'15 FL DE Marques Ford (FORMER UT commit)

[big harry]

2 weeks before NSD and after having been committed for months even more so.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

You don't offer a 4* recruit a greyshirt, that's a insult!

Big-time programs do. Bama has numerous times...Kwon Alexander comes to mind. They even got a 3-4 star QB to walk on 2 years ago (Jack Del Rio's son). This is where we are getting back to as a program, and it's a great feeling, not that I want a kid to end up on the short stick. However, prospects like Ford will have plenty of options in a short amount of time. He probably could have waited a little longer and got serious interest from better programs than Rutgers.

 

[WebbCobb]

I think most on here understand that sometimes such decisions have to be made. However, I'd like the staff to give these kids more than 2 weeks. I think that this situation could've been avoided with little downside for UT (ie, cut him loose around Christmas and chase the guys you're chasing). I'd rather be one recruit short in the class than take the negative hit to the image

 

[bignewt]

Its already forgotten by everybody save a few people in this thread...drama queens.

 

[TMatthews19]

I'll be pulling for Marques. He didn't have to handle this as well as he did.

 

[LittleDTO]

I'll be pulling for Marques. He didn't have to handle this as well as he did.

Agreed.

 

[ionaVOL]

Good luck to Marques, too bad he not only has to play and live in Jersey, but he is also gonna be covered by sloppy journalists like this idiot @StevePoliti who can't be bothered to fact check our coaches name. Smdh.

How Tennessee's flip-flop helped Rutgers land a 4-star defensive end | Politi | NJ.com

 

[triad280]

good thing Butch Davis got all that bad publicity in that hack piece... CBJ can go in there and clean up now

 

[Catbone]

good thing Butch Davis got all that bad publicity in that hack piece... CBJ can go in there and clean up now

Haha

 

[Biopsyman]

Good luck to Marques, too bad he not only has to play and live in Jersey, but he is also gonna be covered by sloppy journalists like this idiot @StevePoliti who can't be bothered to fact check our coaches name. Smdh.

How Tennessee's flip-flop helped Rutgers land a 4-star defensive end | Politi | NJ.com

Rutgers is a dump

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

Good luck to Marques, too bad he not only has to play and live in Jersey, but he is also gonna be covered by sloppy journalists like this idiot @StevePoliti who can't be bothered to fact check our coaches name. Smdh.

How Tennessee's flip-flop helped Rutgers land a 4-star defensive end | Politi | NJ.com

I have no problem with it. If you don't want the negative pub, don't ask for it. Jmo

 

[Dust10]

Hope he beats Penn St. the next 3-4 years and makes it to the league.

 

[butchna]

I have no problem with it. If you don't want the negative pub, don't ask for it. Jmo

Looking at all the F grades on our class...tragic error. :cray:

 

[ionaVOL]

I have no problem with it. If you don't want the negative pub, don't ask for it. Jmo

I have no problem with the negative pub, rip us if you want. Just get our coaches name right, he's earned that much. Don't think that's too much to ask of a "journalist"

 

[TriedAndTrueVOL]

I have no problem with it. If you don't want the negative pub, don't ask for it. Jmo

No problem with what? Butch Jones continually being called Butch Davis?

 

[Mike4Vols]

Ignoring LV has improved my VolNation experience immeasurably --- and many more people ignore him because he doesn't get quoted as much. Every so often, though, he manages to impose his will on a thread. He still has that Bruin-like ability. And all he's really doing is whining about Butch's moral/ethical fiber. He throws a line into the water and people bite. Amazing.

 

[VolDango]

I have no problem with it. If you don't want the negative pub, don't ask for it. Jmo

No one cares about your opinion.

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

No one cares about your opinion.

That's cool. Of course I still share it. Its kinda who I am.

 

[Otis07]

Hope he beats Penn St. the next 3-4 years and makes it to the league.

and becomes an all america

 

[thetennlegend]

What's funny is schools like Rutgers think this is some kind of victory. We let him go and no other big time school wanted him.

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

What's funny is schools like Rutgers think this is some kind of victory. We let him go and no other big time school wanted him.

I don't think he was interested in playing the game any more. He didn't give other schools a chance to get in it. Rutgers was a school he really liked when he picked UT. When UT dumped him, he turned quickly to a school he knew and trusted. Jmo

 

[Wezcoast]

It was a victory for Marques and Rutgers. He gets a better education than he would have originally and they get a high talent player. Good for him. It's not like he will have trouble getting into the league if he's good enough.

 

[roosterjbh]

It was a victory for Marques and Rutgers. He gets a better education than he would have originally and they get a high talent player. Good for him. It's not like he will have trouble getting into the league if he's good enough.

Better education? Is Rutgers known for their academics?

 

[Phat-Phil]

It was a victory for Marques and Rutgers. He gets a better education than he would have originally and they get a high talent player. Good for him. It's not like he will have trouble getting into the league if he's good enough.

He's the best player in their class this year IMO. Really wish we could have made room for him, he's got so much potential and is pretty much a year younger than everyone in the '15 class.

 

[BowlBrother85]

It was a victory for Marques and Rutgers. He gets a better education than he would have originally and they get a high talent player. Good for him. It's not like he will have trouble getting into the league if he's good enough.

When given the choice he preferred Tennessee. This is not a 'victory' for Marques Ford. I would call it a nice get for Rutgers, however.

...and there are many variables to whether or not he gets a better education at Rutgers than he would have necessarily had at Tenn including field of study and how hard he works. If he is like the majority of football players and majors in sociology than there is no difference.