Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

[Orange.]

An interesting conjecture.

And a fabulous metaphor for the next time you're stuck without a raincoat or umbrella in a "Carnian Pluvial episode."

 

[Orange.]

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[peaygolf]

That looks remarkably like @peaygolf in his college days. I've seen some of the photos. Add a few young ladies and a grilled honey bun and it's the same guy.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

A flurry of small bets and he’s going to rehab?

Pure speculation here, there maybe more to this in the coming week. It all depends on who controls the narrative and I bet Cody Campball does.

 

[Orange.]

Can we get back to how many different "insiders" Russini was pumping for information for The Athletic?

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Feel bad for the kid. Addiction is an illness that takes over your brain. Be it gambling, alcohol, drugs, sex, or something else, addiction changes who you are.


That said, I don't feel bad for TTU. All that money spent, I hope they tank this season. Suck it TTU.

It’s sorta like feeding the slot machines without taking a moment to think how those bets are gonna affect your family. I’m with weezie, I hate it for that kid, because he’s a kid, but,,,, come on.

 

[Orange.]

I highly endorse this behavior.

The Ladies really outdid themselves with that one! Bravo!

 

[Orange.]

 

[UTK]

Seeing the ladies take that whooping they got in game 1 from Bama personally and win the damn series was awesome to be honest.

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Feel bad for the kid. Addiction is an illness that takes over your brain. Be it gambling, alcohol, drugs, sex, or something else, addiction changes who you are.


That said, I don't feel bad for TTU. All that money spent, I hope they tank this season. Suck it TTU.

You forgot the addiction to Battered Vols Syndrome

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

If this Sorsby feller had come here...

Holy heck the meltdown that would have ensued in Tennessee Volunteer land

*faints*

I can honestly proclaim that I never wanted us to pick up Sorsby no matter what...but it because the dude absolutely SUCKS at throwing the ball down the field accurately. And that particular weakness cripples this offense.

 

[DD4ME]

Happy Tuesday

Scripture — Gospel of John 8:36–38 (NIV)
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
I know you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.
I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.”

Reflection
Freedom is a word we use easily, but Jesus speaks about it as something far deeper than circumstance. Not external. Internal. Not situational—but rooted in who holds authority over your life.
“If the Son sets you free…”
That means freedom isn’t self-generated. It isn’t something you assemble through discipline, success, or control. It is given—by a Person, not a process.
And then He sharpens it: “you will be free indeed.”
Not partially. Not temporarily. Not conditionally.
But then the tone shifts.

Jesus acknowledges their heritage—“you are Abraham’s descendants”—and still challenges them. Their identity, their history, even their religious alignment, is not enough if there is no room for His word. That phrase lands quietly but firmly: “no room for my word.”


Freedom and receptivity are connected.
You can’t be set free by a voice you won’t make room for.
And then He draws a line between two sources: what He has seen in the Father’s presence… and what they have absorbed elsewhere. In other words, we are all shaped by something. The question is not if—but what.
So this becomes less about belief as agreement, and more about alignment. What voice are you actually making room for?
What is shaping your decisions when no one is watching?


Prayer
Lord, You speak of a freedom that is deeper than anything I can create on my own. Not surface change, but real release—inside.
Search my heart for what is crowding out Your word. Where I’ve filled space with my own assumptions, control, or distractions, clear it. Make room.
Help me not just hear You, but receive You. Not just agree in thought, but align in action.
Set me free in the places I’ve grown used to carrying weight. And anchor that freedom in Your truth, not my circumstances.
Let my life be shaped more by what You have spoken than by what I’ve absorbed from the world.
Free me—fully, and faithfully. Amen.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Series Wins > one game offensive blowouts all day in baseball....sucks to suck ya cousin kissers!

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

I can honestly proclaim that I never wanted us to pick up Sorsby no matter what...but it because the dude absolutely SUCKS at throwing the ball down the field accurately. And that particular weakness cripples this offense.

Yeah I wasn't Gung ho either. Saw him throw for 74 yards against Nebraska.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Play the song about Tennessee…

Stole this:

 

[TN-POSSUM]

I highly endorse this behavior.

GB

 

[Glitch]

I like the yellow and red ones better. More heat, but better flavor.

 

[knoxvol52]

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Lovveee those unis

Hoping our roads like lik dat dis yr.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Eating beef bacon and yummmm. It's a new discovery for me.

Yawl had it?

 

[Midas]

Eating beef bacon and yummmm. It's a new discovery for me.

Yawl had it?

It’s insane. Tastes like brisket.

 

[jave36]

A flurry of small bets and he’s going to rehab?

Rehab is the primary step for the rich and famous in avoiding or mitigating consequences for actions.

 

[Sandman Vol]

Can we get back to how many different "insiders" Russini was pumping for information for The Athletic?

 

[Glitch]