Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[volbeast33]

Steelers vs. Cowboys tonight at 7 CT on Fox. Maybe we will see Dobbs today.

Should but he is probably getting cut this season.

 

[ACvol3]

I'm still preparing for disaster this year (like 4-8 disaster) but everyone is trying to talk me into being optimistic.

What all do you not like about this team?

 

[Ron Swanson]

That’s my football coach.

 

[ClasslessVol]

We will dominate Pitt on the ground. It will be glorious to watch.

Nah we’re more likely to dominate them through the air. They always have a good front 7 under Narduzzi.

 

[Adam2014]

Should but he is probably getting cut this season.

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman acted like there was a legit battle for second string, but maybe Dobbs is not in the running for that. Rudolph just fumbled.

 

[KPT_VFL]

10-2

 

[engineerVOL]

What all do you not like about this team?

Looking at our team objectively..

Little to no returning offensive production, No consensus starting QB (but no way it’s not better than the last four years whatever happens). Linebacker and secondary talent and depth. Feel good about DL. Inexperienced DC. That’s what keeps me at 6-6. I don’t think our defense will be good.

*I’ve not really studied our roster though as much as you guys.

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

Load the spaceship with the rocket fuel and set the components to Heuperdrive.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Well… someone has t-boned my car as it was parked out front over night. Looks like a good day

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Subtle @Bassmaster_Vol subtle. Guess we will be getting our pre-game threads on time this season.

 

[Catbone]

I'm still preparing for disaster this year (like 4-8 disaster) but everyone is trying to talk me into being optimistic.

I think 6-6 is certainly obtainable IF we beat Pitt. I think that game will tell us a whole lot like others have said. 4-8 to 6-6 is what we're looking at this year.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

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Shamburger to UT-Martin

Lol...what a fall...dumbass..

 

[GoBigOrange86]

What all do you not like about this team?

I just feel like we're having to rely on an awful lot of transfers in order to even keep us decent, and I don't know that they can gel in so short a time. We lost 7 games by double digits last year, and while I think we can all agree that was a horrendous coaching job, our brand new coaching staff just doesn't have a whole heck of a lot to work with. When was the last time a first-year coach did better than 5-7? Kiffin, I guess. I just have to see it to believe it.

I think @Catbone is right. The Pitt game is kinda pivotal. Win that and I could see us getting to 7-5. Lose it and we struggle to get bowl eligible. WAX Pitt and I'll be talking Florida upset.

ETA: Dooley went 6-6. My bad.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Subtle @Bassmaster_Vol subtle. Guess we will be getting our pre-game threads on time this season.

 

[butchna]

I just feel like we're having to rely on an awful lot of transfers in order to even keep us decent, and I don't know that they can gel in so short a time. We lost 7 games by double digits last year, and while I think we can all agree that was a horrendous coaching job, our brand new coaching staff just doesn't have a whole heck of a lot to work with. When was the last time a first-year coach did better than 5-7? Kiffin, I guess. I just have to see it to believe it.

I think @Catbone is right. The Pitt game is kinda pivotal. Win that and I could see us getting to 7-5. Lose it and we struggle to get bowl eligible. WAX Pitt and I'll be talking Florida upset.

Adequately replaced players and signees who left. Would’ve been easy to shut down, but the new staff recruited transfers very impressively. We’re better than last season roster wise as a result.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Adequately replaced players and signees who left. Would’ve been easy to shut down, but the new staff recruited transfers very impressively. We’re better than las season roster wise as a result.

We may be. I just need to actually see it on the field.

 

[bignewt]

You hate to see it

Probably one too many nudez of Mrs Mullen.

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

Nah we’re more likely to dominate them through the air. They always have a good front 7 under Narduzzi.

Beckwith/Evans/Small will impose their will. Mark my words...

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Former Vol WR Cedrick Wilson's son plays for Dallas.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I think I am on team, JH is gonna do OK here

 

[bluegrasser]

Regarding the new WR Commit Chas Nimrod, his HS coach says:

“He’s a very selfless individual who will mold well with the culture that’s already being created. His work ethic is good. He is a likeable kid and is easy to have a conversation with. People love being around the young man.”

I mean, not trying to get overly PosiVol, but Heupel’s staff seems like a lot of smart and personable guys. And they seem to be really putting a focus on recruiting smart and personable guys.

Who knows where it goes as far as probabilities for success, but it would seem the odds are Definitely better than a bunch of jackass, dull coaches recruiting dull and jackassey kids.

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

As an insurance guy, it’ll go down as comprehensive or uninsured motorist, which should have zero bearing on your insurance record

It wouldn’t be comp. It would be uninsured motorist and as long as you had comp/collision on your policy you shouldn’t even have a deductible.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Yeah. It’s totaled

Nevermind

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Not when using RPOs and quick passes. That split second difference can make all the difference in being able to juke in space and being hit immediately.

In others - get what you're saying. Still has value but not like in the NFL.

It's absolutely useless when you can't hit the broad side of a barn a lot of the time.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Here's my thought process: I think our rosters are flat better than Bowling Green, Tennessee Tech, South Alabama, and Vanderbilt. All of those have got to be wins. These are not talented football teams we're talking about.

I see three rosters better than the Vols for sure: Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. I don't think we can touch Alabama. But I once saw Kirby Smart lose to a 4-8 South Carolina team coached by Will Muschamp and I feel like Tennessee could beat Florida if Heupel is the offensive wizard many hope he is, especially if it's a Florida that just got waxed by Bama and is expecting a quick and easy rebound against a lousy UT.

Then I see five rosters where I really don't know. I could see Tennessee losing to or beating each of these teams. I have a hard time seeing them beat all of them. Losing to all of them strikes me as a distinct possibility if there are key injuries or if the QB position turns out to be a dumpster fire.

The bottom line is that if absolutely everything went right, they could wind up 10-2. But absolutely everything is not going to go right and we all know that. If everything goes wrong, they end up 4-8. If some things go right and some things go wrong, they settle at about 7-5.

I think I've been conditioned to be a pessimist since I've only really been a diehard since about 2007 or so and most of my existence has been pain mixed with disappointment and also more pain, so I can see everything going wrong a lot more easily than I can see it all going right.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

He got Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Travis Henry legs..hope he has a lot of talent like those guys...lol.