Recruiting Football Talk VII

[drvenner]

Why does Jay Bilas hate Dalton?

Cause he anus.

 

[Devo182]

I mean Ryan Dunn a 6'8" shooting guard from Virginia was taken by the Nuggets in the 1st round (traded to Suns). He's played in 65 games is a career 5.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg shooting guard that's shot 23.5% from deep and 52.5% from the line and he's 21 to boot.

Lengthy defender. Offense most certainly isn't his game. But he was up to 8 ppg 7 rpg and almost 2 and a half blocks a game last year.

Defensive studs have their place with so many elite, athletic scorers these days.

 

[DD4ME]

That means a lot and very well said! I went through some tough times back in 2019 and the devil definitely convinced me I wasn’t happy even though I had so many reasons to be happy. I have THE BEST family. I work every day with my parents and we have a great relationship. I see my sister and her kids at least once a week too. Even though I was single and slowly accepting the idea that I would never be a dad, I still had so much good in my life that I failed to focus on. I had a conversation with my best friend who lives all the way up in Alberta and it really set me straight. Good friends can do that and I really thank him for it. I immediately started making the best of each day and embracing the life that God gave me.

Now, I’m married, a step dad to her two wonderful kids, and now a dad to my own daughter. Sold my house, selling her house, building a home for our family, and in the process of selling our two businesses to spend more time with family. Focusing on positives changed my life

Awesome testimony.

 

[Orange.]

CWS Champions, to Knecht excitedly welcomed by the Lakers, to the opening of Baseball portal season. Tony is recruiting Cape Cod summer league as we speak.

None of this will be surprising, but it’s been frantic at the AD since we won. We had a targeted list of portal players, but have since heard from A&M and Tejas players, in addition to players who are reaching out on the side prior to entry. We’ve made an entirely new board in the last two days based on the insane interest level.

Football recruiting is very active. And the young men will be back at practice before you know it.

 

[Devo182]

there isn't that big a difference between college game and the NBA game. In terms of Edey's domination. He will absolutely translate to pros, as much as I hate it.

Have to disagree overall. The nba is littered with Euro style bigs that can stretch the floor and play outside of the paint.

Most US college big men are still fairly traditional. Edey was great at dominating those guys. I think he'll struggle some to defend side to side. That said, I do think he could become a strong rotational player. He has a place, but I have a hard time seeing a modern NBA team building around a traditional big man.

 

[Devo182]

I'm going to do my @MarcoVol on all y'all Grizz haters.

Draft Grades from Major Sources (Krysten Peek does not count. She's clueless. LOL)

Source	Lakers (Knecht)	Grizzlies (Edey)
SB Nation	B+	B+
Fox Sports	A+	B+
NBC Sports	A	B
Sports Illustrated	A+	B-
CBS Sports	A+	C
The Score	A	B+
MSN	A	B+
USA Today	A+	B+

Pretty much universal agreement is that Knecht was steal of class. The ONLY reason people weren't drafting him was due to age, which has been a bad indicator of success recently.

Anyone with sense can see how Edey matches up extremely well with Ja & JJJ. Almost universal agreement that he's going to plug really well in Memphis, where a similar player (Steven Adams) thrived & helped Memphis be a top team in the league.

Adams is a fair comp, though he appeared just a bit lighter on his feet. But Edey has the size and strength advantage imo.

Will be interesting to watch. If Ja can keep his head on.

 

[Orange.]

[This was moved from a single, high-traffic recruit's thread for the people who knew Sweet from her posts in player threads but who don't post here. I am aware that it makes no sense in this thread.]

Many of you know from the "Football Talk" thread, but there are a lot of posters who mostly stay in the recruits' threads and would like to know that @SweetasSoda has passed away after a sudden onset illness of about a month's duration. She posted in threads often and had many friends here. I don't want to post to every thread, and decided this would be a place where nearly everyone would see this message.

She called herself "the captain of the cheerleaders," and she was surely a bright, loyal, enthusiastic lover of Tennessee athletics, football and football recruiting most of all. A "Go Fund Me" account has been set up to help her family with funeral arrangements, if you would like to contribute. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers. It would probably be best if anyone who wanted to remember her in a brief message use the "SweetAsSoda GFM" or "Football Talk" threads, so recruits' thread are not run off-course.

SweetAsSoda GoFundMe

Hi all, I've set up a GFM for our beloved cheerleader SaS, R.I.P. Our goal is 7k to help her husband and family with funeral expenses. Also feel free to share any memories of SaS here. Thanks all. https://gofund.me/af51e761

www.volnation.com

 

[Orangeburst]

I despise Texas at Austin.
I am gonna root for anybody and everybody to punch them in the mouth and beat them mercilessly.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

They are suddenly trending with elite WRs including two we pursued hard.

Yeah they beat SMU for their QB and beat out Nebraska for a LB recently and got a bunch of “predictions” for others, they are a recruiting juggernaut some would say

 

[Devo182]

If CMO landed in Atlanta they would ABSOLUTELY benefit.

CMo on the Georgia Braves. Yuck.

I really hope better for him. Hell, go to the Reds. It's almost as close to Knoxville as Atlanta and you won't have to root alongside a fanbase that hates your *** and a team announcer that HATES UT. Eff that organization. All laughing behind UT's back. Double Gauldens to those folks south of us.

 

[VolBalla2014]

New starting QB (guessing like 82/83ovr)
RB: Sampson (prob like 82/83)
Bru (bad injury, 83/84)
Squirrel (hasn’t blown the top of people 81/82)
Brazzell/Thornton (hasn’t proven anything 80)
Both TEs are new and haven’t done too much (79/80, maybe)
OL: Cooper, Campbell, Spragg (all prob mid 80s) the other two spots (Heard and Karic? Both are newer 79/80)


Would put us around 82 ovr

Brazzell had over 700 yards and was a freshman all American. Also our OLine has been ranked top 5 by like every single site.

 

[chavisut]

Okay this is better

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This one jumped out to me too.

 

[WesTnVol]

I lost the tweet and wanted to reply to it but some Alabama fan was crying about how the below PI shouldn’t have been a penalty and there was no PI and the game was rigged

You can clearly see the defender draped all over the TE with the ball still in the air.

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Some fans
I heard an Aggie fan this morning saying that the team was distracted which why they lost. He also said they were one hit away from winning the game
I thought the home team got the last at bat

 

[VOLSONLY]

June 27, 1970
The group Smile change their name to Queen and perform for the first time under that moniker.


This is the very first gig Queen ever performed, a charity event organized by the British Red Cross. It was booked for Smile (the pre-Queen band consisting of guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist/vocalist Tim Staffell) by Roger's mother, who was involved with the charity. She posted numerous ads, the earliest one in February. A roadie at the time, Ken Testi, insists they were called Queen at the first gig. Roger Taylor confirmed this in 2019 with a photo of his May 27, 1970 diary that he posted on his Instagram.

The gig takes place at Truro City Hall in Cornwall, England; the band earn £50 for their efforts. It's lead singer Fred Bulsara's first paid performance with the band, which also includes guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.

The name change is his idea: "Queen" evokes royalty, and has many possible interpretations. Long after adopting the stage name Freddie Mercury, he says, "I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it."The following year, bass player John Deacon joins the band, establishing the lineup that persists until Mercury's death in 1991.


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Brian May has a great story about the guitar he played for years. IYKYK

 

[mrMet]

 

[MarcoVol]

Yeah they beat SMU for their QB and beat out Nebraska for a LB recently and got a bunch of “predictions” for others, they are a recruiting juggernaut some would say

What about their other 17 commits?

 

[Devo182]

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Not for many living fans. Only 2 titles since 1985...vs 9 for Lakers fans.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Needed this because I got some bad news when arrived for work today..My boss,who I really like, informed me that she’s leaving for a better and higher paying job..Of course that is understandable but still threw for a loop..Not sure how much time I have left at this job now..

Hopefully things work out well for you.

I understand exactly what you mean, I'm pretty much staying at the job I have now because I like my boss. She's told me the end of 25 is it for her. Guess who's going back to school and will have a similar schedule? Good management can easily make or break a job

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

On the NCAA CFB thing, who cares. EA will have to update the roster after we thump NC State & OU.

 

[CABVOL]

 

[GoodTimeVol]

What about their other 17 commits?

I haven’t done a deep dive on the others but I’ll get back to you on it…no where near Saban levels of recruiting is my first thought though

 

[Enki_Amenra]

It's been 23yrs since Jeepers Creepers came out. . .

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

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It's official! Black is our new color!

 

[Vfl2407]

Ummm..oh my…should I even…nope, not gonna say it.
apologies accepted if offered…lol.