Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

[UTSuave’]

How come we never get this rowdy?..eh oh well northwest Arkansas

 

[triadvolfan]

LSU 2019

That was my first thought as well. When you can win a national title with Ed Ogeron as your coach, you can do anything.

 

[MissionRidgeVol]

View attachment 795670Not a bad class, sign a few heavy hitters in the portal

The spread out of the five stars is the definite effect of NIL. And they want to play right away. 5 star QBs will not sit, by and large. We'll see with Faizon.

 

[rockytop25]

 

[Jackcrevol]

I hear you and BOT are besties.....

damn...

 

[allstar34]

insight

What was that?

 

[swchandler1988]

View attachment 795670Not a bad class, sign a few heavy hitters in the portal

You know that’s our best class since 2005 right

 

[VFL10]

@Go Fight Win @Stoerner Fumbles y'all hearing any smoke on Brendan Sorsby from the UT perspective. I know he will be a high ticket item but with him only having 1 year left and his family living in Knoxville it just makes too much sense. Also seems to fit the offense very well.

 

[peaygolf]

RIP Steve Cropper!
Great man and great musician…

 

[Orangeburst]

RIP Steve Cropper!
Great man and great musician…

View attachment 795682

Blues Brother

 

[Orangeburst]

I should apply for the Penn State job. They have reached botton of the barrel.

 

[volsfan_17]

@Go Fight Win @Stoerner Fumbles y'all hearing any smoke on Brendan Sorsby from the UT perspective. I know he will be a high ticket item but with him only having 1 year left and his family living in Knoxville it just makes too much sense. Also seems to fit the offense very well.

At what point do we start losing goodwill by not playing these highly regarded recruits? I agree with getting a veteran backup QB, but if I'm GMac, I'm not sitting a second year in this current environment waiting my turn.

Can't be excited about recruiting well if we continually over recruit them in the portal right?

 

[utkevdawg1]

Bryce Brown was an overrated prospect.

I was thinking about him yesterday with the hype around our class this year. Also, wondering where he is today.

Turns out he is the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Tennessee Tech now.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

At what point do we start losing goodwill by not playing these highly regarded recruits? I agree with getting a veteran backup QB, but if I'm GMac, I'm not sitting a second year in this current environment waiting my turn.

Can't be excited about recruiting well if we continually over recruit them in the portal right?

They're being paid too much to be unhappy anyway. You want on the field win the competition outright.

The old "they might transfer" is out the door in this new era. You're making money playing or not, if you wanna make more money you get on the field and earn it. If ya hit the portal without playing any, good luck getting paid more and you're still going to have to go win a starting job at any P4 school.

 

[Orangeburst]

does Bey get a look at RB?

 

[PEPPERJAX]

does Bey get a look at RB?

I hope he does.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

I should apply for the Penn State job. They have reached botton of the barrel.

They are either going to hire an epically off-the-wall homerun hire or someone Dooley-esque that will put them back 10-15 yrs. I’m betting on the latter.

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

At what point do we start losing goodwill by not playing these highly regarded recruits? I agree with getting a veteran backup QB, but if I'm GMac, I'm not sitting a second year in this current environment waiting my turn.

Can't be excited about recruiting well if we continually over recruit them in the portal right?

I think what Heupel decides to do in the portal at QB will say a lot about how confident he is in GMac. If he pursues one of the top QBs, then he thinks he needs a starter from the portal. If it's an unheralded older guy, then he's looking for an experienced depth guy...which I think would be a really good sign. Hopefully GMac has done enough in practice for Heupel to want to roll with him and Brandon competing with a transfer 3rd team guy.

 

[Orangeburst]

They are either going to hire an epically off-the-wall homerun hire or someone Dooley-esque that will put them back 10-15 yrs. I’m betting on the latter.

so screwed up, you almost got to think they have someone lined up, like Deboer

 

[gordonr24]

Sign me up

I have a Tacoma but I would happily take one of these. I don’t tow anything. Just like the use of the truck bed. A compact truck with 4x4 is all I need.

 

[Dooby15]

At what point do we start losing goodwill by not playing these highly regarded recruits? I agree with getting a veteran backup QB, but if I'm GMac, I'm not sitting a second year in this current environment waiting my turn.

Can't be excited about recruiting well if we continually over recruit them in the portal right?

Depends on if the coaches think GMac is ready or not. And if he’s not then you tell him that. But rolling with GMac just for the reason of not losing goodwill won’t work. Going 8-4 or 7-5 when you could’ve won 10 games with the right QB for that year. Point to Ty Simpson as an example and how that’s worked for him.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

so screwed up, you almost got to think they have someone lined up, like Deboer

I have heard Deboer's name mentioned in other threads about the Penn State job opening. Why him? The odds are that PSU is going to hire someone like Jeff Fisher at this point.

 

[JCVol00]

Sad to see that Tim Banks is still employed as of 12:58pm est

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

I think what Heupel decides to do in the portal at QB will say a lot about how confident he is in GMac. If he pursues one of the top QBs, then he thinks he needs a starter from the portal. If it's an unheralded older guy, then he's looking for an experienced depth guy...which I think would be a really good sign. Hopefully GMac has done enough in practice for Heupel to want to roll with him and Brandon competing with a transfer 3rd team guy.

I don't think he wants to ride with a redshirt freshman and true freshman QB against our schedule next year.

 

[Deebowbear]

Jim Knowles at PSU runs a attacking defense using multiple blitz packages. Just need decent CB's because Knowles likes playing Man to Man defense.

Need to hire Knowles...

Yes asap yesterday