Windy's football discussion thread.

[508mikey]

No 3peat, no grown men barking, no Saban, no rolling tides. It's wonderful, I only hope whoever wins this game beats Michigan.

Is that bandwagon fan Firestorm in NOLA ? They showed a fan that looked like him

 

[Tin Man]

WTF does this mean?

Saban likes Little Debbies. It’s rumored that he always has some on hand. Despondent from the loss, he may not treat them kindly.

 

[Nooga]

@Nooga UGA would have beat Michigan right ?

Doubt it. But I think BAMA shot their shot against us. Their OL/DL didn’t look nearly as dominant as they did in SEC championship game.
It feels like Kirby changes how we play when we face BAMA. Our seniors went 50-4 with 2 of those losses to Saban. He’s gotten in Smart’s head for sure.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Saban likes Little Debbies. It’s rumored that he always has some on hand. Despondent from the loss, he may not treat them kindly.

I still have no idea what this means.

 

[Tin Man]

I still have no idea what this means.

Let it trouble you no more.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Let it trouble you no more.

Okay

 

[GordonC]

Okay

I am glad you will let it trouble you no more.

 

[Behr]

Did you ever know a guy named Al Katzman (sp?). He lived in your neck of the woods, maybe Estero at the end of his life. He told me he’d played at Bama way back when although I never corroborated it.

Can't say I do or did.

 

[joevol33]

Is that bandwagon fan Firestorm in NOLA ? They showed a fan that looked like him

Idk, I missed it

 

[Behr]

I still have no idea what this means.

I'd worry about you if you did. So I too will now let it trouble me no more also.

 

[joevol33]

Both playoff games have been pretty good so far.

 

[NorCalVol67]

I am glad you will let it trouble you no more.

I drink a lot, so I generally dgaf.

 

[joevol33]

Idk if I make through this one

 

[Behr]

I know if I will.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Time to lock up the China...

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

A reminder: Jeremy Pruitt told Penix he wasn't wanted in Knoxville...

 

[malinoisvol]

Bama and Texas have entered the viewing audience.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Bama and Texas have entered the viewing audience.

 

[joevol33]

Tennessee won, ala**** lost, I slept like a baby

 

[Behr]

Tennessee won, ala**** lost and gaters were fishing ...I slept like a baby

Fify

 

[Behr]

https://atozsports.com/nashville/josh-heupel-announcer-news-tennessee-vols-against-iowa/

Josh Heupel had an ESPN announcer very irked during Tennessee's win against Iowa​

Osweiler totally missed the point there. Heupel wasn't necessarily rewarding the backups. Those were development reps. Tennessee had young offensive linemen in the game like Vysen Lang, Masai Reddick, Larry Johnson III, and Shamurad Umarov.

Those are players that Tennessee needs to develop. And Heupel wasn't going to take a couple of knees when he could get five or six extra developmental reps for those guys against a really good defensive team in Iowa. There's no substitute for those types of reps. It wasn't about trying to score again (which the Vols didn't) or trying to make Iowa look bad. It was simply about getting those young guys a few live-game reps to end the season.

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

Just showed a Bevo shot

Did @Tin Man get all warm and tingly?

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

I hate Texas.

Love you too

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

Washington was the better prepared team and played better yesterday. They earned and deserved the W.

 

[McDad]

I looked over some NCAA stats this am. Disclaimer, I don't know if the bowl games are included in the numbers.

UT's scoring defense is improving every year:
'21; 90th in FBS, 12th in SEC
'22; 36 in FBS, 5th in SEC
'23; 23 in FBS, 3rd in SEC

What's encouraging to me is there isn't a stand out superstar on the defense who isn't returning next season. I also think our talent in the secondary is improving. We could easily be a top 15 and maybe even a top 10 scoring defense next year.