Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[DD4ME]

Heyyyy

 

[Big Orange#1]

Heyyyy

but but but David Sanders chose us because of NIL only

 

[LouderVol]

We need to see this stat with garbage time and other clock-bleeding situations filtered out. Without adjusting for that, these stats are really not that meaningful.

That said, it is definitely possible that 2022 just seemed faster because so many memorable/key drives happened so fast. A three-play, 80-yard TD drive is going to feel faster than a 10-play drive, even if operated at the same tempo.

everyone's stats are going to have the same moments.

 

[mrMet]

@ bourbon aficionados

 

[peaygolf]

Ok everyone..............My Govs are playing Louisville Saturday..........I fu&$ing can't go

We gonna get boat-raced, but we are going to look sweet doing it!

 

[franklinpence]

Dick West had a big miss on DW's extension.

Dick West….Danny White…DW. Maybe he just didn’t want to break his own news?

The Lions Mane is really working folks!!

 

[Vol423]

Banks sounds excited about our front 7. He says we have a lot of guys and have someone/thing for every situation.

Thinks we have a good mixture of talent & experience in the dbs.

Harrison has been really consistent and has found a home at star.

Looks to see the freshman play without mistakes and play fast.

if we can cover our WRs in practice, we should be able to cover anyone in the country.

DBs cant let mistakes hurt their confidence. They've built their confidence brick by brick and have to be able to give 6 good efforts in 3 seconds and be prepared to snap & clear after a bad play. . .

UTC is a good/well coached team. They have quality players and a lot of confidence. Our players are super excited to play them.

We've had a great fall camp and they're ready to hit someone else.

Heupel said we've put a lot of emphasis on avoiding penalties and playing very clean.

Fire Banks for using the phrase "brick by brick!"

 

[Glitch]

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The Return!

 

[Glitch]

The real reason why J. Lo and A-Rod broke up.....View attachment 671353

A-Rod figured he could find hotter.

 

[DD4ME]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

The need for Speed –

Gerald Mincey has been needling some Vol Fans since his departure to Kentucky. I haven’t followed all that but I’ve read that some Vol Fans lit him up on social media right after he left so he’s firing back. I tend to suspect once in the portal he may have ended up having to take less NIL to find a landing spot than what he may have received has he stayed on the Hill. If so, that may still sting a bit. jmo.

Anyway, his latest salvo about Kentucky’s new up tempo offense being faster than Tennessee is refuted by both Brock Vandagriff and Mark Stoops. Even Bush Hamdan, their new OC from Boise State, isn’t a true disciple of the up tempo. Brock, a transfer 5-star QB from UGA, described their offense as a normal 2-min offense. Stoops said it’s nothing like Tennessee or Ole Miss, two teams he said run up tempo exceptionally well.

I looked at a comparison of select teams average tempo, including garbage time, using raw data from CFBstats, time of possession per game/number of plays per game, to get an unadjusted number for tempo. jmo.

Last year Kentucky ran the fewest plays per game in all of FBS football. They ran a play on average every 30.18 seconds. Hamdan’s lighting fast offense at Boise operated at an average tempo of one play every 28.18 seconds. Ole Miss was at 23.29 seconds/play. Alex Golesh had the Bulls of South Florida at 21.68 seconds/play and Joey Halzle in his debut as an OC had the Tennessee offense slogging along at 21.64 seconds per play.

In truth and fact, last year was kind of slow for us and a lot of fans noticed and complained about the difference. In 2022 we ran a play every 20.84 seconds (unadjusted) so we lost about 0.8 seconds of our average tempo in 2023. I find it incredibly remarkable that our fans can actually sense the speed of our offense in milliseconds. jmo.

We actually, I think, have 3 offensive tempos. We have a 4-min offense, a 2-min offense, and a 15-second offense. In the 15-second offense we’re on average running a play every 5.0 seconds. I think the only time we’ve run the 15-second offense all hell broke loose, fireworks blasting off, fans storming the field, cigar smoke billowing up to the sky from Neyland, goal post thrown in the river, all on a Tennessee Saturday night. Wow.

It seems pretty apparent Tennessee fans like no others feel the need for Speed. jmo.

I'm not sure I can go back to being a fan of a normal offense now.

 

[pierce60]

 

[Orange.]

bUt tHe KlUbNiKs aT cHeZ gLiTcH!

fyp

 

[crazyguy]

Our offense looked slower because that 1 second faster per snap also often included running 25+ yards down the field and resetting every time. That seems a lot faster than standing around after another dropped pass.

 

[VolByLaw]

Heyyyy

2. Spyre Sports Group (Tennessee)​

Spyre Sports Group has emerged as one of the most aggressive fundraising NIL entities in college football. They set the bar early in college football recruiting, signing five-star recruit Nico Iamaleava to a deal that could pay him $8 million by his junior year. The quarterback is now set to start this season as a sophomore.

The fundraising efforts haven’t slowed down. Tennessee touts the No. 6 recruiting class in the country according to the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings and recently picked up the nation’s top-ranked offensive tackle, David Sanders Jr.

“They run a good operation,” an NIL collective executive director told On3. “They’re established and have a lot of money to spend on recruiting in football.”

Led by co-founders Hunter Baddour and James Clawson, The Volunteer Club has grown to 4,191 members, adding more than 1,400 in the last year. Spyre also told On3 it has now procured $30 million in NIL deals for Tennessee athletes since July 2021.

- Pete Nakos

 

[screenthis]

You need to add Gasoline for automobile.
Food and Beverages during and after the game.
Fighting the traffic and parking.


Sounds like a blast to me.

And, I tend to add a hotel given the drive from Huntsville. If I move to Spokane, oh the costs.

 

[butchna]

WR Huggins-Bruce rejoins L'ville from S. Carolina

Ahmari Huggins-Bruce is back on Louisville's roster after having transferred to South Carolina and participated in spring and fall practice there.

www.espn.com

Lulz

 

[peaygolf]

 

[KB5252]

It looks like it's snowing aphids outside.

I see the psychedelics kicked in!

 

[Jackcrevol]

Some people like to talk, and sound of their own voice. What's worse is they think WE like sound of them talking

 

[SugarCC]

@franklinpence

Got my LM in the mail today. You said .5 daily in your coffee, if I remember correctly? What is that, about a half a tsp? Little less? A fourth of a tsp?

 

[Orange.]

siap. Seems worth reading what Heup said Monday about UTC.

"We're facing a Chattanooga team that is a really good opponent," Heupel said Monday during his first weekly news conference of the season. "They are preseason ranked and in the top-10 in their division, and they return a lot of really good players. At the end of the day, this is the first step in our journey, and I look forward to going and competing with this group."

"They have a veteran quarterback (Chase Artopoeus) who has played at a really high level," Heupel said. "He's smart with the football. They've got playmakers out on the outside, and from us looking at them from an offensive standpoint, they've got explosive playmakers up front.

"We've got to do a really good job of handling the line of scrimmage."

 

[butchna]

Heyyyy

Yet Bucknuts whine that the only reason we landed Sanders is because we outspent them.

 

[Orange.]

 

[Jackcrevol]

I'm not sure I can go back to being a fan of a normal offense now.

Sidenote,

Any human that believes KY is faster than TN needs to have their heads examined.

They may hand the ball off faster.