Recruiting Football Talk VIII

#14,851
#14,851
Guys we get it.

Joe is in the NFL now and has done nothing but be an exemplary ambassador for the university during his time here and since leaving. To this day speaks glowingly of the university and helps with recruiting.

There’s a ton of QBs in recent memory who deserve angst. Let’s let the Joe angst rest.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
Guys we get it.

Joe is in the NFL now and has done nothing but be an exemplary ambassador for the university during his time here and since leaving. To this day speaks glowingly of the university and helps with recruiting.

There’s a ton of QBs in recent memory who deserve angst. Let’s let the Joe angst rest.
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I think after Nico has the first game under his belt attention will move to discussing what he's doing and can do against the next opponent.

Joe following Hendo was just bad luck for him and if Nico does what we hope, Joe's career will be a bit like Ainge's last season. Despite being a solid year and winning games, mostly forgotten.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Don’t take away my statin.
Huge family history of cholesterol and heart attacks.
Been on atorvastatin since I was 36. At 61, my cardiac arteries are 100% clear of any plaque.

That’s why I can handle the stress of being a Volunteer. Also can handle the joy of achieving

16-0 🤠
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What are your thoughts on alcohol use and atorvastatin? I've been taking this statin for about 2-3 months and my last bloodwork showed an increase in my liver enzymes. should I be concerned? I go next week for another round of bloodwork.
 
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Honestly the game I think could end in an upset is actually Old Dominion at South Carolina.

Gamecocks lost a TON of offensive production so I'm not sure what they're going to look like this year.

They only return 4 starters on offense all new WRs, RB, and a new QB as well as 3 of their OL being new additions.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
We're all pretty good at knowing which camouflage works the best from our copperhead spotting expeditions of the last year or so, but I think we need someone who is a good hunter/fisherman. Who is our best outdoor sportsman? (I'm assuming you are near the top of the list) We should have them assemble a team to do it. . . I'm not sure there is enough time though, we should've been working on this since spring practice. . . I blame @Glitch .
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VN rule of thumb, if something goes wrong blame @Glitch .
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Honestly the game I think could end in an upset is actually Old Dominion at South Carolina.

Gamecocks lost a TON of offensive production so I'm not sure what they're going to look like this year.

They only return 4 starters on offense all new WRs, RB, and a new QB as well as 3 of their OL being new additions.
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I’ll be watching this one close.

I do think CU will keep this one closer than it needs to be and *could* very well lose too.

But yeah those are my upset alerts as well
 
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#14,863
The need for Speed –

Gerald Mincey has been needling some Vol Fans since his departure to Kentucky. I haven’t followed all that but I’ve read that some Vol Fans lit him up on social media right after he left so he’s firing back. I tend to suspect once in the portal he may have ended up having to take less NIL to find a landing spot than what he may have received has he stayed on the Hill. If so, that may still sting a bit. jmo.

Anyway, his latest salvo about Kentucky’s new up tempo offense being faster than Tennessee is refuted by both Brock Vandagriff and Mark Stoops. Even Bush Hamdan, their new OC from Boise State, isn’t a true disciple of the up tempo. Brock, a transfer 5-star QB from UGA, described their offense as a normal 2-min offense. Stoops said it’s nothing like Tennessee or Ole Miss, two teams he said run up tempo exceptionally well.

I looked at a comparison of select teams average tempo, including garbage time, using raw data from CFBstats, time of possession per game/number of plays per game, to get an unadjusted number for tempo. jmo.

Last year Kentucky ran the fewest plays per game in all of FBS football. They ran a play on average every 30.18 seconds. Hamdan’s lighting fast offense at Boise operated at an average tempo of one play every 28.18 seconds. Ole Miss was at 23.29 seconds/play. Alex Golesh had the Bulls of South Florida at 21.68 seconds/play and Joey Halzle in his debut as an OC had the Tennessee offense slogging along at 21.64 seconds per play.

In truth and fact, last year was kind of slow for us and a lot of fans noticed and complained about the difference. In 2022 we ran a play every 20.84 seconds (unadjusted) so we lost about 0.8 seconds of our average tempo in 2023. I find it incredibly remarkable that our fans can actually sense the speed of our offense in milliseconds. jmo.

We actually, I think, have 3 offensive tempos. We have a 4-min offense, a 2-min offense, and a 15-second offense. In the 15-second offense we’re on average running a play every 5.0 seconds. I think the only time we’ve run the 15-second offense all hell broke loose, fireworks blasting off, fans storming the field, cigar smoke billowing up to the sky from Neyland, goal post thrown in the river, all on a Tennessee Saturday night. Wow.

It seems pretty apparent Tennessee fans like no others feel the need for Speed. jmo.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Honestly the game I think could end in an upset is actually Old Dominion at South Carolina.

Gamecocks lost a TON of offensive production so I'm not sure what they're going to look like this year.

They only return 4 starters on offense all new WRs, RB, and a new QB as well as 3 of their OL being new additions.
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Per SC fans, Lanoris Sellers is the next Mike Vick/ Cam Newton. Cocks by 70.
 
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#14,867
Enki_Amenra said:
Banks sounds excited about our front 7. He says we have a lot of guys and have someone/thing for every situation.

Thinks we have a good mixture of talent & experience in the dbs.

Harrison has been really consistent and has found a home at star.

Looks to see the freshman play without mistakes and play fast.

if we can cover our WRs in practice, we should be able to cover anyone in the country.

DBs cant let mistakes hurt their confidence. They've built their confidence brick by brick and have to be able to give 6 good efforts in 3 seconds and be prepared to snap & clear after a bad play. . .

UTC is a good/well coached team. They have quality players and a lot of confidence. Our players are super excited to play them.

We've had a great fall camp and they're ready to hit someone else.

Heupel said we've put a lot of emphasis on avoiding penalties and playing very clean.
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Brick by brick! Oh LAWDZ!
Oh Lawd GIFs | Tenor
 
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WesTnVol said:
👆🏻this👆🏻
This is why Danny White is the best in the business. You’ve already bought a ticket to the game BUT for an additional cost you can buy another ticket to the same game that you’ve already watched👀
Pure American Genius 🙌🏻👏🏻🍊🧡
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Some people complained last year about the elimination of keepsake ticket stubs that resulted from electronic ticketing. DW comes back with this (un-torn) "complete ticket" souvenir. 🧠
 
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volinexile17 said:
In 2023, UT ran 71 plays per game (36 in CFB). The snap speed was 21.2 seconds per play (4 in CFB).

In 2022, UT ran just under 74 plays per game (34 in CFB). The snap speed was 20.2 (2 in CFB).

Not that different on the speed. The difference, I think, was our inability to hit big plays so the offense looked different while not actually being much slower.
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We need to see this stat with garbage time and other clock-bleeding situations filtered out. Without adjusting for that, these stats are really not that meaningful.

That said, it is definitely possible that 2022 just seemed faster because so many memorable/key drives happened so fast. A three-play, 80-yard TD drive is going to feel faster than a 10-play drive, even if operated at the same tempo.
 
#14,873
#14,873
drylo said:
We need to see this stat with garbage time and other clock-bleeding situations filtered out. Without adjusting for that, these stats are really not that meaningful.

That said, it is definitely possible that 2022 just seemed faster because so many memorable/key drives happened so fast. A three-play, 80-yard TD drive is going to feel faster than a 10-play drive, even if operated at the same tempo.
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I mean, I think it’s meaningful regardless because our ranking against everyone else didn’t really change.
 
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