Tennessee will dial up more blitzes Saturday against UF ... but the data suggests the best way to get Franks off rhythm is with simply four-man pressures.

UF's quarterback is 12 of 19 with 5 touchdowns when blitzed, per PFF. However, he is just 3 of 14 for 22 yards when facing pressure by a standard rush.”

-Jesse Simonton

This actually surprised me to be honest.
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However interesting these stats might sound, they smell a bit to me. Someone's manipulating numbers or cherry picking plays, IMO.

According to the above numbers, Franks has 33 attempts where he's faced either a blitz or normal pressure from four-men. Yet he has another 44 attempts, which represent a significant majority of his total pass attempts, that are unaccounted for. On those 44 attempts (which represents almost 60% of his pass attempts), it would subsequently stand to reason he was rushed by only 3 men (or less). Admittedly, I have no idea what types of defenses Franks faced, but I find it very difficult to believe that Charleston Southern, Kentucky and Colorado State game-planned Florida with the idea they could compete with primarily 3 men (or less) rushing the passer for the majority of the time.

There's likely some validity that Franks & Florida have handled the blitz pretty well, but I'm certainly not relying or putting much credence in PFF's figures to support the point.
 
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