Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[jakez4ut]

Agreed. I get it, it's his only way of playing without going overseas.. But do I want to see him playing for sometime else? Uh... No.

 

[franklinpence]

I already catch he!! for my choice of truck, I don't think putting on manual locking hubs is going to rehabilitate me.

Why? You have a cybertruck?

 

[Adam Sandler]

"The" reason for that is much more capital infusion, marketing and fostering brand loyalty. Which by the tone of so many UT fans they obviously do at an elite level. "The" reason is not that Nike has a product that is twice as good as Addidas. If people would be sheep less often then Nike would still be a massive brand but it would be much more in line with other brands. Props to their marketing people. They are elite.

Nobody said the product was better. We’re not saying Nike vs adidas is increasing on field performance. They said they like the branding and the design of Nike garments better. The players seem to agree. I think that reason should be reason enough to try to work something out with Nike. Unless you know how much more money each kid would want on average to wear adidas and figure those calculations into your cost analysis of the new deal.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Zakai just needs to go pro

Like he can make a lot of money in Europe and ya know, get to live in Europe.

And at this point, there aren't that many spots left across the entire country.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

that truck looks like a toy next to him

Runner up gets a GOAT addition Ford Ranger.....

 

[Adam Sandler]

Just 1 SEC school spent more than Alabama on football recruiting in FY 2024

Tennessee outspent the entire SEC on football recruiting in FY 2024, but Alabama wasn't far behind.

www.al.com

“Stars don’t matter” folks avert your eyes.

How did we outspend everyone and be ranked 8th in the sec in recruiting class?

 

[screenthis]

How I predict the season playing out with above average QB play, but nothing close to elite (similar to last year)

Syracuse - W
ETSU - W
Georgia - L ( will be ranked in the top 10 for this game)
UAB - W
Miss State - W
Arkansas - W
Alabama - L (will be ranked in the top 12 for this game)
Kentucky - W
Oklahoma - W
New Mexico State - W
Florida - L (will be ranked in the top 15 for this game)
Vanderbilt - W

Finish the year 9-3 and ranked 15-20

Syracuse (neutral) - W
ETSU (home) - W
Georgia (home) - L (Georgia is still predicted to be a playoff team and loaded with talent)
UAB (home) - W
Miss State (away) - W (They were awful last year. Any better this year?)
Arkansas (home) - W (Revenge game)
Alabama (away) - L (Top 9 prediction for Alabama (ESPN) and an Away Game
Kentucky (away) - W (It's Kentucky and I don't see them beeing markedly better from a bad year in 2024)
Oklahoma (home) - W (Improved but hey, we're at home).=
New Mexico State (home) - W
Florida (away) - L (Strong QB coming back. Strong LB core)
Vanderbilt (home) W

I had to add Home/Away and even then, I agree with you. My gut says we slip up in one more game (Kentucky? Oklahoma?) and go 8-4. But considering each one individually, I come up with 9-3.

 

[UTSuave’]

@mrMet

 

[MarcoVol]

Who’s to say what the money would be for, for all we know it could just go to construction costs and salaries

Schools are gonna have to directly start paying players soon. UT needs all the money it can get to help.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Syracuse (neutral) - W
ETSU (home) - W
Georgia (home) - L (Georgia is still predicted to be a playoff team and loaded with talent)
UAB (home) - W
Miss State (away) - W (They were awful last year. Any better this year?)
Arkansas (home) - W (Revenge game)
Alabama (away) - L (Top 9 prediction for Alabama (ESPN) and an Away Game
Kentucky (away) - W (It's Kentucky and I don't see them beeing markedly better from a bad year in 2024)
Oklahoma (home) - W (Improved but hey, we're at home).=
New Mexico State (home) - W
Florida (away) - L (Strong QB coming back. Strong LB core)
Vanderbilt (home) W

I had to add Home/Away and even then, I agree with you. My gut says we slip up in one more game (Kentucky? Oklahoma?) and go 8-4. But considering each one individually, I come up with 9-3.

I really wish we could get one of Bama or FL on the road.

I think we could absolutely lose to Syracuse, probably will lose to UGA and Bama, very likely lose to Florida, and could drop one more (OU or UK). I think 7-5 or 8-4.

 

[R0CKYT0P 16]

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[R0CKYT0P 16]

"The" reason for that is much more capital infusion, marketing and fostering brand loyalty. Which by the tone of so many UT fans they obviously do at an elite level. "The" reason is not that Nike has a product that is twice as good as Addidas. If people would be sheep less often then Nike would still be a massive brand but it would be much more in line with other brands. Props to their marketing people. They are elite.

Nike gets the Orange correct, consistently. That’s all I care about. Adidas showed for over a decade that they couldn’t do that and have given me no reason to show that they can do it, today.

When it’s a product that’s equal on all levels of performance. Consistency is what is going to seperate brands from others. Nike as a whole is more consistent on sizing, colors and wear vs Adidas.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I kinda miss those tire tread jerseys. . .

 

[UTK]

I don’t care how much money they offer. If we go out there again and have a different shade of orange on the pants and the jerseys, you’re going to see Adidas being used against us in recruiting…. Again.

I don’t think brands the team wear will be a major factor in the NIL era, other than Adidas in theory should give us more money to land more players if the deal is as much as it’s rumored to be.

 

[Fingers]

Free likes to whoever posts this article

“I’ve got to finish,” Brazzell said this spring. “A lot of times, I could have finished. I didn’t finish. So just finish.”

To Brazzell’s point, he had a team-high six dropped passes and caught just four of 12 contested targets per Pro Football Focus. Three of those drops were on passes more than 20 yards downfield, a range where he caught just three of 15 targets. Two of those catches were his touchdowns, the winner against Alabama and a 53-yarder against Kent State.

The lack of explosiveness in the passing game was glaring in Tennessee’s losses to Georgia in November and to Ohio State in the CFP.

“We want to win the whole thing, so not what we wanted to do,” Brazzell said. “Personally, no, not what I wanted to do either.”

While the jump in physicality and talent from the American Athletic Conference to the SEC might have played a part in Brazzell’s struggles, he suggested the mental side of the game was what held him back, or that’s at least the approach he’s taken this offseason. For him it’s less X’s and O’s and knowing what to do and more being able to maintain his confidence after bad plays. Brazzell said he would beat himself up when he didn’t make a play.

“My mental, being in the right head space,” he said. “Even though things ain’t going right, I’ve just got to keep pushing. So my mental was my biggest offseason thing.”

“Just put myself in uncomfortable situations,” he said. “In the weight room I had a guy, I told a guy to just aggravate me, just talk to me and try to get under my skin, so I can work under that type of – you feel what I’m saying? – the environment and head space.”

“If I don’t make a play, flush it,” he said. “Get back to the next play. If I make a play, don’t get too high on myself, flush it, next play.”

“Compared to last year, I wasn’t the older guy in the room,” he said. “We had some vets in the room. This year, I’m the vet, so that means I’ve got to be more of a leader, be more of a vocal leader and a physical leader and just show the young guys what to do.”

The Vols need Brazzell to take a step forward for their passing game to do the same. Repeating Hyatt’s heroics isn’t realistic, and he’s a different player than Thornton, so Brazzell just needs to be himself and play through the ups and downs. Improved playmaking and consistency are musts for him to repay the Vols’ trust in him and this overhauled receiving corps and become the next second-season success story for a Tennessee wideout.

“Hopefully. That’s the plan,” Brazzell said. “Last year I’d say being comfortable with the tempo at that speed. You can practice that, but it’s nothing like in games. So having a year under my belt and coming back to Neyland and being comfortable, (it) should be better.”

p.brown

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Syracuse (neutral) - W
ETSU (home) - W
Georgia (home) - L (Georgia is still predicted to be a playoff team and loaded with talent)
UAB (home) - W
Miss State (away) - W (They were awful last year. Any better this year?)
Arkansas (home) - W (Revenge game)
Alabama (away) - L (Top 9 prediction for Alabama (ESPN) and an Away Game
Kentucky (away) - W (It's Kentucky and I don't see them beeing markedly better from a bad year in 2024)
Oklahoma (home) - W (Improved but hey, we're at home).=
New Mexico State (home) - W
Florida (away) - L (Strong QB coming back. Strong LB core)
Vanderbilt (home) W

I had to add Home/Away and even then, I agree with you. My gut says we slip up in one more game (Kentucky? Oklahoma?) and go 8-4. But considering each one individually, I come up with 9-3.

Since under Heup we drop a game we shouldn't and struggle on the road, we probably do something like this

Syracuse W
ETSU W
UGA W
UAB W
MS St L
Ark W
Bama L
UK W
OK W
NMSU W
FL L
Vandy W

 

[Jackcrevol]

Why? You have a cybertruck?

That would explain so much.

 

[Garren04]

Adidas football products as a whole are not good

 

[Go Fight Win]

“If I don’t make a play, flush it,” he said. “Get back to the next play. If I make a play, don’t get too high on myself, flush it, next play.”

This is the winner’s attitude. In sport, work, life.

 

[peaygolf]

My team was only the skill players or players whose family was a certain class (iykyk, especially us small town folk) within the community got the good “air” helmets. OL/DL was out of luck unless your parents were in that class. Mine weren’t lol.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Adidas football products as a whole are not good

just win.

 

[peaygolf]

@mrMet

All because he gets 21 premium seats for his family and hotel rooms for them on the road.............where they fly on private jets to every road game.

Suck it Soto................

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Syracuse (neutral) - W
ETSU (home) - W
Georgia (home) - L (Georgia is still predicted to be a playoff team and loaded with talent)
UAB (home) - W
Miss State (away) - W (They were awful last year. Any better this year?)
Arkansas (home) - W (Revenge game)
Alabama (away) - L (Top 9 prediction for Alabama (ESPN) and an Away Game
Kentucky (away) - W (It's Kentucky and I don't see them beeing markedly better from a bad year in 2024)
Oklahoma (home) - W (Improved but hey, we're at home).=
New Mexico State (home) - W
Florida (away) - L (Strong QB coming back. Strong LB core)
Vanderbilt (home) W

I had to add Home/Away and even then, I agree with you. My gut says we slip up in one more game (Kentucky? Oklahoma?) and go 8-4. But considering each one individually, I come up with 9-3.

Florida’s Qb has not did anything yet. Bama’s prediction is just that namely because of their name. Not saying them games won’t be tough because they will. But we got a shot and by no means surrendering them games. Nor surrendering any of them including Georgia. All SEC games will be tough on everyone. But we can compete with any of them. GBO!

 

[Volunteer821]

Pulled some onions this evening and my wife is making cornbread and black eyed peas with em.

 

[Orange.]

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