Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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DD4ME said:
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Nice.... It's just 4%. Thank you, Danny!

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(The additional 5% "talent fee" on top of last season's 10% talent fee, will be announced sometime during the season. Depending on our ranking, it could increase but Danny will let everyone know how much they can spend on Christmas by October 31st. What a guy.)
 
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Vol423 said:
Seems easy enough. Don't like the prices? Don't buy season tickets. Nobody has a gun to their head.
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How about another tweet by our awesome AD to people that have had season tickets for years are unable to renew because of money..... "Oh, that's unfortunate. We are deeply sorry that you can no longer afford to go to the games. Well good news... you can still support the BIG ORANGE by contributing to the NIL fund. By the way, we inked a huge streaming contract with ESPN and our SEC games will be pay per view only. I love you, VOL Family. GO VOLS. XOXO. ❤️ Danny!!!"



College football is broken. It cannot survive like this.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Titans coaches should inform Cam Ward not to get into scuffles with big Jeffery Simmons ...
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They've been going at it all summer. Jeff started it and told him ahead of time he was going to get in his head to make him tougher. Cam said bring it.

They're great friends off the field already
 
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DD4ME said:
I ran all the recent UT football coverage videos from this week through chat to see if that could replace listening to them and the report is not really it you want the read between the lines stuff.

Here are the five most “insider-level” nuggets that came out of today’s UTK football coverage — the stuff that goes beyond surface headlines and feels like leaks, coaching whispers, or bold predictions:


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1. Aguilar’s Rapid Playbook Mastery

Local sources hinted that coaches were surprised by how quickly Joey Aguilar picked up Josh Heupel’s system, which is why he jumped Merklinger despite being the newer transfer.

Suggests staff confidence is higher internally than most national analysts realize.



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2. Receiver Depth = Hidden Weakness

While national coverage focuses on Aguilar, insider chatter notes the wide receiver room is thin beyond Mike Matthews and Braylon Staley.

Coaches may be reshuffling roles, and some less-expected names could see early playing time.



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3. George MacIntyre Already Creating Buzz

Even though he’s a freshman, multiple reports say MacIntyre has impressed enough in camp that he could move into the QB2 spot by mid-season if Aguilar falters.

This wasn’t an expectation going in — feels like something leaked from practice evaluations.



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4. Staff Sees “Boom or Bust” Season Too

Insider analysis (like from Sports Source and RTI) mirrors what Saturday Down South called out: internally, UT knows this roster could win 10 games if the offense clicks, but also could stumble to 6–6 if Aguilar doesn’t deliver.

That kind of acknowledgment usually doesn’t get voiced outside coaching circles.



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5. Position Leaders Are Already Identified Internally

RTI’s “projected stat leaders” segment is based on internal scrimmage feedback.

Word is RB Dylan Sampson is being prepped for heavy touches, and DL James Pearce Jr. is viewed inside the building as the defense’s stat anchor.

These aren’t official, but they align with what coaches have hinted in private evaluations.



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✅ So the most insider thread today: Aguilar wasn’t just the “safe” QB pick — he actually forced the staff’s hand with how quickly he took control of the offense.
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No. 5 - What?
 
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DD4ME said:
I was unimpressed and never read that far. To be fair I sent it multiple hours of coverage and it did this in under a minute.
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Maybe you should tell it that Sampson and Pearce are gone? Or nah.

I hope the first one is right, but I wouldn’t accept that as evidence. The second one is not hidden. The third one is a weird way to say GMac still wouldn’t start. The fourth one is bizarre: I don’t think the coaches were talking about that but fans and trolls talk about that stuff all the time.
 
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I've said this before, but the market priced fans out not some nefarious scheme. If we suck again be sure and buy your discount tix and celebrate them lol. If we get as good as we all are hoping we aren't done with the hikes either. Heck I don't know how an average family takes a week long vacation to the beach anymore either.
 
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Ace said:
For everyone complaining about ticket prices, unfortunately that is the price literally of success. I remember the days buying tickets at half face value a week before the game because we were going to lose. I like winning better.
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This. I can tell who was not paying to travel when we sucked. Lol 😆

Do any of y'all remember all the posts about how going to a game wasn't even worth it anymore? With the widescreens at home and the amenities. Lol it was so many posts back then on why buying tickets was overrated. Dirt cheap seats back then too. Lol 😆

FTR as a frugal guy the price of everything hurts me these days. A night out is 150 easy now. That would have been a whole weekend budget a few years ago .
 
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