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Tennessee Recruiting-in the crapper!!

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stxbuck

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Tennessee's recruiting is going nowhere fast this year, and I love it!!! The recruits from the south are not buying Phat Philly's spiel this year-the offensive meltdown the Vols suffered must have scared the recruits. Losing Minor would seem to be the final straw. They will still have plenty of elite talent next year, but this is the first year in a long time where the Vols have not been stellar in the recruiting wars. Jacques McClendon-OL- is the only recruit currently committed to the Vols that I would definitely want in this OSU class.
 
Tennessee's recruiting class actually took a fall down the ranking when a kicker decommitted to announce his intent to go to Kentucky.

I don't know which is more bizarre, that someone chose Kentucky over Tennessee, or that the Vols rankings took a hit from losing a kicker.

The recruit, from Knoxville, no less, took a shot on his way out too, "At UK, kicking’s a big part of their game," Seiber said. "UT, they don’t have a kicking coach or a special teams coach. It’s hard to see myself getting any better (at Tennessee)."

Kids are lining up to play at Florida, Georgia, LSU, and now even South Carolina and Ole Miss. Alabama finally gets all their schollies back, and the Auburn program has been pretty high for a couple years now.

I'm expecting things will get a lot worse at Tennessee before they get better.
 
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I'd love to see them land minor, and keep him away from Michigan (he's a stud FB apparently). This image was snapped with a recruit... no wonder he's slumping as a recruiter. :rofl:

donuts are the only farked part of this image:

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Dryden said:
The recruit, from Knoxville, no less, took a shot on his way out too, "At UK, kicking’s a big part of their game," Seiber said. "UT, they don’t have a kicking coach or a special teams coach. It’s hard to see myself getting any better (at Tennessee)."
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Stupid question-but who is OUR special teams coach? Hazell coaches the returns, but who works w/ our kickers? It might be Tressel himself-he is probably the best kicking coach in college football,IMO.
 
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ah, I wasn't sure if he was near committing or had already done so. Either way, I appreciate that you duplicated that ridiculous image, I get a kick out of that shirt every time :rofl:
 
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Sometimes it takes years for truisms to actually become the truth. Sometimes they never seem to apply.

"Cheaters never prosper" Heard someone say that after the infamous Citrus Bowl.

Since which Citrus Bowl cleat job we have TN getting a richly undeserved NC, then continuing a run near the top of the SEC. We have Fulmer acting as (largely) a self-serving tattle-tale with the NCAA in the 'Bama recruiting scandal.

Then two years ago things start to fall apart at the seams. Multiple incidents with his players, run ins with the law, injuries to key personnel attributable to numb-nuts play-calling (see Vols hosting ND last year). Players trying to circumvent dope tests. Then the team that should prosper falling flat on its face for most of last season - losing the TN State championship for heavens sake.

Could it be that 2005-06 are really the years when, for the Vols - Cheaters never prosper?

Fact is that TN's current haul of 15 prospects includes 6 4* and 7 3* prospects. No 5* headliners (per scout et al) yet. Though, they are back in the hunt for the nation's #7 WR, scout rated at 4*. Plus they have a realistic shot at 3 additional 4* prospects, and 3 additional 3* prospects - all nationally ranked at their position.

Ah well, we can always hope that the bad on-field Karma continues -- but I would be hard pressed to call the Vols recruiting "in the crapper."
 
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Honestly, the rankings I use are Bill Hodge's Top 150, and Super Prospect rankings at collegesports.com. Compared to OSU,ND,Alabama, Georgia-Tennessee is having a very weak year for them-only 1 Top 150 prospect committed-McClendon, and not a bunch of Super Prospects. Pretty much any player who signs w/ a national power will be given 3 stars by scouts/rivals-look at ND-you gotta do a lot better than just 3 star players consistently.
 
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stxbuck said:
Honestly, the rankings I use are Bill Hodge's Top 150, and Super Prospect rankings at collegesports.com. Compared to OSU,ND,Alabama, Georgia-Tennessee is having a very weak year for them-only 1 Top 150 prospect committed-McClendon, and not a bunch of Super Prospects. Pretty much any player who signs w/ a national power will be given 3 stars by scouts/rivals-look at ND-you gotta do a lot better than just 3 star players consistently.
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you need to start using the Mili rankings...:wink2:
 
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Yeah wadc45 - and it all goes back to that damned Citrus Bowl game

Interestingly on the recent Helwagen chat snippets there was a reference to Conley having past made comments about "teams on the take" and how they interfere with the recruiting process.

One was reportedly in the SEC (just one!?!), the other, surprisingly, in the Big 10.

Before Fulmer's obeiscance before the NCAA I always figured at least the Vols and 'Bama were likely candidates for ahem, cash inducements to recruits or third parties involved with recruits.

Wonder who the heck Conley had in mind as the dole office in the Big 10?
 
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