Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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vol2002 said:
I’m trying to recall a recent seasons where we had significant preseason or first of season injuries to key contributors. Here’s what I remember:

2011 - Justin Hunter; Tyler Bray
2012 - Curt Maggitt
2013 - terrible team so injuries didn’t matter
2014 - ditto 2013, but I’m also forgetting
2015 - Marquez North
2016 - Jaylen Reeves-Maybin; Cam Sutton
2017 - Jauan Jennings
2018 - Brandon Kennedy
2019 - Emmitt Gooden

In that context this year’s injury doesn’t seem at all unusual, and arguably isn’t the most significant we’ve had. 2011, 2012 and 2016 in particular might have been very different seasons without those injuries (and others that happened later in the season those years).

It’s football. It happens.
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Yeah, but I think one of the reasons these seem so devastating is that is speaks to a chronic lack of depth.
 
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TheTimeIsNow said:
I don't usually do this, as a matter of fact I've never done it. The last 4 days have been hell on earth for me. I woke up Sunday is so much pain I literally thought I was dying. Rushed to the ER just to be told I have kidney stones. I passed the stone the next day without much incident but only to be rushed back to the ER later that day in worse pain. Different hospital, they told me no more stones, jacked me up on pain meds and sent me home. Next day, major pain, went to see an urologist, emergency surgery. Kidney getting backed up and infected, stent put in, 101.6 temp. I thank god for that urologist. He is my hero.

I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemies.
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Holy cow. Glad someone figured it out. That sounds scary and very painful.
 
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volinbama256 said:
LAWD I hope for Bass's sake and everyone's that he strings together an entire positive camp and is ready to head hunt, not rep hunt, this fall.... he has a long way to go though... a few practices mean nothing... Butcher, Bates, Bryant, etc all say hi!
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Positive practice reports about him right now mean just as much as the negative ones do.
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
One of the worst injury blows was when we lost J. Allen, early in the Georgia game (mid2000s?) He was our captain, and previous year lead the SEC in tackles, as a DB!
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From an optimistic view - think of 1998.

Most hopes of elite RB play rested on the shoulders of Jamal Lewis. He goes down 2 1/2 games into the season and Travis Henry does nothing less than take the bull by the horns and go full BEAST MODE the next 11 1/2 games. We can always hope for that. It's happened before and can happen again.
 
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Devo182 said:
From an optimistic view - think of 1998.

Most hopes of elite RB play rested on the shoulders of Jamal Lewis. He goes down 2 1/2 games into the season and Travis Henry does nothing less than take the bull by the horns and go full BEAST MODE the next 11 1/2 games. We can always hope for that. It's happened before and can happen again.
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Man, i was at the Auburn game and witnessed the Lewis injury. Then watched Henry become possibly the most dominant back ever at UT. GBO.
 
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Sleegro said:
15 and 16 was basically the whole team both years. I think by the a&m game in 16 we had lost our top 5 dt's, top lb and top cornerback. Just on the defense. It was absurd. That's when I started realizing it wasn't bad luck. It was systematic from the head coach down. That's why I thought butch should have been fired before the bowl game in 16 despite starting so well. And definitely had no business coaching in 17.
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Sleegro said:
15 and 16 was basically the whole team both years. I think by the a&m game in 16 we had lost our top 5 dt's, top lb and top cornerback. Just on the defense. It was absurd. That's when I started realizing it wasn't bad luck. It was systematic from the head coach down. That's why I thought butch should have been fired before the bowl game in 16 despite starting so well. And definitely had no business coaching in 17.
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It was '16 and '17 when we led the country in lost starts due to injury. I agree it went from "bad luck" to systemic issues in a hurry.
 
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Big Sun said:
Man, i was at the Auburn game and witnessed the Lewis injury. Then watched Henry become possibly the most dominant back ever at UT. GBO.
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Thats a tough one ...What Chuck Webb did was imo head and shoulders above everyone.
Next up Travis Stephens running all over Florida...
Jamal Lewis freshman season was ridiculous, ashame he couldn't play much at UF.
 
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fearsvols said:
Thats a tough one ...What Chuck Webb did was imo head and shoulders above everyone.
Next up Travis Stephens running all over Florida...
Jamal Lewis freshman season was ridiculous, ashame he couldn't play much at UF.
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Mark Levine was better and knew the blocking scheme. Lol
 
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