Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[RiotVol]

These guys.
Ohio State seeks to trademark the word 'The'

LOL.

 

[yourstruly23]

 

[nicksjuzunk]

-Hubbs

There's the problem... Pruitt wanted it to translate on Sundays. These cats were working on two different time frames

 

[BennesseeVols]

Ok. Off topic.. but me and father inlaw are about to build a monster truck.. like on tv.. have contacted Dan Patrick enterprises about building the chassis( that's who builds gravedigger and most others). Already ordered the engine and planetary axles..

So we are brainstorming a name for it..

So far only thing good I have is "neighbors nightmare".

Any ideas?

General neyland with a big power T on the roof

 

[Go Fight Win]

been here since two thousand and nine a.d. and posts that in a current player thread...


7 day ban

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I would like to see Jahmir at LG if Trey can't go. Need his nastiness on the line.

Yeah the only reason I don't think JJ starts is I believe with Morris at LT they'll want Ryan's experience beside him. Jahmir working exclusive on the left side though has me thinking he's basically the 2nd guy at both LT & LG in an "ideal" situation.

I just think Ryan starts somewhere, him and Tatum have the bulk of our experience. Jahmir does as well, but the way I've heard Calbert talked about it's hard to picture him not starting at RG.

I obviously don't know as much as the staff, but I'd probably have Jahmir at LG, Kennedy at C, Ryan at RG and work Calbert & Carvin in as much as possible. It's a good problem to have, cause I feel like Trey is the only absolute starter on the team but now we've got some good choices/options and people will have to earn their spot...probably week to week even.

 

[Sleegro]

been here since two thousand and nine a.d. and posts that in a current player thread...


7 day ban

Haha I don't mind the bumping of current player threads but should definitely have some sort of actual info if you do it. And hopefully have the info be good news.

 

[Catbone]

From Stewart Mandels mailbag with the Athletic when asked if he ever sees Tennessee being a top 10 program again after how bad the last decade plus has been.


Yes, I have witnessed something similar. Allow me to familiarize you with Oklahoma Sooners football during the decade between Barry Switzer’s departure (1989) and Bob Stoops’ out-of-nowhere national championship in his second season (2000). Over 11 seasons, OU — which holds a .724 all-time winning percentage, sixth-best nationally — went 68-55-3. Though slightly better than Tennessee’s 67-70 mark in its past 11 seasons, the Sooners’ dark years at one point included five consecutive non-winning seasons, including a 3-8 mark in 1996 and 4-8 in ’97.

Fun fact: I sat in the stands at Soldier Field for the 1997 Pigskin Classic, in which Northwestern beat Oklahoma 24-0 and not a single person in the stadium considered the result surprising. Even worse for the Sooners, that Northwestern team went on to finish 5-7.

Then Stoops arrived, and the rest is history.

So yes, I absolutely think Tennessee can get back to being a Top 10 team. The school’s got all the fan support and resources you need to build a powerhouse program, it’s just made some staggeringly bad coaching hires over the past decade. Just like Oklahoma did in the ’90s with Howard Schnellenberger (who, like Lane Kiffin, lasted just one season) and John Blake (12-22 in three seasons).

The counterpoint I’ve heard from some — including my podcast co-host — is that Tennessee will never return to glory either because it has to recruit out-of-state against Georgia and Clemson, both of which are in a much loftier place than when Phil Fulmer was winning in Knoxville. To which I’d say, the state of Oklahoma is not exactly teeming with elite football prospects, and Stoops had to recruit against peak-Mack Brown in the state of Texas. He did alright.

The more interesting “can they ever get back?” subject is Nebraska, which, at its peak, was the most dominant program in the entire sport but has not won a conference championship in 20 years and is coming off consecutive 4-8 seasons. I absolutely believe Scott Frost will have the Huskers winning double-digit games and Big Ten West titles by 2020 at the latest, but can Nebraska — with zero geographic advantages and its history defined by a no-longer en vogue offense — get back to the same heights as former rival Oklahoma today?

If you ask me which program is more likely to win a national championship in the next decade, Nebraska or Tennessee, I’d still take the Vols, even without yet knowing whether Jeremy Pruitt will prove to be the next Kirby Smart or the next Derek Dooley. It can still recruit Top 10 classes every year; Nebraska cannot.

Oklahoma also doesn't have to play Georgia, Alabama, and Florida each year... apples and oranges

 

[bcmbvol]

I watched some of BYU’s games. Man they are a very lateral offense. If they aren’t running a jet sweep it’s an intermediate throw, so our safeties are the key to the game iyam.

 

[volsandpirates]

Oklahoma also doesn't have to play Georgia, Alabama, and Florida each year... apples and oranges

Yeah, they just had to play a #11 Texas, a #2 Kansas State, and a #1 Nebraska team over a 3 week stretch as well as playing Kansas State again in the Big 12 Championship game. Big 12 was strong in the time frame he was referring to

 

[RiotVol]

Yeah, they just had to play a #11 Texas, a #2 Kansas State, and a #1 Nebraska team over a 3 week stretch as well as playing Kansas State again in the Big 12 Championship game. Big 12 was strong in the time frame he was referring to

Can we just reflect a second on how badass the Big 12 used to be?

 

[Neyland Law Vol]

Sorry guys. Just excited for him.

 

[rocktopper16]

Bring back the font and black outline puhleaseeeee

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Can we just reflect a second on how badass the Big 12 used to be?

Can we just reflect a second on how badass the TN Vols Football Team used to be. Cant wait to get back there.

 

[SoilVol]

Bring back the font and black outline puhleaseeeeeView attachment 217916

Give me the Holloway jerseys with the orange shoulders.

 

[WriterVol]

These guys.
Ohio State seeks to trademark the word 'The'

An Ohio State University

 

[jakez4ut]

You old son!!

 

[Dooby15]

Let’s get our minds right

 

[Blake25p]

These guys.
Ohio State seeks to trademark the word 'The'

Get THE f*** outta here with that bs.

 

[Blake25p]

Let’s get our minds right

 

[SweetasSoda]

Bring back the font and black outline puhleaseeeeeView attachment 217916

Wonder what it would look like with one of the darker greys LA Vol said was an official color? Would still outline but make the orange pop more I think. I do like orange. Could even outline the orange on the helmet lightly.

 

[wuwh_08]

 

[SmokinBob]

So you're saying you get offended if someone gets offended? Should I be offended by this?

I might be offended because maybe we can't be dickheads...are you offended about that? I might be but I might not be....

 

[drvenner]

Don't care, this is how I'm picturing To'oto'o for at least another week.


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That's a great gif, but that kid that made the tackle really needs some comeuppance. Little A-hole IMO.

 

[drvenner]

Chatter on multiple Mississippi State message boards that multiple players are involved in a NCAA investigation. There's some saying that the football team is likely to lose multiple guys for at least 4 weeks and in some cases up to 8 weeks, including projected starters. Apparently the issue is similar to the issue faced by Missouri and involves tutors. They seem to be expecting the story to break within the next week. MSU is thought to have offered a package of "self-imposed punishments" in order to try to make the NCAA go away. They're not sure when to expect to hear back from the committee.

As long as there is some backlash for Mullen and Florida, let it freaking burn.