Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

[PlanetVolunteer]

Dinner for Bama fans

And they don't even skin the Weezers

Sick people

 

[SmyrnaATLVolisback]

I think it should be a very light haul on the offensive side. Position of interest would be a top flight upperclassman OT (if available) and interior OL.

Defense could use a HAUL though. I would love a couple of true DT bodies, need help at safety, would like a CB or two, and most likely need a Star. I would take a LB if someone great was available, but it isn’t a pressing need as I like our young talent there.

Oh I agree! I think it will be very light on offense. Heupel has taken a transfer receiver every year so I could see if looking for one. OT is fine with Perry and Sanders. Plus good depth unless they transfer. My guess on offense would be a guard, WR, RB, QB depth piece, and maybe a TE.

Defense will be a big haul. I bet we take 8-10.

 

[SmyrnaATLVolisback]

I know you're supposed to say this before you play a team but Kiffin said it's the best defense in the country. Unfortunately if you do manage to put up a decent amount of points on their defense, their offense has trouble keeping up, especially if you're forcing them to do it through the air.

The goal of a Josh Heupel team is always to win shootouts. And the goal on defense is to force other teams to beat you through the air. That's not exactly a new winning football formula. It's been the foundation of some of the best defenses in history.

Sometimes the scores are low as a result of playing other really good SEC defenses, but the philosophy is simple: finish at the end of the game with the most points. People overanalyze everything that is involved in that and forget to just worry about the results. And maybe the results are not a Championship this year! Have we really moved the goalposts that much? Playoffs are still in the cards. How many expected our offense to play this well? Forget the defense. Their numbers look bad largely due to the success of the offense. Bend and don't break applies to the scoreboard too. The goal, again, is to finish ahead!

Did you not watch the last two seasons? It was all run game and lean on your defense. So no it is not Josh Heupel team. He plays his offense differently every year.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

And they gave up 34 to the one good offense they played.

And Lane said they left a couple on the field.

 

[RandomUTfan]

I'm so interested to see how much better this recruiting class can get by ESD. It's already stupid good.

 

[gordonr24]

Sophie Cunningham isn’t walking through that door.

 

[jave36]

I didn't realize Mizzou took another of our castoff basketball coaches.

 

[Jackcrevol]

David Sanders was worth the money and worth the wait

Told y'all. I said recruiting isnt good enough. And look. See! I told you. I took all those years of NCAA 2004 experience, and precisely 1 day of Rec League flag football and dun tode ye.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Needs more jpeg imo

Had to zoom in too much

 

[Dadof2Vols]

hard to really believe too much in the "OU defense is elite" when they have played like 1 high end offense all yr and lost that one by double digits at home.

Texas hung 23 on Okie and that’s the same Texas team that could only hang 16 on Ky Jelly and that’s includes 3 of those 16 in OT.

Doesn’t seem that scary…

 

[tnhunter 10]

So for everyone who wanted Venables if he got fired as defensive coordinator, you can probably put that idea to rest. Basilio had a reporter from Tulsa News on, and he said that if Venables were fired, he would likely retire. His wife has been battling cancer for the past two years, and two of his daughters are still in high school, so he wouldn’t want to move.

 

[Jackcrevol]

 

[Mullins2010]

I stopped listening to country music a long time ago. That applies to pretty much all modern music, but Gator fans think this is about Morgan Wallen. Which will be interesting to me to see how Tennessee fans react.

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Yea he is doing a college/pro stadium tour in 26

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I'm enjoying Huntsville now. But, we don't have the miles of wide sandy beaches, YBOR, and fantastic bike trails. Heck, you can bike for 50 miles including across the bay.

Baseball...Football...Hockey...Museums...about a million city, county and state parks with walking and biking trails and fishing holes..saltwater fishing of every sort..beautiful springs with miles of beautiful clear rivers for tubing, kayaking and swimming...every kind of awesome food from every place on earth...and my favorite spot of all...Busch Gardens.

Awesome place to live indeed.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Yes please. And let him take over calling plays.

No...no...no..

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

If we'd just stop giving up 3rd and Harriman plays people wouldn't have such a negative opinion.

Bingo

 

[Rocky_Top_Vol13]

We all know how this is going to end.....

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Stoops almost deserves his own category.

He's not quitting and they don't have the funds to pay him.

It's not as if anyone at UK is debating whether or not they want him to be there.

But who would go there knowing all funds are going to Basketball. No serious coach.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I truly admire that you put all this work into this. I gave up trying to convince anyone. Clearly they need Tim Banks to be a garbage coach so I let them believe that.

If you have noticed...I've said the defense is putrid, because it objectively and quantifiably is, but I've never been on the "Tim Banks and staff are garbage and should be fahred and then tahred and feathered" train.

I can not in good conscience do that when we were just a top 10 CFB defense LAST YEAR...and since we gave gotten steadily anf quantifiably better every season until this one.

This season is a freak that I just do not understand...it makes zero sense.

One thing I do have against the staff is the fundamentals being so putrid...this should not be like that, and the only thing that I think is partially excusable or explainable is tackling...I would bet that hitting in practice has been massively curtailed because we are so thin on the roster.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Makes you want to go ask all those in the Ladyvols forum that I was disagreeing with that wanted to give her a couple of more years, “Do You want her back”?

 

[franklinpence]

Randy Boyd isn’t a politician, he’s a businessman that held a commissioner position at ECD. Big difference.

And…ran for Governor. While maybe not a successful one, he’s 100% a politician.

 

[Aesius]

LSU's situation is what will happen at Bama, but 10x worse, if and when DeBoer slips.

 

[MarcoVol]

LSU's situation is what will happen at Bama, but 10x worse, if and when DeBoer slips.

DeBoer is a good coach that actually puts in the work. I’d be surprised if they slip much over multiple seasons. Kelly was there to collect a check

 

[Jimmy Football]

DeBoer is a good coach that actually puts in the work. I’d be surprised if they slip much over multiple seasons. Kelly was there to collect a check

And learn Cajun.