Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[rikberry31]

I squeeze my honey directly from the bees, so it's easier just to put butter in after.

That is not honey. Honey is dehydrated, aged nectar and bee spit.

 

[Volbucky]

I’m just amazed grown men are so distraught with what their favorite football team is wearing. Always been odd to me. That Chad uniform boy is cringy

 

[Jackcrevol]

I’m just amazed grown men are so distraught with what their favorite football team is wearing. Always been odd to me. That Chad uniform boy is cringy

control the controllables. we have so much power and authority to exact change as fans

 

[jave36]

I was in Bentonville and was surprised by how much I liked it.

Northwest Arkansas is a really nice area that defies the otherwise well-deserve stereotype of Arkansas lol

 

[Jackcrevol]

Northwest Arkansas is a really nice area that defies the otherwise well-deserve stereotype of Arkansas lol

Arkansas is definitely something. So is West Virginia.

 

[jave36]

I’m just amazed grown men are so distraught with what their favorite football team is wearing. Always been odd to me. That Chad uniform boy is cringy

Ha, every time people on here have super strong takes on uniforms, I'm perplexed. Didn't realize so many grown men football fans were also fashionistos.

 

[rikberry31]

I watched my not so little girl graduate with a 97 GPA this afternoon. I didn't graduate high school, I went back for my GED after dropping out. I couldn't be prouder. High school is over, I shook the hands of many if her high school friends this evening......... And it hit me, most of them for the last time.

Felipe will be going to Tennessee Tech engineering school soon. Salvador and Ryan to the Army National Guard. Brooklyn to ETSU, many others elsewhere. My little girl will be seeking her teaching degree this fall......... I'm not ready........ But she is.

In the space of two months my daughter was married and left and my boy left for the Army. The house was instantly silent. We went from my house filled (half of them I didn't know) and my frig empty to silent and plenty to eat. It was a weird time.

 

[JCVol00]

Did he also play baseball for us?

Nope, hell he hardly even played football for us

 

[Johnny Majors]

I learned to drive on a 77 F100.

I spent a lot of time in the back of a '76 getting firewood.

 

[rikberry31]

Ha, every time people on here have super strong takes on uniforms, I'm perplexed. Didn't realize so many grown men football fans were also fashionistos.

Any male (or female to a lesser extent) who is overly concerned with their appearance makes me nervous. I don't trust them. They can't be taken at face value.
As far as Tennessee fans, We are wearing freaking orange for Judas Priest sake, a garish color that is made to make hunters stand out.
When you think of Tennessee you should think of unfashionable, uncouth, giant orange monsters reeking havoc across the countryside (Adidas, Russell Athletic, Champion, etc.)
You should not think of a Russian ballet troupe in cod pieces performing the Nutcracker. (Nike, Reebok, etc.)

 

[rikberry31]

is there a walmart there?

Does a yeti sh!t in the woods?

 

[therickbol]

Agreed and I definitely came around to the Nike font.

Nike has twice the revenue of adidas which is historically a global brand. There’s a reason for that. I hope we don’t switch.

"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.

 

[therickbol]

I don’t get it. People complain that we don’t have the $$ to keep up with this or that school, then when we actually try and get a deal that will help us with that, it’s not good enough.

If we’re winning nobody will care that we are wearing Adidas

 

[LaagerVol]

I remember when only the best players on our junior high team got Bike helmets.

I got a Wilson that had the protection just like the helmets that were sold in the Sears Catalog

EDIT: prolly why I’m the way I am now…mass concussions

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.

 

[TheRain]

It would be foolish to do so.

 

[WesTnVol]

Everybody will be wearing everything anyway. I got Russell gear that is collecting Social Security that I wear sometimes.

I have a pair of Russell orange sweatpants I bought early 80’s. I still wear them some, my son has claimed them when I die

 

[Jimmy Football]

It would be foolish to do so.

Agreements to violate law are void.

 

[TheRain]

 

[MoCo_Vol]

So is the College Sports Commission trying to immediately blow itself up? What kinda of idiotic people are running that mess to think they can straight up say "go against actual state laws or we'll blackball you from our conferences as well as playing against programs in our conferences!"

That's kind of a monopoly they're trying to create...and here I thought college sports would do more to get the federal government out of their business.


Not to mention it would effectively blow up EVERY SINGLE championship playoff/tournament structure.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

A condition on switching to Adidas should be this: We are Pantone 151C. That is the only shade of Orange that should ever be used for any apparel.

Pantone 151c - Google Search

I have no problem with Adidas, but they need to get the color right. Nike is no knight in shining armour, but they have gotten our colors right. Hopefully adidas realizes this, just get our color right. GBO

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

The SEC is never going to throw Tennessee out, or any other major SEC school. I am sure things will resolve itself.

 

[knoxvol52]

College Sports Commission was developed by our fearless leader and is supposedly putting Saban and Texas Businessman Cody Campbell overseeing it... Goodluck..

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I mean the way the news outlets are running this should tell you all you need to know about the chances Tennessee is booted.

The power T is one of the largest brands in college sports. Not subjective either, look at the top rated games in football, basketball, baseball, women's basketball and softball.


I'm also curious if TN is the only state with this sort of law in place... seems the law is designed to help protect in state institutions from lawsuits from athletes, I'd think most schools would want this sort of protection.

 

[Jimmy Football]

So is the College Sports Commission trying to immediately blow itself up? What kinda of idiotic people are running that mess to think they can straight up say "go against actual state laws or we'll blackball you from our conferences as well as playing against programs in our conferences!"

That's kind of a monopoly they're trying to create...and here I thought college sports would do more to get the federal government out of their business.


Not to mention it would effectively blow up EVERY SINGLE championship playoff/tournament structure.

None of the entities that control college sports want to admit that there are only two ways out of the maze: an antitrust exemption or unionization/collective bargaining.

This attempt to re-establish the cartel by a different name is just kicking the can down the road.