Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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#57,802
SmyrnaATLVolisback said:
Give him an extension! It’s all personnel!
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Never said I thought Banks has been good this season. I don’t think 1 season is a fireable offense…he was one of the top coordinators last season.

My argument has been the talent in the backend is cheeks. Only reason Turrentine is here is because he couldn’t see the field at Ohio State.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
If women can get injections, wigs, implants, paint themselves like a clown, a man can wear a rug on his head. . .
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Amen! I made a covenant with the Almighty, as a youth I promised never - upon exit of hair - to defile this beautiful head. But, men should absolutely use hairpieces, hairplugs, and esp hair paint - to hide their bald heads. That way, myself and others can enjoy snickering. There is nothing more enjoyable than a good rug. Esp the one's like the grandpa from Christmas Vacation, where the piece is completely mismatched the the remaining hair.IMG_2892.gif
 
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jordan4vols said:
Problem is I do think they have the potential to score more than KY did. Luckily at home and at night
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I think folks got a bit overhyped on them during early season when they were lighting up cupcakes.

PPG: OU scores 28.4, Kentucky 24.1
Total Yards: OU 376.5, Kentucky 361.3

Now, obviously Kentucky benefited from playing us which helped their numbers. But the counter to that is they have had a tougher schedule and only 2 teams held them under 300 total yards both on the road Georgia & South Carolina.

Ole Miss is a shared opponent
Kentucky scored 23 points and racked up 359 total yards losing by 7
Oklahoma scored 26 points and racked up 359 total yards losing by 8

They're pretty close to one another, but like you pointed out the big difference is we get OU in Neyland at night.
 
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SmyrnaATLVolisback said:
Well our defensive philosophy to allow a 71, 28, and 56 yard touchdown pass worked to perfection then. Chess not checkers. Bend and break baby
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Well didn't it was working as planned all the time, I was just pointing that it is a defensive philosophy. I think it was first widely used by the Chargers in the 70's.
 
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UpstateVol613 said:
Never said I thought Banks has been good this season. I don’t think 1 season is a fireable offense…he was one of the top coordinators last season.

My argument has been the talent in the backend is cheeks. Only reason Turrentine is here is because he couldn’t see the field at Ohio State.
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That’s my biggest problem with banks. His unit is the worst and has been for years. And they brought in major analysts to help him and it’s gotten worse. That’s a bad sign imo.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
I think folks got a bit overhyped on them during early season when they were lighting up cupcakes.

PPG: OU scores 28.4, Kentucky 24.1
Total Yards: OU 376.5, Kentucky 361.3

Now, obviously Kentucky benefited from playing us which helped their numbers. But the counter to that is they have had a tougher schedule and only 2 teams held them under 300 total yards both on the road Georgia & South Carolina.

Ole Miss is a shared opponent
Kentucky scored 23 points and racked up 359 total yards losing by 7
Oklahoma scored 26 points and racked up 359 total yards losing by 8

They're pretty close to one another, but like you pointed out the big difference is we get OU in Neyland at night.
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Wouldn't you say that overall, Ole Miss has a better d than us though (minus our front 4)
 
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#57,810
This will be the perfect week to play zone the entire game. With our secondary injuries, I won’t complain any. It’s probably our only chance to limit some possessions. Hope that our DL can wreak havoc, hope OU gets some holding penalties, hope Timmy knows how to assign someone to spy Mateer, and hope Mateer makes some bad throws and throws it to us. This is the way this week. We absolutely have to slow down their running game, jump on them early, and make them feel like they have to throw the ball to keep up.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
This will be the perfect week to play zone the entire game. With our secondary injuries, I won’t complain any. It’s probably our only chance to limit some possessions. Hope that our DL can wreak havoc, hope OU gets some holding penalties, hope Timmy knows how to assign someone to spy Mateer, and hope Mateer makes some bad throws and throws it to us. This is the way this week. We absolutely have to slow down their running game, jump on them early, and make them feel like they have to throw the ball to keep up.
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All OU needs to do is get to 3rd and long and they will do just fine...
 
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Geronimo said:
Wouldn't you say that overall, Ole Miss has a better d than us though (minus our front 4)
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I mean to be fair I think everyone in the SEC has a better defense than us except Arkansas.

But with stats I always like to look at who did you play.

Scoring offense in SEC
1. Vols
2. Vandy
3. A&M
4. Ole Miss
5. Arkansas
6. Missouri
7. Alabama
8. Georgia
9. Miss State
10. Texas
11. OU
12. LSU
13. Auburn
14. Kentucky
15. Florida
16. South Carolina

Bold is who we've played, italic is who Ole Miss has played.

Arkansas is the best scoring offense either of us have faced. They scored 35 on Ole Miss and 526 total yards against us 31 points and 496 total yards.

Both played Georgia. Ole Miss gave up 43 and 510 total yards, we gave up 44 and 502 total yards (OT game though).

Kentucky is a weird one though Ole Miss played them in game 2 of the year Calzada was starting and garbage. Boley taking over has really made them a better offensive team, despite not winning more games.

His last 3 games he has thrown for 60%+ (74%+ twice) and at least 225 yards and 7 TDs to 3 INTs. One of those games was at Georgia too. So we got a far better Kentucky offense imo than Ole Miss saw.
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
He did receive an extension in August that takes him through 2030.
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Yeah I know but that won't keep people from calling. I think he is happy here but let's face it in the current world of college football there simply aren't that many elite coaches to fill all of the vacancies and most of the schools are going to be turned down by many of their top choices. It's insane but you almost have to give him something to show him you value him. Everybody is in love with Kiffin but let's face it Heupel has an equal or better resume. Heupel actually got his team in the playoff last year. He's not as cool or sexy but the man can coach. Modern college football AD's and boosters have lost their collective minds.
 
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Taking a look at some defensive stats this afternoon.

Points-per-drive: 2.49 (#89)
Yards-per-play: 5.53 (#58)
Unadjusted efficiency: .075 (#71)

Despite that, both FEI and ESPN FPI have us as a top 30 defense. We've played the 2nd hardest schedule in the country (in terms of offensive strength), we've created a ton of points off of turnovers, and a bunch of the yards/points we've given up have been in garbage time.
 
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Revived2002 said:
With so many big openings, it’s reasonable to consider someone may come after Heupel

However, has he done enough at Tennessee to warrant you paying $50M+ to fire your current coach to get him?

Not so sure

If he had his current Tennessee record at Miss State - maybe. But Tennessee is a major program.

I’ve enjoyed the Heupel era and think we still have big things ahead. But not sure the big names will want to poach him.
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I think the more pertinent question is to name the coaches that would leave there current situation that warrant spending that kind of money? It's a very small list. Everybody has money now. For the record, I don't think we lose Heupel but I think you have to expect his agent to be fielding calls. Heupel might shut it down without any of us knowing about it but that's not typically how agents work these things.
 
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#57,821
MarcoVol said:
One question…. Is Elander rocking a piece here? This hairline is crazy

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He's impressive for someone that hasn't done this before. I watched his press conference and it's easy to see how he killed the interview and why the players love him. Really impressive start and I bet we keep rolling. It's easy to see why he was Tony's right hand man.
 
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