Recruiting Football Talk VIII

#14,882
#14,882
ChattaTNVol said:
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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The 2 things our tempo has to have to reach it's best speed.

1. chunk plays in the running game (5+ yards a carry is optimal, QB or RB in RPO)
2. hitting completions when throws are being made

BOTH of those things were down last year for us compared to the previous 2 years.

We also have to avoid OL penalties...which wasn't a big concern overall as we averaged less penalties (although early in the year they cost us especially at Florida)
 
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#14,884
#14,884
Orange_Crush said:
Sounds like his numbers changed with the removal of carbs. That was my experience as well. I gave it a try years ago because I read about meta studies that indicate that it seems to work across the studied population. Last year, I asked my doctor about it, and she encouraged me on the low carb, high fat/protein because it just works.

So, for clarity, are you asking if he thinks that some people are genetically disposed to react in a certain way to carbs, and others won't?
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I work these pretty hard, doused in raw olive oil. Substituting collards, lettuces, spinach, etc. (green leaves) for the cabbage (too starchy imo.) Fish and meats.
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#14,891
#14,891
screenthis said:
OK, people. Today's price for Florida/Tennessee tickets on the resale market is only $336/ticket. Thus, only $672 for you and your partner. A steal. Now, well, can someone loan me $672?
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Sounds like you’re not willing to give your all for Tennessee.

PS - beating Florida and witnessing it live is priceless.
 
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#14,896
screenthis said:
OK, people. Today's price for Florida/Tennessee tickets on the resale market is only $336/ticket. Thus, only $672 for you and your partner. A steal. Now, well, can someone loan me $672?
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You need to add Gasoline for automobile.
Food and Beverages during and after the game.
Fighting the traffic and parking.


Sounds like a blast to me.
 
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#14,900
#14,900
DD4ME said:
Agree, this would have been the better selection.

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Yeah, that's much better theme music. No matter the music, though, the graphic still sucks. Way too much Texas (of course, going forward anything to do with the SEC will have too much Texas; thanks, Sankey, you prick!); but, those couple of times, blink & you missed it, the real UT were shown...those were awesome.
 
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