'15 FL DE Marques Ford (FORMER UT commit)

[terrypedigo]

No coach, but I follow recruiting. Honesty it's an obsession... I don't like the move. I think there was a better recruit to pull the offer from...

Like a non rated long snapper.:thud:

 

[TheRain]

I thought I had accidentally navigated back into the FF for a minute! I don't understand this but surely Butch has a plan here- please tell me we are getting an OT maybe Sapp also- sounds like grades maybe weren't an issue as I has first hoped. Hopefully we will get some inside info on this soon now to my medicine cabinet lol!!

Hide the blades from these guys.

I love recruiting. It's fun.

 

[SoMissVol]

Where ever this kid winds up, I am buying his jersey. Liked him a lot. Wish him nothing but the best.

 

[sanddune50]

Nah, I'm sweet

I heard that about people from Bathsalts.

 

[Vol_sanity]

Butcher and Phillips locked up. Taylor shut it down a little while ago. If we knew the whole story, we would not be freaking out...IMO!!! This is a good thing, no matter how bad you feel about it.

 

[tnvols72]

I think the kid got done wrong. I know every school does it but it doesn't make it right. I think this might come back to bite BJ. This kid was all Vol. Was he not just up in Knoxville this past weekend on a visit ?

 

[kw3953]

The coaches probably don't look at rivals to figure out who they're going to drop..

Coker while at Miami did. Lol!

 

[roddo518]

We don't know that much about the situation. Ford could have been told from the beginning that this could happen if we were able to get a stud OT. That we had several DEs, but want to keep him if possible. I'm sure more info will unveil itself in the next two weeks.

 

[led0321]

Butcher and Phillips locked up. Taylor shut it down a little while ago. If we knew the whole story, we would not be freaking out...IMO!!! This is a good thing, no matter how bad you feel about it.

.

 

[Probably_in_Class]

On the bright side, look how far this program has progressed in two years under Butch. A couple of years ago he would have been our best recruit. Now we seemingly have to let him go to make room for better, more urgently needed players.

There's no year in the past where a low 4* would've been our best recruit. You're just making sh1t up here...

 

[kw3953]

Not gonna lie, I'd prob go to Florida if I were him and try to beat UT bad for the next 3-4 years.

Agreed, although not happy with the possibility. 😟

 

[InVOLuntary]

There's no year in the past where a low 4* would've been our best recruit. You're just making sh1t up here...

A few years ago a commit like this would be one of our better commits. Maybe not the best but one of our better ones.

 

[hardyemt_p]

Bama does it every year

 

[armchair]

We're yanking an offer from a 4* DE--always a big-time position? I hope the coach has thought this one through. 4* DEs aren't easy to get.

 

[kw3953]

I remember VN getting so distraught over losing 4 star commits in Santos and Peters where THEY, the commits, made the call and at the time were viewed as being the make, or break of that year's recruiting class. Wow, and here we are. Outstanding! (Still feel for Marques though &#128533

 

[Dust10]

We're yanking an offer from a 4* DE--always a big-time position? I hope the coach has thought this one through. 4* DEs aren't easy to get.

Butch makes it rain 4* DE's. Don't love the move, but in Butch I trust.

 

[Glitch]

SIAP

@twitterfacts: This just in! Circumstances hate the University of Tennessee.

 

[gobraves101035]

Probably grades.

 

[Escape Goat]

probably grades.

4.3 gpa

 

[BigVol80]

Probably grades.

Definitely not grades

 

[scvolfan7]

His twitter will make anyone feel awful. This guy really wanted to play here and it's a shame he is being stripped of that dream. Sucks but I suppose it's a part of recruiting. I really hope butch has a d@mn good backup plan.

 

[BigVol80]

We're yanking an offer from a 4* DE--always a big-time position? I hope the coach has thought this one through. 4* DEs aren't easy to get.

I'm sure it was just an of the cuff decision with no thought at all.

 

[Gilbert]

I know RB is a position of need, but I personally hope we're not making a trade of Ford for Kelly. I hope this move was made because we got some good news about an OT.

 

[AllVolinGA]

We're yanking an offer from a 4* DE--always a big-time position? I hope the coach has thought this one through. 4* DEs aren't easy to get.

No, he didn't think about it at all. Just woke up this morning and said, "I'm gonna pull Ford's offer, just because I can," SMDH. What a DA you are.

 

[rickyyrs]

We might be making room for another player. We got Kyle Phillips so I am ok with Ford leaving.