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#29
#29
lawgator1 said:
I'd be stunned if there is some high school QB out there who says "I want to go to the University of Tennessee so I can be like Peyton Manning and win the Super Bowl."
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Funny you say that... Peyton Manning is precisely the reason Erik Ainge chose to attend Tennessee.
 
#31
#31
lawgator1 said:
I'll grant you that the Manning name is associated with UT right now and that it is a nice feather in your cap. But I think that this is more about Manning finally winning the big one for himself more than anything else.
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Of course it is. Nobody claimed it was "all" or "mostly" about Tennessee. However, the pub our program got during the last couple of weeks because of Peyton is free publicity. I don't see how that could not be a good thing.
 
#33
#33
lawgator1 said:
:eek:lol:
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Yeah, I agree. That was a little bit of a stretch.

My point though is that Cutcliffe/Fulmer can point to something that not a lot of other coaches can. Take Urban Meyer for instance. He's obviously been great, but what has more impact . . . "I coached Alex Smith" or "I coached Peyton Manning"?
 
#34
#34
GAVol said:
Maybe; maybe not. But it is a pretty ringing endorsement for a guy like David Cutcliffe to be able to sit in a kid's living room and say "I made that guy. I can make you."
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Exactly. I don't think it'd mean half as much for the 'good for UT' side of the argument if Cutcliffe was no longer at UT coaching QBs. But he is.
 
#37
#37
vol_freak said:
Of course it is. Nobody claimed it was "all" or "mostly" about Tennessee. However, the pub our program got during the last couple of weeks because of Peyton is free publicity. I don't see how that could not be a good thing.
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Agreed. Like I said, feather in the cap. Just saying let's not get carried away, thinking that the five star kids are going to be faxing in their commitments because of this, that's all.
 
#38
#38
lawgator1 said:
Agreed. Like I said, feather in the cap. Just saying let's not get carried away, thinking that the five star kids are going to be faxing in their commitments because of this, that's all.
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Again, I don't think anybody is saying that but you.
 
#39
#39
lawgator1 said:
UT is not generally known as QB University.
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Generally you are being antagonizing in this thread. It can only be a good thing for a college football program to say "look at our MVP SB QB we helped to produce". Is it going to bring championships to the Vols? No. But it is no way a bad or neutral event.
 
#41
#41
lawgator1 said:
Agreed. Like I said, feather in the cap. Just saying let's not get carried away, thinking that the five star kids are going to be faxing in their commitments because of this, that's all.
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Doesn't matter. We already have those letters from the five-stars. :shades:
 
#42
#42
vol_freak said:
Again, I don't think anybody is saying that but you.
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I kinda got that drift from folks, but maybe I'm wrong.

Tell you what, though, I will congratulate both Manning and the UT program for the W tonight. I thought that Manning directed some excellent drives and he seemed to settle down after a rocky start and really take advantage of what the Bears were doing.
 
#43
#43
lawgator1 said:
I kinda got that drift from folks, but maybe I'm wrong.

Tell you what, though, I will congratulate both Manning and the UT program for the W tonight. I thought that Manning directed some excellent drives and he seemed to settle down after a rocky start and really take advantage of what the Bears were doing.
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Working the cover 2 is Manning's bread and butter.
 
#46
#46
vol_freak said:
what were they doing? :)
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They played very far off the receivers for the first 8-10 yards of any route, it seemed. Didn't blitz enough. That bend don't break thing was a poor strategy in my opinion. Manning recognized it and frequently took advantage, getting the ball to a receiver 5 yards out who then had time to turn up field and find a crease.
 
#47
#47
I think comming and playing for the brass that taught Peyton (Cutcliffe and Fulmer) is somewhat of a recruiting advantage.

I'm not saying kids are lined up outside Phil's office but when you call a recruit it goes without saying that the guys talking to you honed the skills of maybe the best QB the NFL has ever seen. To me that = damn good.
 
#48
#48
GAVol said:
Maybe; maybe not. But it is a pretty ringing endorsement for a guy like David Cutcliffe to be able to sit in a kid's living room and say "I made that guy. I can make you."
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yep. never a bad thing.:thumbsup:
vol_freak said:
Of course it is. Nobody claimed it was "all" or "mostly" about Tennessee. However, the pub our program got during the last couple of weeks because of Peyton is free publicity. I don't see how that could not be a good thing.
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:yes:
lawgator1 said:
Agreed. Like I said, feather in the cap. Just saying let's not get carried away, thinking that the five star kids are going to be faxing in their commitments because of this, that's all.
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i think it's already been said, but no one ever said anything about tangible results. it is a feather in the cap....and one that i think they will/can/must show prominently, often.
milohimself said:
Doesn't matter. We already have those letters from the five-stars. :shades:
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:bow2:
 
#49
#49
lawgator1 said:
They played very far off the receivers for the first 8-10 yards of any route, it seemed. Didn't blitz enough. That bend don't break thing was a poor strategy in my opinion. Manning recognized it and frequently took advantage, getting the ball to a receiver 5 yards out who then had time to turn up field and find a crease.
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thats what everybody did to the colts during the playoffs. 1st priority was taking away the big play, and harrison. if a rookie rb catching balls out of the backfield and a te beat you, then that team is just better. the bears couldve blitzed more, that seems to be the only way to stop manning. however the bears aren't a blitzing team and you should stick with what got you there. unfortunaley for the bears rex grossman having a horrible game isnt what got them to the super bowl. also dropping urlacher deep into coverage allowed the colts to take him out of the game. the bears had opportunities and breaks but they didnt take advantage.

congrats to the colts, it was a team win. they deserve a lot of credit for adjusting to the weather and the bears return game. i am glad the pressure is off peyton and he can enjoy playing football without hearing the critics talk him down the rest of his career. he is a class act and as diligent a worker as there is in sports, i dont care who you are you'd probably be happy to have a kid like peyton manning, and that says everything you can about a man.
 
#50
#50
Can the NFL build a dome in Kansas (roughly the middle) and call it the Super Bowl Dome? That way I won't have to watch half of the Super Bowl through a foggy screen.
 
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