Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Jackcrevol]

ZZ suing for fifth year.

 

[tnvols72]

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Hate me all you want. I'm not in love with this trend.

 

[Jackcrevol]

will be interesting to see how players react to adidas

 

[Type Orange+]

R.I.P.

 

[knoxvol52]

Yes, I love what Zakai has meant to Tennessee but this 5,6,7 years at a school playing sports needs to end. This is the reason the younger guys in all college sports aren't getting developed ..

 

[Jackcrevol]

listening to Cain Show. He's got a point, for all intensive purposes.

 

[knoxvol52]

Nooooo! Norm is gone! RIP George Wendt.

Cheers...

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Based on the shade of orange on his plate...clearly an adidas guy.

 

[Orangeburst]

listening to Cain Show. He's got a point, for all intensive purposes.

Tents n purpoises

 

[Adam Sandler]

A condition on switching to Adidas should be this: We are Pantone 151C. That is the only shade of Orange that should ever be used for any apparel.

Pantone 151c - Google Search

AGREEEEEED!

 

[jakez4ut]

I'm not a fan of the Adidas swag either.

 

[Adam Sandler]

Why do you think our oline will be worse than last year? I happen to think our oline will be vastly improved and a strength of the team.

Very young and/or new to the system across the board.

I’m worried about the center position and who’s going to hold down the RT spot (essentially a freshman). I hope Heard makes a huge year 2 leap in the system too - playing healthy and in shape, but it’s not a given.

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

Decision will be made March of ‘26.

 

[jakez4ut]

Agreed. I get it, it's his only way of playing without going overseas.. But do I want to see him playing for sometime else? Uh... No.

 

[franklinpence]

I already catch he!! for my choice of truck, I don't think putting on manual locking hubs is going to rehabilitate me.

Why? You have a cybertruck?

 

[Adam Sandler]

"The" reason for that is much more capital infusion, marketing and fostering brand loyalty. Which by the tone of so many UT fans they obviously do at an elite level. "The" reason is not that Nike has a product that is twice as good as Addidas. If people would be sheep less often then Nike would still be a massive brand but it would be much more in line with other brands. Props to their marketing people. They are elite.

Nobody said the product was better. We’re not saying Nike vs adidas is increasing on field performance. They said they like the branding and the design of Nike garments better. The players seem to agree. I think that reason should be reason enough to try to work something out with Nike. Unless you know how much more money each kid would want on average to wear adidas and figure those calculations into your cost analysis of the new deal.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Zakai just needs to go pro

Like he can make a lot of money in Europe and ya know, get to live in Europe.

And at this point, there aren't that many spots left across the entire country.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

that truck looks like a toy next to him

Runner up gets a GOAT addition Ford Ranger.....

 

[Adam Sandler]

Just 1 SEC school spent more than Alabama on football recruiting in FY 2024

Tennessee outspent the entire SEC on football recruiting in FY 2024, but Alabama wasn't far behind.

www.al.com

“Stars don’t matter” folks avert your eyes.

How did we outspend everyone and be ranked 8th in the sec in recruiting class?

 

[screenthis]

How I predict the season playing out with above average QB play, but nothing close to elite (similar to last year)

Syracuse - W
ETSU - W
Georgia - L ( will be ranked in the top 10 for this game)
UAB - W
Miss State - W
Arkansas - W
Alabama - L (will be ranked in the top 12 for this game)
Kentucky - W
Oklahoma - W
New Mexico State - W
Florida - L (will be ranked in the top 15 for this game)
Vanderbilt - W

Finish the year 9-3 and ranked 15-20

Syracuse (neutral) - W
ETSU (home) - W
Georgia (home) - L (Georgia is still predicted to be a playoff team and loaded with talent)
UAB (home) - W
Miss State (away) - W (They were awful last year. Any better this year?)
Arkansas (home) - W (Revenge game)
Alabama (away) - L (Top 9 prediction for Alabama (ESPN) and an Away Game
Kentucky (away) - W (It's Kentucky and I don't see them beeing markedly better from a bad year in 2024)
Oklahoma (home) - W (Improved but hey, we're at home).=
New Mexico State (home) - W
Florida (away) - L (Strong QB coming back. Strong LB core)
Vanderbilt (home) W

I had to add Home/Away and even then, I agree with you. My gut says we slip up in one more game (Kentucky? Oklahoma?) and go 8-4. But considering each one individually, I come up with 9-3.

 

[UTSuave’]

@mrMet

 

[MarcoVol]

Who’s to say what the money would be for, for all we know it could just go to construction costs and salaries

Schools are gonna have to directly start paying players soon. UT needs all the money it can get to help.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Syracuse (neutral) - W
ETSU (home) - W
Georgia (home) - L (Georgia is still predicted to be a playoff team and loaded with talent)
UAB (home) - W
Miss State (away) - W (They were awful last year. Any better this year?)
Arkansas (home) - W (Revenge game)
Alabama (away) - L (Top 9 prediction for Alabama (ESPN) and an Away Game
Kentucky (away) - W (It's Kentucky and I don't see them beeing markedly better from a bad year in 2024)
Oklahoma (home) - W (Improved but hey, we're at home).=
New Mexico State (home) - W
Florida (away) - L (Strong QB coming back. Strong LB core)
Vanderbilt (home) W

I had to add Home/Away and even then, I agree with you. My gut says we slip up in one more game (Kentucky? Oklahoma?) and go 8-4. But considering each one individually, I come up with 9-3.

I really wish we could get one of Bama or FL on the road.

I think we could absolutely lose to Syracuse, probably will lose to UGA and Bama, very likely lose to Florida, and could drop one more (OU or UK). I think 7-5 or 8-4.

 

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