Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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MoCo_Vol said:
There's a difference between a badly officiating game impacting us and "the fix is in"

I'm not disputing anything you're saying, but a proper fix is a completely lopsided whistle which against Florida I didn't really feel like we got. I think both teams got called for a lot of fouls and just as many that were missed. It benefited them because they're a lot deeper than us.

It was a good SECT for us though, the amount of foul calls should give us some stuff to work on so we can try and avoid having the same issue in the big tournament.
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I disagree. What would be necessary would be to turn the tide at decisive moments. And even better to prepare the ground for it earlier. Plausible deniability is preferred to desperation.

The kind of thing you describe — from beginning to end — would amount to clumsy desperation, which might happen. But meaningless “balancing calls” in “clean up time” are well observed.

I’m not taking a position on that game being fixed in saying this.
 
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Buddy’s Bandit said:
Since everyone is discussing seeding today, I have a thought.

1). Have committee meet and rank criteria for selecting teams.

2). List all teams / records / data committee is looking at for their criteria.

3). Remove the team names and then build your brackets. Enter Auto qualifiers first and then those deserving based on committee criteria.

4). Reapply team names to their records/data.

You have your bracket.

Eliminates bias.
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I love it!! However, it makes too much sense, it's too transparent, and it's too fair. They'll never do it. 🫤
 
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JCVol00 said:
Honestly, I think the ncaa should’ve never allowed juco players to get an extra year of eligibility in football or basketball like Pavia. However, they should make it across the board if they’re going to do it, not just fb and bball and exclude baseball players like berto
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On top of that, they are in JUCO for a reason, and many of the good athletes aren’t there because of lack of talent. That’s their fault. Why should they get rewarded for not having their grades in line in HS?
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
On top of that, they are in JUCO for a reason, and many of the good athletes aren’t there because of lack of talent. That’s their fault. Why should they get rewarded for not having their grades in line in HS?
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Agreed for the most part, but places like Walters State CC is a good place for under recruited baseball players to be able to showcase their talents and get recruited, that and summer leagues
 
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UTK said:
Bracket should be a cruise to an elite 8. Easiest overall draw I’ve seen as a vol fan ever. Kentucky ain’t making it past round 2 but even if they do, they aren’t that good and hell would freeze before they beat the same team 3 times. Neither second round opponent exactly put fear in me. Houston is by far the best matchup for 1 seeds besides Auburn for us (which was never gonna happen anways) But that’s not how March works always, can’t get caught slipping
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Utah State and UCLA are easily better than Texas was last year.
 
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MarcoVol said:
Efficiency ratings.

TX last year:

Offense 31
Defense 30

Utah St:

Offense 17
Defense 149

UCLA:

Offense 35
Defense 17
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If we play UCLA, it will not be an easy out. The team will need to come ready to play (we should win). We make it past them, I seriously think we'll get to the Elite 8 to play whomever.
 
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