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Gus Johnson is doing the UT/UF game. Sweet.
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Tennessee/Florida ought to be a good game today. Hopefully we can break this little skid we've hit.
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He took his share of the blame for the Bears' OLine woes last year. I'm sure if there's good talent he can work with it, but I for one am glad he was fired. I don't think the Bears had a great OLine and he ruined it, but at times last year--especially early in the year--the line wasn't even prepared to play. It took until well into the season for even average play to show up. That's too long. I don't blame Heistand for everything, certainly. But he had a share in it. I'm not a fan. That's kind of what I figured, but wanted Bear fans' opinions. I've liked all of Dooley's hires to this point, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one, but it seems odd.
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Bears' O-line coach Harry Hiestand is heading to Tennessee. Anybody know anything about him?
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Two more staff hires for the Vols.
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Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC. As of today, Rivals has them 7th (with 5 of the top 7 from the SEC...nuts) The commitments of Nash Nance and Rajion Neal must have bumped us up. Unless Rogers, Ambles or James Stone committed today and I missed it. And yeah, the SEC recruiting is pretty silly. They only have Nance as a 2-star QB, but Neal is 4-stars. The latter 3 you mentioned are still not committed. Yeah, just went over to check. Earlier in the week we were fringe top 10 (10-12 I think), so I'm not sure what bumped us up a few spots. Unless it was Neal, I guess.
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Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC. As of today, Rivals has them 7th (with 5 of the top 7 from the SEC...nuts) The commitments of Nash Nance and Rajion Neal must have bumped us up. Unless Rogers, Ambles or James Stone committed today and I missed it. And yeah, the SEC recruiting is pretty silly.
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Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC.
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#20 on espn (only 1 in the espn top 150), and #19 on rivals. But mostly they are lacking in any big name play maker recruits. They have a lot of room to improve in recruiting as they are more at Michigan State's level rather than Ohio State's. I am a little worried about recruiting. They need to make a hard play at Demar Dorsey even though they probably won't land him. I can't be the only one who disregards ESPN's ratings. They're pretty bad. I pretty much only look at Rivals. They seem to be the most accurate. I prefer Scout for basketball, Rivals for football. Rivals can be spotty when it comes to football on the west coast, I think. I don't follow basketball recruiting anywhere nearly as closely as I follow football recruiting. In basketball I mainly only keep up with the Vols.
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#20 on espn (only 1 in the espn top 150), and #19 on rivals. But mostly they are lacking in any big name play maker recruits. They have a lot of room to improve in recruiting as they are more at Michigan State's level rather than Ohio State's. I am a little worried about recruiting. They need to make a hard play at Demar Dorsey even though they probably won't land him. I can't be the only one who disregards ESPN's ratings. They're pretty bad. I pretty much only look at Rivals. They seem to be the most accurate.
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I think he can develop into a pretty good NFL QB, but it'll take time (like 2-3 years minimum). He'll be optimized as a Kordell Stewart/slash type player, though, I think. Maybe so. I can't see how any team takes him any higher than the 4th round though. Somebody will fall in love with the intagibles and college production and take him in the first 3 rounds, I think. If nobody else, Jacksonville will just for the ticket sales. Depending on how they planned to use him, I'd have no problem with the Titans considering him with their 3rd round pick (other than I think we have bigger needs). How he does at the combine will be big, though, I think.
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As for McCluster, I don't think excitement over him is overhyping him. He's an explosive, exciting player. He won't be as good as Chris Johnson, but he's got that type of playmaking ability. He may not be a feature back, but he can still be an integral part of an offense. Well worth a 2nd round pick, I think.
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I think he can develop into a pretty good NFL QB, but it'll take time (like 2-3 years minimum). He'll be optimized as a Kordell Stewart/slash type player, though, I think.
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Don't be surprise if Ambles doesn't commit to any team on NSD. He's seems to be the type of character who would draw out his recruitment to satisfy his go. Yeah, he's already strongly hinted he'll likely wait til after NSD to make a decision. Says he has a couple more visits to take (one to USC, I believe). He's fantastically talented, but has been a bit of a diva. Utimately I think Ambles will end up at USC (its funny that Carroll pull Ambles scholly offer, and Lane extended it back) because he seems to fit the whole Hollywood scene. But who knows what he will do. Yeah, I don't think he'll go to Tennessee, but I am impressed that Dooley was able to get him interested again.
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Don't be surprise if Ambles doesn't commit to any team on NSD. He's seems to be the type of character who would draw out his recruitment to satisfy his go. Yeah, he's already strongly hinted he'll likely wait til after NSD to make a decision. Says he has a couple more visits to take (one to USC, I believe). He's fantastically talented, but has been a bit of a diva.
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Dan Williams is having a really good Senior Bowl through the first half. As a UT fan, that makes me happy. Also, Markeith Ambles is reportedly visiting Tennessee this weekend. Good job by Dooley and staff to convince him to consider us again, now we'll see if they can bring him in.
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I don't get why the bullpen should be improved. It's a bullpen, filled with relievers, the most unreliable players in the game. And they haven't added an ace reliever. So there's no "should" about it. "Should" is overly optimistic, but that was the point of the post. I was responding to a post that gave all the bad stuff that could happen and I was showing the good stuff that could happen. My point was that the likelihood is somewhere in between. I think the bullpen will be better, though how much better is determinant on quite a few factors.
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I'm really not getting why some people think the Colts are just that much better than the Saints. Like I've said before, I really think it has something to do with the fact that they are the Saints. It's etched in our collective minds that the Saints = bad football. It's like if the Royals were suddenly winning 100 games a year, I'd have a hard time taking them seriously even in the face of the stats. The spread is 5.5. Pretty large, but not overwhelming. The Colts dismantled a team in the AFC title game while the Saints were very fortunate to win. I wouldn't be surprised or anything if the Saints won. Personally, you're just overblowing the extent to which people think Indy will blow 'em out. As far as how close people think the game will be it's definitely the closest matchup in the last few years I think. The Colts dismantled the Jets, but that was after playing a pretty bad first half. If the Colts are bad for a half again (which has happened more than a couple times this year for them), the Saints have enough firepower to put the Colts away, potentially. I think the Colts will win, but I think the chances of a blowout are relatively low.
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There are good things that could happen this year as well. - Aramis is unlikely to miss 1/2 the year again and, if he does, we'll have a third baseman to replace him this year - Soriano is unlikely not to improve some, if not a decent amount - The bullpen should be improved over last season - Soto is in much better shape and should be healthier/more productive - Fontenot should be able to remain in a platoon all year instead of bouncing between positions and he's always been productive in a platoon role - Outfield defense is almost a definite to be better with average Byrd replacing below average Bradley and Kosuke moving to right That's only a few of the good things that could go well this year and, if only a few do, then a significant decline from last year is unlikely. This projection seems to be a very low-end type projection. It could be accurate, but I think it's too pessimistic.
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Definite Hall of Famer. Should be at least.
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College Baseball 2010
dew1679666265 replied to OleMissCub's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Yeah, if it was on TV more often, I'd watch more UT baseball. But it's not, so I watch something else. I'm all for the thread being in this forum, for what it's worth. It'd be an interesting read and I forget about the Amateur Baseball forum all the time. -
He obviously must have passed the physical then. Good.
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Why would the team defense be worse than last year? Kosuke is a better defender in right than Bradley. Byrd is a better defender in CF than Kosuke. Everyone else is the same. Good try, but can't see it. While I agree that we probably won't regress as much as that projection of our defense, I can see where it's coming from. Everyone got a year older, which means a year further from everyone's prime. The cubs are going to start one position player next year (Soto) under 30. Soriano has had huge regressions on defense each of the past two years. Byrd rates at below average, though above replacement, in center. Defensive metrics say that Lee has been declining with the glove for years. I'm not saying I agree, but a bad defense is a very real factor in that RA projection. According to UZR, Byrd is a perfectly average (0.0) center fielder defensively and is slightly above average with the bat (if Texas production means anything at all). And Kosuke is a massive improvement in right. I see no way that this team is that much worse than last year. Improvements from third base (Aramis being healthy even a little more), left field, bullpen and bench should ensure that.
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According to Wikipedia (keep that in mind), there are 19 position players who have had TJS. The only two position players to have it twice were Wilson and Nady. However, there are 12 pitchers who have had it done 2-3 times.
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Mike Morgan and Ron Villone lead the way with 12 each. This is either number 11 or 12 for Stairs.