Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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chargervol said:
Ainge is going to go with whatever sounds the best for sure. Unless he meant as a whole, our former teams were a bit top heavy at times.
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Yeah, those teams were definitely top heavy so maybe it's that. You could argue S&C was already terrible by '16 so maybe the guys didn't look as strong then as this team does.

More likely he's just blowing smoke. I remember in 2012 a lot of talk that UT finally 'looked the part' before turning in a dumpster fire of a season.
 
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drvenner said:
Good. I made the mistake of listening to the Sports Animal at lunch, and Heather just would not shut up about the media's limited access. She made it sound like the fans were being punished by CJP not allowing much media.
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We’re punished every time she opens her mouth...except for whomever she’s dating.
 
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ob79 said:
If I was in front of you, I might smack you with a rolled up newspaper...

There is no known universe where Clausen, Dobbs, OR Tee is better than Heath F'ing Shuler.

Maybe you're too young. Maybe it's because he left his Junior year, like a dweeb. Maybe it's because Peyton overshadows virtually everything. I don't know.

But we're talking about a QB who finished second in the Heisman his Junior year and would have been the odds on favorite to win the Heisman, on a team that would have likely been a major contender for the national championship, during his senior year, if he hadn't left and BEEN DRAFTED THIRD OVERALL IN THE NFL DRAFT.

Good Lord, y'all...Condredge Holloway is arguably better than Tee and Casey....
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Easy easy Ashlee’s dad! That opinion hasn’t even been notarized. 😲
 
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I am not sure why college football coaches don't operate more like NFL coaches/organizations. In practices that are open the media can watch the entire practice and comment on players all they want (i.e. Player X made several great catches, the OL struggled a bit, Player Y left practice early with trainers, etc.).... but they can't comment on plays, formations, stuff like that. Being that "transparent" doesn't seem to hurt NFL teams, so why don't colleges follow suit?
 
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pierce60 said:
I am not sure why college football coaches don't operate more like NFL coaches/organizations. In practices that are open the media can watch the entire practice and comment on players all they want (i.e. Player X made several great catches, the OL struggled a bit, Player Y left practice early with trainers, etc.).... but they can't comment on plays, formations, stuff like that. Being that "transparent" doesn't seem to hurt NFL teams, so why don't colleges follow suit?
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Imo it protects the players from constant critiques from fans. I don’t think more of that is a good thing for 18-21 year olds
 
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utvols88 said:
The media members are a bunch of dorks reporting on something they know little about. Take every single thing reported in the last decade and notice that it is wrong significantly more often than not. Who cares if they are shut out of practice. They are worthless mouth breathers anyways.
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And let’s be honest here: there’s no reason to have sports writers at every practice anyway.

Sure we all love the nuggets we can get about who’s looking good in practice or making buzz in camp, but having reporters post articles online about every practice just means more crap to deal with for the coaches an players.

Sometimes a player may have a bad day or week and need to put it behind them and move on. But thats harder to do with reporters writing about every time a guy gets a bit of an a** chewing and fans online rushing to call a kid a bust over it. Likewise having reporters fawn over them can go to some kids’ heads.

Having reporters there all the time just means more distractions for the team. Most football coaches just want to focus on football and the current state of sports media makes that more difficult.
 
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pierce60 said:
I am not sure why college football coaches don't operate more like NFL coaches/organizations. In practices that are open the media can watch the entire practice and comment on players all they want (i.e. Player X made several great catches, the OL struggled a bit, Player Y left practice early with trainers, etc.).... but they can't comment on plays, formations, stuff like that. Being that "transparent" doesn't seem to hurt NFL teams, so why don't colleges follow suit?
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NFL players get paid a lot to be under that spectacle and NFL teams can cut a player basically any time they want (though there may be financial repercussions).

College players are compensated far less and programs more or less have to make a 3-5 year commitment to them when they’re 18.

If we’re going to classify college players as amateurs, I think we should shield them from the total media coverage that pros are paid highly to endure.
 
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ob79 said:
If I was in front of you, I might smack you with a rolled up newspaper...

There is no known universe where Clausen, Dobbs, OR Tee is better than Heath F'ing Shuler.

Maybe you're too young. Maybe it's because he left his Junior year, like a dweeb. Maybe it's because Peyton overshadows virtually everything. I don't know.

But we're talking about a QB who finished second in the Heisman his Junior year and would have been the odds on favorite to win the Heisman, on a team that would have likely been a major contender for the national championship, during his senior year, if he hadn't left and BEEN DRAFTED THIRD OVERALL IN THE NFL DRAFT.

Good Lord, y'all...Condredge Holloway is arguably better than Tee and Casey....
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THIS is the correct answer. I started watching UT football in the mid 70s and my top five QBs would be:
Peyton
Shuler
Dobbs
The Artfull Dodger (C. Holloway)
Tee
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
NFL players get paid a lot to be under that spectacle and NFL teams can cut a player basically any time they want (though there may be financial repercussions).

College players are compensated far less and programs more or less have to make a 3-5 year commitment to them when they’re 18.

If we’re going to classify college players as amateurs, I think we should shield them from the total media coverage that pros are paid highly to endure.
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I think that is totally fair. These are honest questions on my part....why don't college coaches just come out and say that? Or an AD or SID?
 
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pierce60 said:
I think that is totally fair. These are honest questions on my part....why don't college coaches just come out and say that? Or an AD or SID?
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I’d say a statement like that might rub fans the wrong way. It would be seen as a coach suggesting the fans are the enemy. That’s true at times but a coach never wants to be seen as saying anything close to that imo
 
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rocktopper16 said:
Personally, I think it should happen. I wanna defense like we had!
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From a guy who hasn't had 10 sacks OR 60 tackles in a single season, yet? I think Evans & Landry both are going to have big seasons this year.

Clowney wants a big deal and hasn't produced on the field yet, and he's on a defense that has Watt so you know he's not the first priority in blocking schemes.
 
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Can JG make the throws in Chaney’s offense? Watching the Florida Georgia game and Fromm really has to have a nice touch to his short routes. Especially on comebacks. I like the way Chaney works his high slants. It fits Callaway perfect. Just hope we have another Tightend step up as his uses them often.
 
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The Athletic ranked every college football program, and Tennessee checks in at #64, which is 10 spots higher than our Week 2 opponent BYU at #54. The only Power 5 school on our schedule ranked below us is Vandy. It's going to take a hell of a first few games to convince the national press that we're worth a crap.

I'm getting as pumped up as others on here by all the camp/scrimmage reports, but I'm desperately trying to reel my expectations back in to something realistic (I'm hovering in that 7-5, 6-6 world right now).
 
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