Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[omghulkhands]

 

[knoxvol52]

Sigh, Wash,Rinse,Repeat.

The ones ranting about the in game Officiating should be the Tennessee Administration, they are the only ones who can get anything done about the issues. Not a bunch of armchair fans which includes myself.

 

[MarcoVol]

will need to spend $$$ and pick up 3 experienced OL... gonna have to spend the money, but I have a feeling/hoping this staff, seeing how it's hurt us this season, will have a blank check to go get TALENT

Feel like there’s somewhere around a 0% chance that 3 quality OL in the portal would go to the same school

 

[Newman]

Awesome video on Vol Sports Instagram.

 

[Jack Burton]

Just bad officiating all around. Nothing here points to bias.

That’s why it’s so dumb to get wrapped up in a corrupt sport like college football. The sport is trolling us.

 

[MarcoVol]

Sorry if already discussed---

Anyone with insider knowledge of what the heck is going on with Heard, please let us know... And it's not re-aggravating a high ankle sprain... I'm not buying that anymore... The kid was sprinting through the line knocking people over to make way for Sampson and was high-stepping in the endzone after the score... you don't do that with an injury/ankle sprain.

We were going to be lucky this weekend to pull one out if we were at full strength. We've got Pili out, WR's banged up, and now Heard. Geez.

Never had a severe high ankle sprain, eh?

 

[Jimmy Football]

Sigh, Wash,Rinse,Repeat.

The ones ranting about the in game Officiating is the Tennessee Administration, they are the only ones who can get anything done about the issues. Not a bunch of armchair fans which includes myself.

Well, that’s not quite true. Fan narratives can turn into media narratives, and media narratives can force a response.

And I’m sorry, but the disparity is there. You can see when you’re watching the games, and it’s there in the numbers. Fans are gonna complain about that, and they have a right to.

 

[Orange.]

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Weird response to the this:

More non-biased poor officiating.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Weird response to the this:

Some people have to get hit in the face with a sledge hammer before they realize steel is hard.

 

[TheRain]

"And the Eagle never moved again..."

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Instead of mustard bottles, we should throw flags on the field.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

VOID

 

[Orange.]

That’s why it’s so dumb to get wrapped up in a corrupt sport like college football. The sport is trolling us.

Ah the ole "raising the stakes" non-refutation "refutation":

"If you don't deny the facts of the matter, you have to quit watching football."

 

[hjeagle1vol]

Happy Thursday. As a scout, we have a motto to "do a good turn daily." May everyone find the energy to do their one good turn each day, knowing they are planting seeds for a bigger purpose.


October 17, 2024: See that you do not become weary of doing good even when you feel used and unrewarded. Set your heart to know that you do not need accolades for doing what you have been given to do. Just give it your all, and know that you will reap whatever you sow. Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

That was #1 teaching to my kids growing up. Do 1 good deed a day and it will you to more.
They tell me now that they’re grown it’s the biggest thing they remember and still practice it daily.

I truly enjoy these posts DD and read them everyday

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Nope. Don’t care either way. You fans who want to complain constantly about failed calls can continue to do so. And I will continue to call you lame for doing so. Funny how you guys only talk about those penalties when we play bad.

Sigh, i'm with BOT here.

 

[Vfl2407]

Florida vs Kensucky this weekend.

Who you pulling for?

Meteor game

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Sigh, Wash,Rinse,Repeat.

The ones ranting about the in game Officiating should be the Tennessee Administration, they are the only ones who can get anything done about the issues. Not a bunch of armchair fans which includes myself.

The public brings many things to light and causes plenty of change. I can't imagine how the world would look if the public just stuck their heads in the sand and let the governing bodies get away with whatever they want.

 

[TheRain]

Interesting thread.

 

[Jackcrevol]

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[Vfl2407]

The SEC office has apparently updated its rules this year.
All Vol fans are familiar with these rules:
1. Alabama never holds
2. Any official considering calling Bama for holding, should put the flag in his pocket and consult rule #1.

Apparently that rule can be changed to say:
No offense that Tennessee plays ever holds.

 

[SoilVol]

A moveable object (Alabama's defense) against a stopable force (Tennessee's offense) on Saturday. Can't wait.

 

[Jack Burton]

Ah the ole "raising the stakes" non-refutation "refutation":

"If you don't deny the facts of the matter, you have to quit watching football."

I’m agreeing that there’s a problem, but that we as fans can basically do nothing to fix it. You’re wound too tight my man.

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

Bryant on Neyland.....


My trouble coaching against Tennessee - specifically, against General Neyland - was that every time we played I went out there like a wild man and changed everything around. One year we painted all the dummies orange, then took the team out to a horse farm, and brought the clergy in, and had everybody so tight they could barely move. Next day we lost 6-0. We had a lot of gimmicks and I threw out all the things we could do, the good plays, and put in something new, For Neyland.

Robert Reese Neyland was his full name. He had been schooled at West Point, and had won the Distinguished Service Medal as an aid to General MacArthur. As a football coach he was a model of consistency. He always did the same thing, and he always won. He was more of Coach Thomas's era than mine, but he was a giant and the respect (or dread) Coach Thomas had for him carried over to me. Neyland stuck with the single wing all his football life. People called his offense "the covered wagon," but like Hank Crisp used to say, "Try and stop it."

They used to kid me around the office that anytime Tennessee was mentioned during a coffee break I had to excuse myself and be sick. They weren't far wrong. I lost my breakfast regularly before the Tennessee game. Everybody thought Neyland had a jinx on us. It was no jinx. He was a better coach, and he had better football players - and I couldn't stand it. We managed a couple of ties against him, but I never beat him. He retired after the 1952 season."

[BEAR,The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant, page 105]

All of Coach Bryant's losses to General Neyland were while he was at Kentucky from 1946 - 1953. He went to Texas A&M in 1954. He arrived at the Capstone, his alma mater, in 1958.

 

[InVOLuntary]

The public brings many things to light and causes plenty of change. I can't imagine how the world would look if the public just stuck their heads in the sand and let the governing bodies get away with whatever they want.

People are way to trusting of government and large corporate institutions.

 

[BigOrange15]

Saying nothing and acting like others should also say nothing about an injustice is tacit endorsement. "Oh well, it's not going to change so we may as well bend over and take it" is lame as ****.