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Jackcrevol said:
To say Tee was not a good passer is folly. Tee made plays, but also had a littany of NFL prospects around him. Most notably, his Oline. Having Jamal Lewis is also ridiculous, and behind him? Travis Henry.

He didnt need to be great. He just needed to take care of the ball.
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Tee was not a good passer. And that’s being kind.

Yes, he just needed to take care of the ball and use his legs when needed, because he had a great defense and running game around him.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tee was not a good passer. He was really frustrating to watch at times. He was a 57% passer his junior year (and that's with the 24 straight completions game against a terrible SC team that only won a single game), then a 54% passer his senior year. His defense and running game bailed him out (to his credit, so did his legs a few times).

Look at his stats in the Syracuse, Florida, Georgia, and Arkansas games. They were really bad.

One thing he did well was throw a great deep ball and Peerless was a great deep ball receiver.
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Cedrick Wilson and Jermaine Copeland bailed him out a lot early in the season too. He did improve as the season went on but was still not great.......like you said though, his deep ball was fantastic.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
The inlaws were in town last week and they listened to a lot of today's country hits and man....horrific music. Formulaic trash my god.
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Who would you say was the last star of OG country?

I always go back to Cash. Even the 90s and 2000s stuff was pretty cringe imo. Lynn, Cline, Guthrie, Cash, Willie, Prine was the legit stuff. Jmo.


I've also been thinking this about rock bands. It's hardly a cogent overall genre at this point, bands are nearly non-existent among the top radio hits and it's mostly subgenre niches. So I split off among folks like Foo Fighters, MMJ, King Gizzard, Tame Impala, The Strokes, White Stripes, etc. But the last major "true rock band" is a tough one. Foo sort of takes it based on the last 30 years, as unfulfilling as it is to say. The Killers were the biggest selling band of the 2000s, but don't think they've had the lasting power. I'm sure some might say U2, but it feels too far back (peak). Sadly, Imagine Dragons might win purely based on streaming listens over the last 15 years, but I just can't...nope nope nope.
 
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SoilVol said:
No actually, that one would be easy to take. Arkansas is dragging their feet because there's concern that the Big Beautiful Bill is going to cut the funding to the state which funds that position. A job in DC kinda swooped in out of nowhere and interviewed me then offered quick.
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Trust your gut. Sounds cliche but I have found you generally know what is the right decision pretty quickly. The Lord can open some pretty amazing doors out of nowhere sometimes. You just need to be sure that the Lord is who opened the door. Will pray that it becomes clear for you and your family.
 
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swchandler1988 said:
Most records are set against sub par teams..just sayin
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Not the point. His completion pct was “inflated” to 54% by completing 23 straight easy completions against one of the worst teams in SEC history.

He was BELOW 50% completions against Syracuse, Florida, Georgia, and Arkansas.

In the Florida game, he didn’t see a wide open Price in the end zone in OT, which would’ve won the game, but got bailed out by Jeff Hall and the Florida miss.

In the Arkansas game, in his chance to win the game on a final drive, he went 4 and out, missing a wide open Price a couple times over the middle. When the miracle fumble happened, Tennessee knew better than to put the game in his hands again, so they ran it every play.

He made some big plays with his legs and some bombs to Price, but overall, he was pretty awful as a passer that year. He was fortunate to have a defense that was better than we’d seen since at least the 60s.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tee was not a good passer. And that’s being kind.

Yes, he just needed to take care of the ball and use his legs when needed, because he had a great defense and running game around him.
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Did we watch the same team? I would argue that he was a 'good passer', but fortunately also had legs. He also had great fortune of having David Cutcliffe and Randy Sanders in their prime.

I would agree about the defense. Guys like Al Wilson and Billy Ratliffe. Ratliff made that guarantee on sideline. One of the coolest experiences ive had was talking to Billy one day at work. Very humble, and loves talking about that play.
 
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