Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Jimmy Football]

I must be in the minority here, but I think this recruiting class is SOLID!!!! I actually love it.

Same, but I would like it to balance back towards offense as it is finished up.

 

[Batman1948]

I don't know who he's talking about but it seems to me like LSU would fit the bill.

If you ain't cheatin', you ain't crutin'

 

[SpringBokVol]

Thoughts?

 

[SpringBokVol]

I think condredge holloway has to be on the mountain

 

[Batman1948]

Okay, @Batman1948
That’s not how this is done.
Always agree when someone is bashing an opponent coach. Regardless of whether it’s true or not.
Get it?
Got it?
Good!

I'll get back in line but some of our posters just run with a narrative that has nothing to do with the subject of the article------I'll be good

 

[Jimmy Football]

I think condredge holloway has to be on the mountain

I know Johnny was technically a halfback, but that was the QB role in the single wing. Hard to keep him off if you believe he’s eligible.

 

[therickbol]

Would have been accurate if Butch was #2

Why the does Butch have a 'T' by his name?

 

[peaygolf]

July 10, 1040
Lady Godiva rides naked through the town of Coventry.

Lady Godiva repeatedly pleaded with her husband, Leofric, to lower the heavy taxes he imposed on the people of Coventry.


So what is the truth behind the story of Lady Godiva's ride through Coventry? Why would a lady of great standing in the town do such a thing? The legend has been handed down over many years, so the line between fact and fiction has become more than a little blurred.

The earliest surviving source for the legend is the Chronica of Roger of Wendover for the year 1057. He wrote that Godiva pleaded with her husband to relieve the heavy burden of taxes he had imposed on the citizens of Coventry.

Weary of her persistence, Leofric said he would grant her request if she would ride naked through the town.

The rest of the story is not documented at all, but it is said that so great was her compassion for the people of Coventry that Godiva overcame her horror of doing this. She ordered the people to remain indoors with their windows and doors barred. Loosening her long hair to cover her as a cloak, she mounted her waiting horse.

Then she rode through the silent streets unseen by the people, who had obeyed her command because of their respect for her.

Only one man, called Tom, was unable to resist the temptation to peep at the Countess (hence the term 'Peeping Tom').

Her ordeal completed, Godiva returned to her husband, who fulfilled his promise to abolish the heavy taxes. According to Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon, Leofric freed the town from all tolls save those on horses. An inquiry made in the reign of Edward I shows that indeed, at that time, no tolls were paid in Coventry except on horses.

 

[Batman1948]

Same, but I would like it to balance back towards offense as it is finished up.

Don't you know defense wins championships

 

[UpstateVol613]

 

[Butch Jones]

Thoughts?

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Peyton, Hooker, Holloway, can't decide #4 between Dobbs, Shuler, T Martin. Probably Shuler or Dobbs.

 

[UpstateVol613]

 

[peaygolf]

Thoughts?

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Bobby Dodd has to be on that list

 

[Butch Jones]

Don't you know defense wins championships

Not w some bum ass QB that you people will carry water for all year

 

[Batman1948]

Doesn’t ring a bell

Does Jumpmaster ring a bell---if not you're a rookie

 

[Batman1948]

This made my day----thank you

 

[SpringBokVol]

Peyton, Hooker, Holloway, can't decide #4 between Dobbs, Shuler, T Martin. Probably Shuler or Dobbs.

Hooker for me is recency bias and only 1 good year. But I get the pick.

I would also consider Clausen - such a road warrior!

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Doesn’t ring a bell

Obviously not an old fart in this space. Earliest viable UT board I believe. Complete with checkerboard border and WWJD down the left border. Chuck ran a clean ship. Eventually sold to one of the services.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Another one!

 

[DD4ME]

Think we could all use this one sometimes.

JULY 2025 July 10, 2025: Even when you feel like you have been abandoned, you are not alone. The Lord is with you always. God will show you the way of peace and righteousness. He will give you the wisdom to move forward with faith, trust, and assurance. Do not despair. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Peyton, Hooker, Holloway, can't decide #4 between Dobbs, Shuler, T Martin. Probably Shuler or Dobbs.

The Iceman did play at UT. . . and Jimmy Streeter too

 

[Adam2014]

Am I the only one that thinks ja was brought in for backup or competition? Just saying I know coach was making a statement by getting rid of Nico, but there is way too much money involved with coaches salary to let an additional mil decide you have no qb. I think if cjh didn’t think he had the horses to compete, he wouldn’t have made that decision.

You should be the only one thinking that. It is on record that we were trying to get a power 4 starter after Nico left. We went after Luke Altmyer and Josh Hoover hard, but they did not want to come. Hell, we offered Hoover a million more than what he was making at TCU and he did not want to leave. Nico was going to be the starter this year and him leaving left a large void.

 

[UpstateVol613]

 

[JCVol00]

I must be in the minority here, but I think this recruiting class is SOLID!!!! I actually love it.

It’s been solid, especially at lb and ol and qb, but I do feel like most of the secondary commits are projects. I do love the speed that they bring though

 

[MarcoVol]