Orange Bowl

Discussion in 'Vols Football' started by Volgrad98, Dec 4, 2022.

  1. The Dooz

    The Dooz Super Moderator

    I thought with NIL you might see more guys stick around for the bowl game, but I can’t fault them for opting out, as much as I selfishly wish they’d all play.
     
  2. utvol0427

    utvol0427 Chieftain

    "Son, I had the opportunity to provide you with a life you can't even imagine. The best schools, an amazing house, and you'd have never wanted for a thing. Instead, I stuck with it and had a reception for 6 yards in the Orange Bowl that we lost by 3 TDs before I shredded my knee like Marcus Lattimore. Managed to kick myself in the [penis], guys were puking, women were crying, I passed out from the pain. I guess I say all that to tell you there is a lesson in all of it and that is that your old man is [uck fay]ing stupid, son, but he ain't no quitter."
     
  3. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    Why play any game once your draft status is secure?

    Again, these players deserve the right to quit. There's just no way I would.
     
  4. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    Well shit.
     
  5. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    To show you aren’t a flash in the pan and have durability, competing week after week.
    Look at the reactions of former and current players and athletes. You are on the wrong side of this and cannot say with confidence at 21 you wouldn’t take millions over an Orange Bowl. Crazy talk.
     
  6. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    This is a false choice.
     
  7. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    Sure there's a non-negligible risk you could have an injury that drops you a couple of rounds in the draft, but there is pretty good insurance for that.
     
  8. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    Yeah it’s easy to say with nothing on the line but for me playing for Tennessee would be a dream come true, even more so than playing in the NFL, so I feel like I’d want to take every opportunity I had. But it’s just a thought experiment
     
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  9. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    If someone is from poverty, I definitely get it, and it's probably a good decision for them.
     
  10. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    I mean, when I was running around in the yard I was Andy Kelly, not Joe Montana
     
  11. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    Then you accomplish those dreams and go from an afterthought to AA and Biletnikoff winner and have worked your ass off to get rewarded. This isn’t a normal situation for most players. Then you consider an injury could send you to a sales job at Best Buy and it’s a no brainer. Again, look at the players reactions. If you played you’d feel the same way they do. Your fanhood is speaking.
     
  12. zehr27

    zehr27 8th's VIP

    Good move. He 100% is making the correct decision. Go get paid young man.
     
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  13. OneForVol

    OneForVol Well-Known Member

    Let’s be honest, you weren’t good enough to be Joe Montana.
     
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  14. warhammer

    warhammer Chieftain

    Depending on how you inflect, I agree.
     
  15. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    I'll take the one you agree with.
     
  16. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    I was easily the best qb in my yard
     
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  17. OneForVol

    OneForVol Well-Known Member

    So was I
     
  18. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    Sab level good (wasn’t he the one who tried to talk scheme and referenced being the backyard QB)?
     
  19. utvol0427

    utvol0427 Chieftain

    All-time QB. Elite level shit.
     
  20. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    Sounds like you all grew up in a handicapped only hood.
     

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