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TRUERockyTop
| Favorite team: | Tennessee  |
| Location: | Appalachia |
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| Interests: | VOLS & STEELERS |
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| Number of Posts: | 16822 |
| Registered on: | 9/13/2011 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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re: Lagway to LSU
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/15/25 at 2:27 pm to RTRnFlorida
It feels like if anybody could help Lagway develop & unlearn whatever Napier did to stunt his growth - it would be Kiffin or Heupel.
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re: Happy Third Week of Advent and Tennessee...
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/15/25 at 11:58 am to AshleySchaeffer
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Not Tennessee, frick them
The scheduling Gods are bailing out Florida from losing 3 straight and 4 of the last 5 to VOLS
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re: Go Army beat Navy
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/13/25 at 11:05 am to Goalpost
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Go Army
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re: Notre Dame schedule and what people dont understand.
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/13/25 at 4:05 am to IrishDave
Your schedule was arse & you finished 1-2 against the only 3 marquee teams that you played.
You're talking to a conference full of teams whose schedules consist of LSU, Bama, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, A&M, Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, etc. Playing a schedule full of Boston Colleges, Purdues & Stanfords is going to get you laughed at. And it should. Go look at Notre Dame's 2026 schedule and compare it to any team in the SEC. Even when the larger brand SEC teams are having down years - they're still packing in crowds of 85 -100k+ regularly for their home games with some of the best home environments in the country and can upset you. Your scheduling teams that struggle to fill a 50k seat stadium. It's a joke.
You're talking to a conference full of teams whose schedules consist of LSU, Bama, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, A&M, Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, etc. Playing a schedule full of Boston Colleges, Purdues & Stanfords is going to get you laughed at. And it should. Go look at Notre Dame's 2026 schedule and compare it to any team in the SEC. Even when the larger brand SEC teams are having down years - they're still packing in crowds of 85 -100k+ regularly for their home games with some of the best home environments in the country and can upset you. Your scheduling teams that struggle to fill a 50k seat stadium. It's a joke.
re: Tennessee hires Jim Knowles as Defensive Coordinator
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/11/25 at 1:21 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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4th school in 6 seasons. That's weird for such a good coach
What a reach.
He was at Oklahoma St for 4 seasons. Made an upgrade by leaving for Ohio State where he coached for 3. Produced the #1 defense once & Top 5 defense 3 other times in that span. No unbiased person is faulting him for Penn State deciding they wanted to nuke their program in 25 & firing their HC mid season leaving him in limbo.
re: Tennessee hires Jim Knowles as Defensive Coordinator
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/11/25 at 1:13 pm to RB10
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He seems like he knows what he’s doing, but how does this work with the transfer portal and roster turnover now?
Hard to say - we'll see how it plays out with how much the landscape has changed. With our offense we don't need an elite defense in year 1. Just an average defense that can make routine tackles & knows where to line up likely has us at 10-2 this season and in the playoff discussion.
re: Tennessee hires Jim Knowles as Defensive Coordinator
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/11/25 at 12:41 pm to Muahahaha
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Knowles’ system is complex and requires more than one year to fully implement. It would’ve been interesting to see how Penn State’s defense might have looked in year two
That's the reoccurring theme that I keep coming across. That it's a complex system that takes a couple years for the guys to really grasp, but once they do, it's extremely hard to play against.
His turn around at Oklahoma St took some time, but was impressive. Even more so considering the offense Gundy was running and the lack of talent they had to work with. Looks like he inherited a terrible defense the year he took over (#112 Total defense) and got them up to the #4 total defense the year before leaving for OSU.
#1 Total Defense / #1 Scoring Defense / National Championship @ OSU in year 3. #3 Total Defense / #2 Scoring defense in year 2.
Last year wasn't great at Penn State, but that was year 1 and that entire program was a disaster with Franklin being fired mid season. That sample size is hard to gauge given how dysfunctional PSU was last season.
Tennessee hires Jim Knowles as Defensive Coordinator
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/11/25 at 12:00 pm
Surprised on this one. Big pickup for the staff
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Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/11/25 at 11:32 am to DyeHardDylan
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Tim Banks will be Safeties coach
Tennessee's safety play under Banks was consistently the worst position group on the field for us over the last 5 years.
re: Sherrone Moored detained by police
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/10/25 at 6:30 pm to 1999
Yikes. This is giving Mel Tucker / Mich St vibes
re: Watch out for Elko to Michigan…he will be the target…
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/10/25 at 6:01 pm to Lgrnwd
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Nah they want Elko as is. He is built for cold
:lol:
re: Jim knowles
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/10/25 at 3:46 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
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At the very least, we know Heupel will!
Well played :lol:
re: In and Out's eastward expansion starts today
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/10/25 at 12:45 pm to frankthetank
Cookeville (45 minutes~ east of Lebanon) is getting one sometime next year as well. By far my favorite burger from a fast food joint
re: Latinos & Trump
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/10/25 at 12:40 pm to prouddawg
Anecdotally, my immediate & extended family is pretty split down the middle. Those of us that voted for Trump have not changed our position. Those who did not vote for him have not changed their position. Those of us who voted for him have zero issue with legal immigration. We are completely against millions of people from all over the world flooding through our borders unchecked. Recently another illegal got a DUI and killed 2 people in Knoxville. This is the 3rd case of an illegal killing people due to drunk driving in the Knoxville metro in the last few years that I'm aware of. It's maddening.
re: Tim Banks out as Vol DC?
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/8/25 at 6:58 pm to TiptonInSC
That's him :lol:
re: Tim Banks out as Vol DC?
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/8/25 at 12:29 pm to SoFla Tideroller
This was overdue. Banks is a good dude and I wish him the best, but it was time for a change.
re: Arnett likely back to MSU as DC
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/6/25 at 12:49 pm to Allthatfades
Agreed - I think this is a great hire for State
re: Salesi Moa flips from Tennessee to Utah
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/4/25 at 5:03 pm to Lonnie Utah
Yup. To Rich's point above, we were offering him a 400k NIL deal and Utah came in towards the end with a 1.4M offer. That + his dad and uncle being former players at Utah helped seal the deal. He seems like a good kid and I wish him success moving forward.
re: USC becomes 1st non-SEC school to clinch #1 recruiting class in 18yrs (247sports)
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/3/25 at 6:38 pm to Lonnie Utah
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rather than taking 35 unknows/Freshmen, I'd rather put some of that effort into the portal.
I'm right there with you
re: USC becomes 1st non-SEC school to clinch #1 recruiting class in 18yrs (247sports)
Posted by TRUERockyTop on 12/3/25 at 1:47 pm to hawgfaninc
Taking 35 recruits this class (More than everyone in the country short of West Virginia who took 40) is the only reason for The #1 ranking.
Their class average is good for 7th in the country behind LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio St, Oregon & Notre Dame according to 247
Their class average is good for 7th in the country behind LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio St, Oregon & Notre Dame according to 247
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