Recent content by Shades

Probably Telander leaves

See below for Heupel's take on team culture compared to Kiffin or Deion. I like Heupel's take, and it's just my guess that long-term success is more likely with a both high level players AND a good team culture. Wouldn't be surprised if Heupel is still going strong with the Vols long after...

What you talking about Willis? JK... Yep, Moi put the move on Lang and beat him pretty bad. But a good DL makes our OL better, and I bet Lang learned something from practice that he will not let happen in a game.

https://atozsports.com/nashville/spring-practice-highlight-clip-news-nasty-tennessee-vols-newcomer/

From: https://247sports.com/season/2024-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24096 Since Dec 4, 2023, there have been 28 Alabama players to hit the portal (8 of them since Saban announced retirement on Jan 10). 19 of them have already found a home (one of them to the Vols). 3 of them are...

Updated for the 2023 season:

Some of our thoughts are starting to diverge at this point, so I will pass on doing another large round of essays. But I will mention that the ~89 score is not arbitrary and convenient. In the CFP era up until today, which team with a team composite score of ~88 or less has ever competed well...

Agreed, and discussed much of that earlier in this thread; Mostly due to mismanagement of good players, inability to hire a good coaching staff, and the inability to obtain a really good quarterback. Of course, Jimbo Fisher and aTm was a great example of this type of team, but Fisher also...

BTW, in case it wasn’t clear, my point in this thread and thread bump is not to prove or disprove something. It is to present info for thought and discussion. My thoughts from the info have been that a team that has an excellent recruiting class stands a pretty good chance of winning the...

It is just for punts; does not include kickoffs, such as Iowa's 23yd kickoff return. Here's a clip from the NCAA stats page for team punt defense. For 2023, the Vols allowed 4 yds in punt returns. https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/462

Some additional info on how Washington compares in recruiting to past national champions can be seen in the recent thread bump of: https://www.volnation.com/forum/threads/heupel-and-improved-recruiting.354403/page-2

Someone was asking about Washington's composite recruiting in another thread, so here is an thread update that covers this year's recruiting info for the two teams in the championship game. As seen below, most championship teams have had a composite recruiting ranking of around 93, with more...

Good googly-moogly! Only 23 yards allowed in punt returns in the past 3 years.

From https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/longformarticle/tennessee-vols-college-football-stats-rankings-sec-ncaa-fbs-2023-final-regular-season-223196711/#2327597 for 2024 Vols football stats. Worse on passing and overall offense, but better on rushing. Actually better on defense in some...