Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[UpstateVol613]

 

[Type Orange+]

I have never watched Rocco Becht play a live game, but I saw a 2024 compilation highlight video and, of course, only the best plays are shown. I saw more completions to wide open receivers in that brief video than what we saw in our entire season last year. I may be exaggerating a tad, but, yeah, the kid's a baller.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

So I didn't check for a few hours and

Cryptic boo dice = panic

Plane in Tampa

Can't wait for tomorrow!

See y'all in the portal!

 

[rocktopper16]

 

[rocktopper16]

Would be ideal honestly.

 

[Adam Sandler]

I personally think GMac is ready, but I know we won’t roll with that.

Based on what?

 

[85SugarVol]

Besides Boo, I haven't seen much

Huh?

Edit: Nevermind…. dice

 

[Adam Sandler]

If Big Nic was out and Nico publicly apologized i wouldn't be mad.

It’s just business?

 

[85SugarVol]

Wow…too young. He brought the pin and pull to that offense, and it was a thing of beauty with Alvin Kamara.

Man, I loved the Pin & Pull. Was beautiful to watch.

 

[Adam Sandler]

That is criminal how easy that is.

And yet, I counted only 6 wins and 6 swing games. Got them winning 9, but I could easily see 8 and not be shocked. 7 would be surprising.

 

[Butch Jones]

If Boo Carter leaves we need to embrace being a basketball school

 

[Adam Sandler]

Hey! Lets not cast aspersions!!View attachment 735582

No offense intended but I wouldn’t trust you

 

[swchandler1988]

If you’re judging the class on paper before they hit the field then no he absolutely did not wrap up the second best

You didn’t see the context. Implying that JH can’t recruit because we’re not finishing in the top 3-5 recruiting classes yearly. The best numerically we’ve ever done was Butch’s 2015 class with 33 signees. Heupel was close to that this year with 10 less signees. That’s what I was referring to

 

[KB5252]

If Boo Carter leaves we need to embrace being a basketball school

Let it play out, we'll see. If he does this staff needs to reevaluate their strategy and recruiters.

 

[Adam Sandler]

"It's 50/50 whether Nico plays anywhere in 2025"

~AP

probably

I could see him skipping this season and signing somewhere in December or trying to get drafted/signed in the nfl, assuming he doesn’t get his 3-4 million.

 

[screenthis]

I could see the names that came up in December appearing again tomorrow. Matthews and Boo?

 

[KB5252]

I could see the names that came up in December appearing again tomorrow. Matthews and Boo?

I fear the same , but we just have to let it play out and hope Heuple can navigate this. If not, we're starting over again after the 26 season.

 

[pismonque]

Okay, new disagreement in the pismonque household. Just saw an IG post asking why we pronounce the G in longevity twice. Took me a while but I finally figured out what he's talking about. He's pronouncing it long-jevity rather than lon-jevity.

So I showed it to my wife and told her that same thing and she said yeah but everybody in the world pronounces it long-jevity. I said I have never in my life said it that way. She gave me her well-worn "there's something wrong with you" look and went off to bed.

She's an exceptionally bright woman (choice of husband notwithstanding) but Merriam Webster seems to agree with me. But I'm curious: any of you morans pronounce it with the double G?

 

[UTK]

Not gonna lie, now that all the heat has died down a little bit, I kinda am just bummed out over Nico. Man so many of us supported that kid and truly believed he was the the talent that would lead us to prominence again. Just sad man

 

[Adam Sandler]

Number 8 is available…

 

[Adam Sandler]

Okay, new disagreement in the pismonque household. Just saw an IG post asking why we pronounce the G in longevity twice. Took me a while but I finally figured out what he's talking about. He's pronouncing it long-jevity rather than lon-jevity.

So I showed it to my wife and told her that same thing and she said yeah but everybody in the world pronounces it long-jevity. I said I have never in my life said it that way. She gave me her well-worn "there's something wrong with you" look and went off to bed.

She's an exceptionally bright woman (choice of husband notwithstanding) but Merriam Webster seems to agree with me. But I'm curious: any of you morans pronounce it with the double G?

 

[Orange.]

Okay, new disagreement in the pismonque household. Just saw an IG post asking why we pronounce the G in longevity twice. Took me a while but I finally figured out what he's talking about. He's pronouncing it long-jevity rather than lon-jevity.

So I showed it to my wife and told her that same thing and she said yeah but everybody in the world pronounces it long-jevity. I said I have never in my life said it that way. She gave me her well-worn "there's something wrong with you" look and went off to bed.

She's an exceptionally bright woman (choice of husband notwithstanding) but Merriam Webster seems to agree with me. But I'm curious: any of you morans pronounce it with the double G?

I hear it both ways. lon-jevity is considered the preferred or correct pronunciation, but long-jevity is not uncommon and I don't see how it could bother anyone.

My guess is that the long-jevity people correctly intuit that the root of the first syllable is long (not lon) so they pronounce it that way. In other words, it has something right about it. They add jevity in conformity with the second syllable of the lon-jevity pronunciation. I don't mean that this is conscious.

If you think about it etymologically, it really "should" be pronounced long-ēvity. With a long ē beginning the second syllable as in primeval, medieval, and coeval. And no one says like that!

 

[UTK]

 

[Orange.]

I could see the names that came up in December appearing again tomorrow. Matthews and Boo?

Nico and his handlers set a bad example. He was the team leader, even if he was not a good leader. I think they would both be better off at Tennessee, and I hope they see it that way. Recall that Big Nick was not only asking for mo money on the regular, he took it upon himself to get all up in Heupel's business about how to run the offense, especially the passing game. And Matthews and Boo were directly involved in those enhancements. There is no reason to imagine that Heupel wouldn't add new features to his offense without a player's dad acting like it was his idea.