Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

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volsagain said:
It's so hard to predict these bowl games. Most teams want even resemble what they were in regular season. Opt outs and going pro and transfer portal.
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More reason to only predict and care about regular season records. Bowl games are just the biggest crapshoot ever now and don't reflect your actual team unless you're in the playoffs.


*that said if we beat Clemson then it should be viewed as a referendum on Dabo and Heupel is the greatest coach ever 😁 *
 
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MarcoVol said:
What makes an opinion an agenda?

If we had just smacked a team by laying 60 on em, we would laugh when anyone from their fanbase tried to speak like we were less than. Same goes for this situation. Of course that is simply my opinion.
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Well once again, one game is not a basis for or against smack talking.

Found this short version on the internet so it must be true....

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY
54-0 1929
LONGEST WIN STREAK
12
1993-2004

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY
63-38 2022
LONGEST WIN STREAK
3
2010-2012

Don't see any reason to think their 25 point victory this year trumps our 25 point victory from last year.... so the rest of the facts support smack talk being at fan discretion.
 
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Devo182 said:
More reason to only predict and care about regular season records. Bowl games are just the biggest crapshoot ever now and don't reflect your actual team unless you're in the playoffs.


*that said if we beat Clemson then it should be viewed as a referendum on Dabo and Heupel is the greatest coach ever 😁 *
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Agree. Bowl games don’t even matter anymore. What is crazy is that bowl games are so heavily promoted and are so many in number.
 
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Devo182 said:
More reason to only predict and care about regular season records. Bowl games are just the biggest crapshoot ever now and don't reflect your actual team unless you're in the playoffs.


*that said if we beat Clemson then it should be viewed as a referendum on Dabo and Heupel is the greatest coach ever 😁 *
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Exactly we win we're flying high all the way to next season begins. We come up short , wait until we replace all of our pieces. We'll be ready to win the east , Boozka Joe for Heisman 🤠
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
Well once again, one game is not a basis for or against smack talking.

Found this short version on the internet so it must be true....

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY
54-0 1929
LONGEST WIN STREAK
12
1993-2004

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY
63-38 2022
LONGEST WIN STREAK
3
2010-2012

Don't see any reason to think their 25 point victory this year trumps our 25 point victory from last year.... so the rest of the facts support smack talk being at fan discretion.
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No one cares about 2 years ago.

They beat us. Handily. They can talk. Learn how to take it if you wanna dish it out.

By your logic, UT can’t dog Alabama because of 1 game… gtfo with that weak sauce.
 
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BaldBiker said:
With more nobodies, has beens and never knows if necessary. Tennessee football is fun again. The rest will come when it comes.

I love you man, just enjoy the ride for a minute.
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Who’s not enjoying it? We aren’t allowed to talk about portal/recruiting any more in the RF?
 
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Wait the fu** a minute! Am I seeing post, in THIS forum, with people all of a sudden giving a fu** about how we are perceived by others?

GTFOOH!

Let me, for the most part, spell that out for you

GET THE FU** OUT OF HERE!

We did what we did last year with the (after 30+) trailers and the rejects from other schools. After mustard bottles and golf balls! This team...our players, our coaches...our fans...banned together and let the.college football world know...we.may have been forgotten for a while, but we are not dead!

WERE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!

We'll be back.. and THEY WILL NEVER FORGET US AGAIN!
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Yeah but other than Bru we really didn’t land a difference maker in the portal last year. We need to do better
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Yes--- I am shaking my head at this point that we don't have at least one high-tier transfer WR already in the boat... it should be a no brainer to come and play here at that position... Instant playing time in the secondary and guaranteed time at LB and probably starting if you put in the work... yet here we are. Still tons of time left and I have faith the staff is working behind the scenes, but I certainly would have thought we'd have seen more smoke by now...
 
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Devo182 said:
Seeing ads for the playoffs sucks. Like salt in the wound.

Almost was us 😪

But better than being 8-4 and again in some lame bowl. Our time is nigh and I'm here for it.

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It’s agonizing how close we got. But almost no one outside of @VolsDoc81TX predicted we’d get that close. Gotta take the good with the bad.
 
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WillAtSpyre said:
Question for the group - I like video games but don’t watch twitch or streams, is there a guy on the team that streams games? Have a potential opportunity for a guy but need a gamer
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Keeping Score - coming soon regularly.
Dylan and Squirrel here tonight.
 

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MoCo_Vol said:
I've really tried to be more vulnerable and open to my own son as I've gotten older. I feel like that mask that dad's often wear of being the "rock" is too much burden to bear, not just for me but for my son as well who may one day be a father himself. I want him to know dad messes up, that I make mistakes, that I get upset and emotional too. I'm quick to apologize to him when I raise my voice or when I ignore his feelings. I still punish him when he deserves it, but we often have heart to heart conversations about "why" and we both open up. It's been one of the best things I've done as a father.

I hope when he's older he remembers and appreciates that he got to see his dad was with fault, but the effort to better was always present.
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Reminds me of my dad. He was tough as hell on me when I was growing up. He was also a single dad. Things I didn’t understand until I was mature enough to do so. He softened up as he aged and he was the person I was closest to as an adult.

Trust me man, they’ll appreciate everything you’re doing. I owe everything to my old man. And don’t feel bad for being tough on them, they’ll appreciate that too. And they’ll be better for it.
 
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Memphisvol87 said:
I agree, wanting us to have elite players to go with a great head coach is a no brainer. After all those years with neither or half the puzzle. I’d love to keep winning like this year.
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We all do my man, we are not even a rebuilding team right now, much less a reloading team.

For now... we are what we are. A great coach who has to rebuild a team (from the dumpster fire it was) however he can.
 
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