Recruiting Football Talk VII

[knoxvol52]

Or cocaine, I think the 80’s was the best era in modern baseball

Lol you liked watching Dwight Gooden "geeking" on pitchers mound..

 

[MarcoVol]

But it is saying that is how he ranks the teams in order of power over the previous 3 seasons....right?

I would like to see how he ranks them for next year.

Yes it’s how he ranks programs based on the criteria he provided, not just W-L

 

[DD4ME]

 

[you]

My father, grandfather, two great -grandfathers, uncles, cousins, etc. were all coal miners. I didn't work in a deep mine like they did, but I worked in a strip mine while going to college. My father was killed in a mining accident. If people make fun of coal miners, I take it personally. They need to find another childish, immature way of entertaining their like-minded friends. If it weren't for miners, we would all be sitting in the dark, freezing our backsides off.

Kind of like the trailer park jokes.

I’d hope that Vols fans are above the “holier than thou” and “I have more money than you” jokes.

They aren’t even funny. Just makes the person submitting the “joke” look like a child

 

[SweetasSoda]

They’re just going to have to move sports out of college.

 

[screenthis]

They’re just going to have to move sports out of college

I wonder if the SEC/Big 10 (Big 15?) got together to act 'if' the NCAA is successful in the lawsuit.

 

[TheRain]

Middle English vs Modern.

A'd it’ſ nōn-ọ̄ther th' plaintiff’ſ faulÞ sin th' ncaæ hath decidede bihofþe regulatæ nil a'd recruitmenÞ through ain byzantinæ seÞ ophe overlappende ruleſ ophe guidancæ


And it’s not the plaintiff’s fault that the ncaa has decided to regulate NIL and recruitment through a byzantine set of overlapping rules of guidance

 

[OrangenSC]

Dad and the son are now denying it on Twitter.

And this is why we have to be careful with knee-jerk reactions to internet posts, rumors, etc.

Anybody, even a parent, can say anything. But that doesn't mean it's true, as much as we'd love to think it is.

 

[volbound1700]

Gotcha. Thought it was his ranking of the SEC for the '24 season.

Edit: Looks like most on here read it the way I did.

He hates Missouri. I think they could be pretty solid this year.

Oklahoma has a lot of questions.

If he is going on overall program situations, Ole Miss probably should be lower while Auburn/Florida are higher.

 

[TheRain]

Yes

 

[knoxvol52]

One word for Patrick MaHomes dad, "Taxi"

 

[drvenner]

Lot of theories. I don’t consider them angels, but moreso borne from their forebears who greedily ruled the game when it was THE league. They repressed the players and locked them to franchises with no chance of movement before the union formed and grew ever powerful each decade. Conversely you seem to be an apologist for them when they went on a one sided winning streak that had them asking for concessions to sign of on controlled substance testing. The union (especially under Don Fehr) became arrogant and even greedier than the owners with a short sighted delusion of power. They strongly fought against ANY testing of PEDS because if the owners were aware, the union was downright complicit. Not privy to their communications, but they obviously didn’t prepare the players for the one time testing that allowed the current program to be implemented then advanced. It’s easy to blame it ALL on the “evil owners” but one side advocated for detection and that side DID NOT represent the players.

IMO, Donald Fehr has done more damage to the game of baseball than any other single individual.

 

[butchna]

And this is why we have to be careful with knee-jerk reactions to internet posts, rumors, etc.

Anybody, even a parent, can say anything. But that doesn't mean it's true, as much as we'd love to think it is.

I’d side more with it being closer to a FACT when the story from an unaffiliated Athletic writer came out a week or two ago. Now with recent developments, it smacks of DAMAGE CONTROL. Sounds like Fiti and his dad like Deboer and don’t want to get him in trouble.

 

[InVOLuntary]

So we need to cheer for Auburn and Bruce Wednesday I guess.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

So we need to cheer for Auburn amd Bruce Wednesday I guess.

Probably the easier road.

 

[drvenner]

Siap

Dylan Thomas
1914 –1953

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Thank you. I thought that I had this memorized but after reading this again, I had a couple of words wrong. It is one of the all time best. Dylan Thomas is the man.

 

[butchna]

IMO, Donald Fehr has done more damage to the game of baseball than any other single individual.

Started out doing his job…very well. Stacking court victory after court victory built up his arrogance…and ego. He stopped thinking about doing right for his constituents and more about adding to his win board. Then Congress smacked him and he’s now singing in subways.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Probably the easier road.

We play Auburn but not Bama again. We get SC again (need to get some revenge there). We need to win the next 3 and all are pretty winnable.

 

[knoxvol52]

So we need to cheer for Auburn and Bruce Wednesday I guess.

Yea, might grill out rite before the game if weather permits..

 

[mr.checkerboards]

We play Auburn but not Bama again. We get SC again (need to get some revenge there). We need to win the next 3 and all are pretty winnable.

We do play Bama again. Right after Auburn.
My thought is just, all things equal Auburn at home is easier than Bama on the road.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Yea, might grill out rite before the game if weather permits..

Looks like it might be a little chilly but clear. I may do the same.

 

[InVOLuntary]

We do play Bama again. Right after Auburn.
My thought is just, all things equal Auburn at home is easier than Bama on the road.

We do play Bama again, my bad.

 

[volinbama256]

We play Auburn but not Bama again. We get SC again (need to get some revenge there). We need to win the next 3 and all are pretty winnable.

I may be looking at the schedule different, but I think if we come and play like we're capable, we should win the next 6 games, with @TAMU being the toughest... We play TAMU twice this month, crazy... And I see we do play bama again in tusca on Mar 2nd... Agree we need to hammer SC...

 

[TheRain]

 

[Jimmy Football]

Kind of like the trailer park jokes.

I’d hope that Vols fans are above the “holier than thou” and “I have more money than you” jokes.

They aren’t even funny. Just makes the person submitting the “joke” look like a child

Perish the thought!

Vol fans would never act “holier than thou.”