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Peace not war is what I say, Right Pam!

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No, No, No, getting Fully Dipped was what led him to needing the medical treatment in the first place!

Dang, the kid also has offers from Maryland and two SEC schools (Florida and Tennessee) already

I adopted the two state rule with my mother-in-law.

Vandy is in the SEC in name only, they don't share any of the characteristics of the rest of the conference.

I'm not even following what point you are making or why I'm responding. I guess that our problem isn't relevancy, it's coaches selling? Sure, that's a problem. But relevant programs generally don't hire coaches who can't sell, so it 's not easy to differentiate between the two.

And I really don't care that much, I just saw the comment that UT recruited when they were irrelevant....which I disagree with because they are never not relevant.

VT's problem in recruiting, if you think they have one, is that we aren't relevant enough, we hired a coach who isn't a proven recruiter and he filled his staff with coach first, recruit second guys. That's not a great recipe for recruiting success. If VT is going to "succeed" in recruiting (and I think we'll do fine), it will be because our offense recruits itself and/or the Memphis coaches grow into very good recruiters. Both of those things very well may happen. Or not, and we'll struggle for recruiting relevancy.

Very true. The first game of a series can mean very little. Nobody thought OKC would beat the Spurs after a merciless beatdown in game 1.

If we play Brazil in this tournament we will win. Book it. Brazil is one of the most overrated teams in all of sports and just lost two of the best guys remaining on their team. I really like Chile, but they just lost to Jamaica (yeah I know it was a friendly, but still). With Suarez and possibly Messi not playing, it's really anyone's tournament.

Picks
Group A: Colombia and USA
Group B: Brazil and Peru
Group C: Uruguay and JAMAICA
Group D: Chile and Argentina (win both other games and tie each other, Chile wins goal difference)

Colombia over Peru
Chile over Jamaica
USA over Brazil (maybe a homer pick but Brazil sucks)
Argentina over Uruguay

Argentina over US
Colombia over Chile in Pk's

Argentina over Colombia (3-1)

i feel like we ALWAYS struggle to get into the Hex...always need 4+ pts in our last 2 qualifiers. i also feel like more often than not we wait til the last match of the hex to clinch top 3 there, too. it's just the nature of this region. we get EVERYONE's best shot. also, i would love to see Euro teams go play in some of these locations in central america and the caribbean. before the heat, humidity and fans even got to them, they would be appalled at the facilities and playing surfaces. our region is not a fun one...

this was your comment was it not, "SEC schools never lose relevancy in recruiting."? Vandy gained relevancy under a coach who could sell. Since then, what? The SEC has plenty of schools that are not recruiting juggernauts. Vandy isn't the only one. Miss st, missourri, Kentucky, Arkansas, ole miss (until a new HC, go figure) are not big time recruiting programs. What do most SEC schools that recruit really well usually have in common? A dynamic HC that can sell. Saban, Butch, Richt (while he was there), Les Miles and on and on and on.

By that same logic, GS fans can't possibly believe they will get that kind of bench production and role players hitting an absurd number of low percentage, superstar shots.

so the point is that it isn't about having your program be relevant. its about having coaches that can sell.

The definition of an anomaly: using Vandy in a discussion about SEC football.