‘23 LSU transfer OT Zalance Heard (Tennessee)

[VOLociraptorr]

Admittedly, I'm no football savant, but everything that I read says that continuity on the offensive line is vital. If Lane does get this kid, he will virtually have a new offensive line which will prove to be an interesting case study.

The talent may prove to be enough to overcome the lack of continuity. I guess we'll see next season

 

[bpalmer28]

folks, this is why message boards are fun.

Fyp

 

[TheMookieMonster]

-Zach Berry, Ole Miss On3

I honestly don’t understand how they have room for all of these portal players.

 

[MemphisVol3]

Admittedly, I'm no football savant, but everything that I read says that continuity on the offensive line is vital. If Lane does get this kid, he will virtually have a new offensive line which will prove to be an interesting case study.

The talent may prove to be enough to overcome the lack of continuity. I guess we'll see next season

Agreed. Even with talent, OLine takes time to gel. I could see them struggling there early in the season but talent elsewhere likely makes up for it in the easy games. UGA, LSU, and OU all can still beat them. I think UGA is almost a guaranteed L for them and LSU and OU are toss ups. Could also see them slipping against someone else.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I honestly don’t understand how they have room for all of these portal players.

NGL, this makes college football very very much less interesting to follow.

 

[mrmax86]

I honestly don’t understand how they have room for all of these portal players.

Every time I see someone commit to Ole Miss I just roll my eyes. If the experiment fails, good. If it succeeds, whatever, it's unsustainable long-term. Also, it won't work.

 

[Vol8188]

Guys, take it easy on Davis. It's not his fault. Dude has invested more in Tennessee Football that maybe anyone else on our roster. Even if he's not the answer at RT, he still helps us.

He’s a good rotational piece for sure and I think could factor in at LG

 

[Allvol41]

That many portal players is gonna create bad team chemistry imo. Just like Colorado, the wheels can fall off with a total roster flip and jealously is a Mother f@cker. GBO

 

[butchna]

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[Vol8188]

That many portal players is gonna create bad team chemistry imo. Just like Colorado, the wheels can fall off with a total roster flip and jealously is a Mother f@cker. GBO

I don’t think anyone thinks “the wheels fell off” at Colorado. If anything they overachieved.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

the walk on narrative is tired. Dayne Davis has been on full scholarship the last three seasons. It’s the exact same thing as saying “i can’t believe UGA won back to back nattys with a walk on QB”

Comparing Davis to Stetson is craziness.

 

[Vol8188]

Given how the pool is looking, one would think they'd have to over spend to secure his services? Still how does the staff handle the position demand? Isn't Crawford the defacto starter there? You bring Heard on and he takes the LT spot, wouldn't Crawford be a post spring portal risk? Back to square one but with a guy starting at LT who might not be as comfortable in the system as Crawford?

That’s why you tell Heard he plays RT for this season

 

[GoodTimeVol]

I don’t think anyone thinks “the wheels fell off” at Colorado. If anything they overachieved.

You could argue both ways…

 

[Vol8188]

You could argue both ways…

No. The problem is people completely reset their expectations after they started winning early. But there’s no argument for them underachieving

 

[Allvol41]

I don’t think anyone thinks “the wheels fell off” at Colorado. If anything they overachieved.

Overachieved my a$$. That is the media narrative. Winning 4 games isn't overachieving. They may win 6 games in a week big 12 next year but that's not my point. There still was plenty of D1 athletes on Colorado before Deion gave them their walking papers to bring in his own guys. NCAA football is still not the NFL, I predict multiple Jeremy Banks situations at ole miss and Colorado moving foward

 

[butchna]

Did Ole Piss not bring back any tackles?

It’s like the multiple starting QBs he landed last off-season. More about the achievement than the net result.

 

[MarcoVol]

I honestly don’t understand how they have room for all of these portal players.

They had 35 seniors with 19 who could return. No idea who is / isn’t staying.

Which Ole Miss players are taking part in Senior Day this weekend?

This Saturday is the final home game for Ole Miss of the 2023 season and with it comes Senior Day festivities.

www.on3.com

As of right now they have 12 incoming transfers and 16 transferring out.

2024 College Football Transfer Portal

2024 College football Transfer Portal

247sports.com

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Overachieved my a$$. That is the media narrative. Winning 4 games isn't overachieving. They may win 6 games in a week big 12 next year but that's not my point. There still was plenty of D1 athletes on Colorado before Deion gave them their walking papers to bring in his own guys. NCAA football is still not the NFL, I predict multiple Jeremy Banks situations at ole miss and Colorado moving foward

Yeah, Deion didn’t overachieve.

Dude is a walking clown on the college sidelines.

 

[Vol8188]

Overachieved my a$$. That is the media narrative. Winning 4 games isn't overachieving. They may win 6 games in a week big 12 next year but that's not my point. There still was plenty of D1 athletes on Colorado before Deion gave them their walking papers to bring in his own guys. NCAA football is still not the NFL, I predict multiple Jeremy Banks situations at ole miss and Colorado moving foward

Quadrupling the previous seasons win total is underachieving in your book? If he had so much talent before he got there like you claim, they wouldn’t have went 1-11

The over/under win total for 2023, did they go over or under?…I’ll wait

 

[KptVFL]

Oh. Crap.

Please not another Deion hijacked thread!

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Ole Miss is handing Tennessee its a** on a platter.

Yep


And they’ll prob attack you for saying this even though you aren’t wrong. Paid 8M for a QB just to give him a Dollar General OL that also features zero depth thus far.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

Yep


And they’ll prob attack you for saying this even though you aren’t wrong. Paid 8M for a QB just to give him a Dollar General OL that also features zero depth thus far.

There is an ignore feature folks please use it guys are getting upset again, going to be yesterday all over again lol

 

[Vol Karma]

On Twitter people are saying that Heard is trending back towards Tennessee? I hope this is correct, but I wonder what happen in the background to cause this.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

On Twitter people are saying that Heard is trending back towards Tennessee? I hope this is correct, but I wonder what happen in the background to cause this.

My biggest piece of advice is to never listen to anything you see on Twitter.

 

[ndubvols]

I have no inside info, but feel like we land him. Think the kid has been through it once with probably having been promised a spot and can hopefully see whatever ole miss is selling him after they just landed a starting tackle.