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VolsDoc81TX said:
Was a brain surgeon. After 31st birthday, downgraded to Sports Medicine 😂

Don’t drink much at all now. Being at Tennessee for undergrad, I had a National Championship caliber liver, but it has long since retired. 🤠
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I had to give up alcohol when my original liver decided to go kaput. And no, alcohol isn't what killed it. Had NASH.


I miss alcohol.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Seen some mention about Mizzu feasting on weaker competition for most it’s numbers. I get it but heck we didn’t even put up good offense against weak opponents under Pruitt. So it’s a start. Also mizzu wasn’t a loaded roster by any means he had nobodies putting up big numbers around Lock. They were last place in conference offensively before he got there so it was bad. He has also evolved his offense even more since then similar to how he expanded on his Oklahoma offense. Eventually the kind of athlete he could recruit at TN will be more like what he had at Oklahoma but with using some of his evolution as a play caller.

I’m interested to see what it looks like and how it tweaks it what he will have at TN.
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I honestly think we have really good WRs and no one gonna see if comin cept VolNation
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
Good Lord, 31 shots? Of tequila? I don’t care how old you were at the time (he!!, I don’t think I could have done it in my 20’s, and I was in the military) Only one question, was it worth it, or do you even remember if it was?
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Someone told you you took 31 shots of tequila. No way to survive 31 shots of that loco liquor
 
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Something to know if not already posted, Sam Bradford was a 5.7 3-star quarterback according to Rivals (2006) and Landry Jones was a 5.8 4-star also according to rivals (2008). 247 also had Bradford as a 3-star and Jones as a 4-star. I think Bradford was much more mobile than Jones. I’d compare Bailey to Jones and maybe Salter and Maurer to Bradford. jmo.

Yesterday I had a post that showed we should forget about the Time of Possession stat in regards to our new approach to football at Tennessee. Heupel’s offenses will typically have the ball for between 22 and 24 minutes per game which means our defense will be on the field for around 36-38 minutes per game. I said it was probably more important to look at how many snaps the defense was playing rather than the clock time they were on the field. I suspect our media may not point this out and will instead mislead some of our lesser informed fans with the notion that we are getting killed in TOP. They’ll probably save this nugget for when we lose so they can get everyone riled up. I don’t even know if we can count on the radio guys to be informed about this. I figure it’s up to you and me and the quarterbacks on the Big Orange Hotline to spread the word. jmo.

In 2013 against Oregon we had the ball for 34:18 and the Ducks had it for 25:42. We got beat 59-14. We ran 67 plays; they ran 76. Time is irrelevant. jmo.

Anyway, so looking at Heupel’s history and weighting it more for his time at UCF I think we can expect our defense to play an addition 10-12 snaps per game above and beyond what we have been accustomed to. Now the fast paced offense isn’t always the cause of the defense having to play more snaps. If they can’t get off the field then that is on them. We will need to have enough depth so that we can manage the snap counts for our guys on that side of the ball, and they’ll need to be in top condition, else wise we may end up losing a lot of 4th quarter games. jmo.

So here’s a couple of data tables that hopefully paints a somewhat better picture of this. DE stands for defensive efficiency. It’s a ranking so a lower number is better. If we suck at defensive efficiency, which we often have, it means we can’t get off the field and our opponents are probably going to score a lot of points. As you can see in the comparison of scoring offense to scoring defense, Heupel usually has a good defense to work with and some of the margins he creates is likely going to put us in games that nobody thinks we have any business being in, that is, providing our defense holds up. jmo.

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GiggerVol said:
No one should ever knock NB. They are the only tennis shoe I have worn for the past 20 or so years. Didn't know much about them back then but my Ortho doctor told me to give them a try and he also stated at that time that NB was THE MOST recommended athletic shoe at that time. I have never looked back.
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Been wearing them for 20+ years. First pair I had was "go fasters" on parris Island in 94'. Then I found out they was American made and of course I always back that over cheap made sweat shop shoes anyday.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
For my 31st birthday, I drank 31 shots of tequila. Beer chasers. Received a lifetime ban from a bar. Had a hangover for a week.

Good times. Definitely put a stop to binging. Whew. Hurts just thinking about that birthday.
Glad that I am too old for that now...
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Glad you are still with us, that would have keeled me.
 
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captainfalcon777 said:
I feel like you’ve lived everywhere for at least 7 years at a time. You must be 700 years old at this point.

But hey, Go Bucs!
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Lol..I am 52 and I've actually lived in seven different states and four of those twice in my lifetime...and no it wasn't the military, my Dad is a minister...which is kind of the same.

Edit: Make that eight states, we were in southern Ohio for about six months one time in the mid eighties...I forget about that one sometimes because so much was going on in our lives at the time.
 
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screenthis said:
Interesting. I lived in Tampa for almost 20 years and now am in North Alabama. With your previous comment, I thought you were referring to Tampa. Some salt of the earth. Lots of crazy there.
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I love the Tampa Bay area..it is a cool mixture of a lot of cultures. There are a lot of little groups of immigrants from all over the world in that area.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Kirby is a bad coach masked by talent. He shouldve won the SEC multiple times. I think they are growing tired of him in Athens.
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Yeah...my son tells me that there is a growing sense of dissatisfaction and frustration among the UGA fanbase..but that Kirby's great recruiting after every failed season serves to cool those feelings off. I wonder how long that will last?
 
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captainfalcon777 said:
Someone told you you took 31 shots of tequila. No way to survive 31 shots of that loco liquor
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They cut me off at 20. my personal receipt had 11 more...so yup. Definitely not proud. Actually use that to illustrate how dangerous a binge could be. Acute alcohol poisoning can occur with way less than what I had that evening... I am lucky there wasn’t a very bad consequence.
 
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