Recruiting Forum: Football Talk IX

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Vol knight said:
For those of you who don't have confidence in us next year, just don't watch the games then. I'm going to continue proudly wearing my orange and white and support this team next year. I have faith that we will go to a bowl next year. I see 6-8 wins next year, IMO.
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Oh look y'all, it's that dude......the blindly support everything or you're not a true fan guy, smh. How'd that work with Dooley?
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
My notes from last night's game:

1. DY: For the first time in his career, Devrin received the ball after crossing the line of scrimmage. Given our issues at the WR position, I just can't figure out why he was not written into the offensive game plan before tonight. I'm not saying he should be the center piece or anything, but targeting him 4-5 times a game... especially Josh Smith's snaps, would have been a nice boost to the offense. He had 4 catches for 66 yards tonight. In previous games, 2 catches for 13. :dunno:

2. Palardy: I remember Dustin Colquitt went through a stretch at TN, where he would almost comically angle the ball out of bounds within the 5 yard line, almost every time he punted. Tonight, Palardy repeated those exploits, with ridiculous bounces and balls just dying short of the goal line, as if it landed in cotton candy. It didn't hurt that KY's returner acted as though the ball was covered with cobra fangs every time it got near him. He will really be missed.

3. Corey Miller: Nothing beats that feeling of saving your best for last. He is one of those who have been through the wringer here, choosing to stay on board that fateful night Kiffin bounced town and Orgeron was giving invites to SoCal to our newly arrived freshmen. His 4.5 sacks in a game are a new standard, beating the great Reggie White. How awesome was it for him to get one last shot at the record, and then force that fumble in the endzone. That was his last play in orange and white, a memory that will always stick with him. My final play in football was a touchdown catch after dislocating my thumb earlier in the quarter. The memory is still fresh, and a highlight of my life. (cool story)

4. Neal: He really turned the corner this year, and will earn a paycheck in the NFL, at least for a while, and who knows... His season finishes with a 5.2 YPC average. 1124 yards on the season is good in the SEC. His intensity in the second half of the season was great to see.

5. McCullers: The big fella never seemed to turn the switch on. All the tools in the world for a man his size, and demonstrated every time he entered the "Circle of Life", but just seemed content to settle in games. He finishes his career averaging 3 tackles per game, with a total of 1.5 sacks. Oh what could have been...

6. Stoops: The man looked overwhelmed and stressed out. Kentucky is not going to do him any good. He already has a habit of ragging his team out in public, and with a team that has a losers identity, he will not go far. Sort of unrelated... how in the bloody spam logo did we lose to KY a couple of years ago? I could not tolerate this off season with a loss to them again.

Looking forward to the madness leading up to NSD, and then hearing about the EE's in spring and who is going to emerge as the QB.
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I agree about DY. His injury came at a tough time, but geez. He's a tough matchup for defenders in space.

But on the other hand, I'm 100% convinced that Vincent Dallas would have been our 2nd best WR if given the chance. Don't know what the coaches were thinking there...jmo
 
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The further away they can get from the Dools stench the better. This off season should finish that issue. Any upper classmen remaining on the team by the start of next season will have been fully indoctrinated and retrained into the Jones method. I just want the OC and DC in remedial training so they can take a step up to the SEC from the first game on next season. Each showed they could do it at various times, but digressed badly at other times. They need to be consistently good in their approaches for the players to succeed.
 
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The East looks fairly winnable next season. I'd say Mizzou is the favorite after this year, but we have all seen the favorites don't always pan out.
 
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Weezer said:
Is winning today a bad omen for the coming week? The pattern was we lose, guys commit. What happens now?



















If your sarcasm meter is that broken, you need to get it fixed pdq.
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I think Butch will hold off until mid-week, since we won...make Volnation wait, like they are waiting on Christmas morning. Then, say sometime around Wednesday Dec 4th, he unleashes an exclamation mark boom??
 
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RichRollin said:
I agree about DY. His injury came at a tough time, but geez. He's a tough matchup for defenders in space.

But on the other hand, I'm 100% convinced that Vincent Dallas would have been our 2nd best WR if given the chance. Don't know what the coaches were thinking there...jmo
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You don't think they gave him a chance? That is hard to fathom.
 
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Aesius said:
Hey guys, you know what would really help our team next year? If they had to learn new schemes yet again under new coordinators.

That's the recipe for success. If things don't go your way in a season, just fire the coordinators and plug in some new guys. Fail proof, right?
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They could hire somebody off of the VN forum. Like a contest.
 
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Tennessee Golfer said:
The same was said about Sanders when we got rid of him so we replaced him with Clausen. Now Sanders will be the OC in the national championship and well we know what happened with Clausen.
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Whhhhaaaattttt - Sanders was awful both here and at Ky. He in no shape or form is the OC at fsu.
 
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Pretty good game in Lexington. Not as cold as I thought it would be. The UK fans (the ones that actually showed up) were very nice.

1. Sucks for Croom to get hurt like that. Looked like he was in store for a monster game. Not sure what it was, but I could see him grabbing his shoulder.

2. After Croom went down, Johnson and Devrin really stepped up.

3. I rate Dobbs' performance a 6 out of 10. He got lucky on that 1st TD throw to Croom. He made some nice 3rd down throws and made some good runs when he needed to.

4. Our defense vs. their run game was piss poor. That Mobley kid was getting 8 yards at will. Our LBs really do not know how to shed a block.

5. Good for Corey Miller. Hate to see him go. Congrats on the record.

6. As for AU-UA game, I'm pretty sure Bama lost 30% of their fans last night. Saban had "For Sale" signs in his yard. I'm sure Harvey will burn down the whole town of Auburn this time.
 
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My cool story bro for the UK game...

Was sitting down in the hotel lobby this morning in Lexington, and there was a family of UK fans with a young son decked out in UK gear. He was trying to convince the table of UT fans next to him that Kentucky won and Tennessee lost. Finally his mom commented that since Kentucky had scored a touchdown her son believed that Kentucky had indeed won the game.

Kid has no clue what's in store for him as a Kentucky football fan.
 
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I'm sure our HFC and coordinators will probably just sit around all offseason and not learn from this season and have a better plan for in-game calls next year, with better knowledge of our personnel and their abilities. We should just go ahead and fire them.

Dumb.

So many people saying that crap are the same ones who, when people said teams like Missouri and Oregon had similar-rated talent, responded: "yeah but they've recruited to their system and they've had 3+ years with their system."

But yeah let's fire our coaches. Again.
 
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ATC_VOL said:
My cool story bro for the UK game...

Was sitting down in the hotel lobby this morning in Lexington, and there was a family of UK fans with a young son decked out in UK gear. He was trying to convince the table of UT fans next to him that Kentucky won and Tennessee lost. Finally his mom commented that since Kentucky had scored a touchdown her son believed that Kentucky had indeed won the game.

Kid has no clue what's in store for him as a Kentucky football fan.
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If we keep this up much longer, won't be long before we have a generation of kids like that. Heck, probably already do.
 
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Burger said:
Clawson's going to the Mac Championship as a Head Coach. I wouldn't be surprised to see him at a BCS school soon.
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As much as we like to hate on Clawson, what happened here with him was not all him. Fulmer tried to mix his and Clawson's offense together and it was like mixing water and oil. Would have been interesting imo to see what he could do if Fulmer had turned him loose
 
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Coastypop said:
As much as we like to hate on Clawson, what happened here with him was not all him. Fulmer tried to mix his and Clawson's offense together and it was like mixing water and oil. Would have been interesting imo to see what he could do if Fulmer had turned him loose
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Clawson's O is known to take awhile to put in. I think Taj Boyd would of been a legend here if all parties were able to work together. I've always liked Clawsons O at both Richmond and Bowling Green.
 
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Thoughts and takeaways on CBJs post-game interview:

- Two instant replays away from a 7-win season (and a bowl game; referring to Pig's goaline fumble and the BS ball spot against Vandy)
- Croom has a broken collar bone - get him healthy fast. He played really well even though it was against lesser talent
- If Tiny stays, that's awesome. If he doesn't, I still have little worries about our OL. Crowder, Kerbyson, Weisman, and Sanders are all ready to go. Plus, we get M. Jackson back. That's a stout OL, and I truly believe they'll play with a bigger mean streak.
- Can't speak highly enough of Corey Miller. He's been one of my favorite guys to watch this year, and he deserves all the success in the world for his turnaround. At one point, I didn't even expect him to be here.
- DY stepped up tonight. Great all around game, and I hope he continues through to next year. I don't see him returning kicks next year, just punts, but I hope he continues to grow.
- Open QB competition will be really fun to follow through spring and next fall's camp.

GBFO and go BasketVols.
 
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