Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[volsagain]

Imagine if we open the game with a 75 yard td pass to MM

Why not 5 Times ! We've done it before

 

[DD4ME]

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[drvenner]

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Figured this might be appropriate......

Double Gauldens to Bama. Always Double Gauldens.

 

[Adam2014]

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We don't play South Carolina.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

An "airport buddy." What are all the airports employees told? Who lies to the pilot and the crew? Who lies to the passengers? Who tells the mechanics there is a false mechanical issue, which they can ignore? Who falsifies the reports?

American Airlines does it all the damn time.
Evidently much easier than you would expect…

 

[Orange.]

This is good.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

New England Clam Chowder or Manhattan Clam Chowder?

Yes

Have recently had each one. I can confirm that I like both of them. Especially if you add a little Texas Pete hot sauce…

 

[Orange.]

It will for sure make the illegal contact more prevent.
Neither of these would every fly but the two ways I would fix it would either be.
1. A player may only enter the portal if his head or position coach leaves, any other circumstances they should sit a year. (I would even consider not allowing a red **** forcing the player to use a year of eligibility.
Or 2 which will never happen.
2. Any player that transfers is not allowed to sign any NIL deals at the school they are transferring to for a period of 1 year academic calendar year.
3. Kind of like what our rumored deal with Nico is, start allowing college coaches the ability to offer real contracts for a period of 1-5 years.

Wouldn't fly because the courts have said iirc that you can't prevent a citizen from making money, including by changing jobs, basically, the same as you and me.

I'm just glad so far the portal (and NIL too) has been a very big net positive for us in the big three.

 

[VolsnCards5]

Whelp - the model I cited before got more data and essentially has this game as dead ass even. Give me the home crowd.

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Never heard of this model before right now but I now hold it at the same level as the gospels in terms of truth.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Wouldn't fly because the courts have said iirc that you can't prevent a citizen from making money, including by changing jobs, basically, the same as you and me.

I'm just glad so far the portal (and NIL too) has been a very big net positive for us in the big three.

Still doesn't mean I like it. I hate everything about it.

 

[Orange.]

@Checkerboard The media is very keen to dramatize and catastrophize every portal situation they can "sell" as chaos. But I just take that to mean that they are in the bag for the Saban/Baker lobby. Also, click thirsty.

At any rate, I see the media as unsuccessful in finding more than about one player a week to handwring about. That's pretty weak imo when you consider how many football players there are.

Now, I know we have different opinions about this, and I'm not trying to convert you. Just saying how I see it. I know you hate it. You have that right.

 

[Orange.]

Never heard of this model before right now but I now hold it at the same level as the gospels in terms of truth.

 

[DD4ME]

We don't play South Carolina.

We should. I wanna beat their ass too..

 

[DD4ME]

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Man how stupid will i feel about the hand wringing when we finish with only the AR loss.

 

[Orange.]

One problem with the portal for us is landing depth, e.g., two OTs. Everybody in the portal wants to find a place to be a starter, and the whole universe of teams is available to them. They can drop down a level, if need be. Recruiting continues to trend up. We seem to have a lot more success holding on to those guys, losing only people who have been recruited or portalled over. The depth of our DL is a remarkable achievement in the portal age.

 

[DD4ME]

For giggle and cause it is Friday - this is the model versus likely playoff teams and other strong conference teams. It is the only model solely focused on current year performance. It does better as the year goes on and the games get played. The B1G matchups and Texas should narrow as they play more quality teams.

 

[DD4ME]

One problem with the portal for us is landing depth, e.g., two OTs. Everybody in the portal wants to find a place to be a starter, and the whole universe of teams is available to them. They can drop down a level, if need be. Recruiting continues to trend up. We seem to have a lot more success holding on to those guys, losing only people who have been recruited or portalled over. The depth of our DL is a remarkable achievement in the portal age.

IMO we need a new OL coach IMO or a guy like Chop (recruiter for DL) to help him recruit OL studs.

 

[Orange.]

Also because it is Friday



One more sleep.

 

[DD4ME]

This is the ranking based on the model pairing all teams up.

Computer Model Power Ratings, Nerd Nation Top 25 - College Football Nerds

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[Orangeburst]

For giggle and cause it is Friday - this is the model versus likely playoff teams and other strong conference teams. It is the only model solely focused on current year performance. It does better as the year goes on and the games get played. The B1G matchups and Texas should narrow as they play more quality teams.
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It is transitive, and it is about positional matchups, but Oregon beat Ohio State, Ohio State crushes us, and we beat Oregon..doesnt add up, unless Duck win vs Bucks was a fluke.

 

[Vols410]

This is the ranking based on the model pairing all teams up.

Computer Model Power Ratings, Nerd Nation Top 25 - College Football Nerds

We power rank all 133 college football teams. Let's make a better college football top 25! Join College Football Nerds, compete in the Pick Em, and you can submit a weekly Top 25 with the model!

collegefootballnerds.com

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That’s an interesting model lol.

Army above Bama? I think I’ll stick to SP+ / FPI for now.

 

[DD4ME]

It is transitive, and it is about positional matchups, but Oregon beat Ohio State, Ohio State crushes us, and we beat Oregon..doesnt add up, unless Duck win vs Bucks was a fluke.

Play styles is the simplest way I know to describe what you are asking. Explosives is the new thing now too. People are finding more and more that consistently explosive teams beat better overall talent. That was typically our calling card and it is on D, but offense needs to catch up. UGA is low due to poor explosives.

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

People think I'm the greatest damn coach in the world,"said Brynt, "but Neyland taught me everything I know."

 

[engineerVOL]

 

[Orange.]

IMO we need a new OL coach IMO or a guy like Chop (recruiter for DL) to help him recruit OL studs.

I'm not sure but I think Chop may be doing that now. Sanders, Nic Moore, and Ogumoro are a good '25 haul imo. I wish we had one more OT.

I can't believe we are still short of scholarships because NCAA. The '26 class players that we are honing in on this weekend were in 6th grade when cornpone handed out burger bags in total insufficient to buy even two Bama Chargers. I won't go off on Michigan again.