Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

#30,830
#30,830
I will say we may not hit on every incoming transfer, but I've yet to see anyone leave and go "damn we lost a baller"

2025: Chas is the only one that's even really playing it seems...Jalen Smith at Miss State is also playing 13 total tackles so far with 1 TFL he's not balling at FSU, but I do wish Jayson Jenkins was still here we could use that body right now.

But most left and did nothing really. Addison Nichols still starting for Hogs is the only other one that's done much
 
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LotteryPick said:
With Brazzell's emergence, I think it's fair to say no team is better at identifying the right fit through the portal.

Last two years:

The hits:
- Brazzell
- Aguilar
- Kitselman
- Heard
- Moi
- McCoy
- McMurray
- Hood
- Pendleton
- Moe
- Star

Staes may be the only true miss in that time frame. The hand wringing was prevalent over the offseason and for what?

Bottom line -- this staff is really good in the portal.
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Wouldn't really call Staes a miss. He blocked well and caught passes thrown to him. Maybe a miss in that he left. Ethan needs to get going though.
 
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Vols410 said:
I think we're now seeing that he also greatly adapted the offense last year. Who knows how much he had to work to make it something Nico run. Winning 10 games with him at QB was a miracle.
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We have made changes this season that I hadn’t seen before but it is true that neither Nico and Joe were not able to run the offense well.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
It was sub par QB play and WR play. Our tackles weren't great either the last couple years either.

As far as Joey, if ya'll watched the dern film you wouldn't be that surprised.

Didn't see him dicing up UGA like that, but I assumed he would be really good.
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I never thought he’d be a scrub. I thought he’d be good/average/serviceable. Like a rung or 2 above Nico at the least. I agree with you I didn’t think I’d be watching a guy come in and light up Georgias NFL defense after a few months in the system.

I thought HH was the greatest QB I’ve seen us have since the Iceman and even he wasn’t capable of that. Joey just gets it. He has all the intangibles and he’s played so long that defenses aren’t able to confuse him or shake him. Saturday was the best defense he’s gonna play all year. There’s no reason to believe that was a standalone performance.
 
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#30,836
Jimmy Football said:
No question. I wish they would take about 50% more than they do, because they find people that can play.
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I think another part of it is Heupel has been reported to highly value culture and team fit as high as playing ability. He also has been cautious not to upset guys that are already here by bringing in a ton of portal guys like some other teams do. Sometimes I think he may be too cautious but it’s hard to argue with the results. Recruits routinely say how much of a family vibe they get from our program and that’s huge nowadays. I think that goes away once you start raiding the portal like Kiffin.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
Wouldn't really call Staes a miss. He blocked well and caught passes thrown to him. Maybe a miss in that he left. Ethan needs to get going though.
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People forget sometimes that an elite tight end might not catch many passes. It's not as common anymore, but blocking is really important.
 
#30,839
#30,839
PlanetVolunteer said:
Yeah where's Joel Klatt right now?
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He hates TN so he’ll most likely never being it up again. Nico was proven to be a fraud and his camp liars, and we look 1000x better without him so surprise surprise he’ll never mention the situation again. He only mentions us when he thinks there’s a chance to crap on us and be proven right.
 
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strkr said:
Isn't it amazing how the big dick teams in SEC get away with stuff like that. It is really ridiculous. Ya think we would be flagged for it? Yea we would. During the ga timeout before the supposed false start call on us before the kick Kirby was talking with the sideline referee on their side - wonder what they were discussing? The pass interference on our guy when the ball was clearly out of bounds was terrible too. Ya just have to hit the kick and not have the goons affect the outcome.
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Both teams get away with stuff. They don’t see everything. We just don’t post our penalties that aren’t called
 
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#30,847
Florida fans act like they are shopping at Coaches R Us and Billy hasn't even been fired yet. They keep talking about Rhett Lashlee! Florida can't hire SMU's coach! SMU will pay to keep him. Lane Kiffin? Kiffin makes more than Billy ALREADY and has a kush contract that extends him every year he wins at least 7 regular season games. Talking about no pressure. And he makes 9 million dollars. That's more than Florida is paying Billy.

Some of them are arguing over Jon Gruden. I'm just so glad that's not us anymore.
 
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Visidog said:
I think so, but it’s interesting that Brazzell wasn’t “open” on either of his long TDs—especially the second. Y’all had to like the matchup when he was singled up, but I will be interested to see if those throws continue to have success. In both long TDs, the defenders were close enough to make a play but (taking nothing away from Brazzell, who played both perfectly and played through serious PI on the first) both defenders misplayed the ball by jumping or going for the ball too early.

It may be that Brazzell has that Moss or Calvin Johnson about him to win a bunch of those high arc passes, but those long, high throws will invite teams to start playing a centerfield safety.

Again, taking nothing from either JA or Brazzell, I think the incorporation of out-breaking routes and quick passes are the scarier evolutions in the offense in terms of trying to stop it while defending the run.
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then you eat crossing patterns and running the ball in short boxes
 
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