'15 P Tommy Townsend (UT Signee 2/4/15)

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bUTchLookin4Dimez said:
Had you even heard of him before he committed? Didn't think so.
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Point being? Here is a list of acceptable thread titles:

Tommy Townsend commits
FL Punter Tommy Townsend commits
Kohl's #1 Rate Punter commits
We got a new commit!
Has anyone heard of Tommy Townsend?
BUTCH STONES NABS ANOTHER!

I think you get the point....:zeitung_lesen:
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
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u know it
 
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Someone that doesn't think a scholarship should be given to a punter is probably the same person that complains the loudest when the punter shanks one.
 
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WarMachine said:
247 didn't show interest when he committed, but now he shows as a commit.
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A little like stock analysts who have a value buy/hold rating on stocks at $75, 50, 25, 12, 9, then when it hits $7.50 bc of some obvious disaster, they downgrade it to sell. Thanks. Got to love experts sometimes.
 
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3holenones said:
Someone that doesn't think a scholarship should be given to a punter is probably the same person that complains the loudest when the punter shanks one.
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Exactly. We all undervalue kicking spots but when you really think of their impact your screwed if you have bad k and p. it changes how you can coach a game. You take a lot of gambles you normally wouldn't take.
 
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Kid said even though a lot of his family attended UF, after visiting UT in March, it was his dream school. He was planning to wait it out because he was not sure if UT would end up offering. When they did a week ago, it was an easy decision. :loco:
 
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"It's actually a funny story. All my family has gone to Florida," Townsend told VolQuest.com less than five minutes after hanging up with UT coach Butch Jones. "My oldest brother is up there studying pre-med. My middle brother between me and the oldest is Johnny, and he's punter there at Florida as well.

"Basically, what's been going on is since Day 1, I've really wanted to go to Tennessee. From the junior day, I just loved the place. When I went back to camp, everything was great; just still in love with the place. I had the idea then that's where I wanted to be. After camp I was waiting and hoping on the offer, that was the number 1 place on my list. I was very excited when I got it, which was on Wednesday. Unfortunately, I had to wait to commit. My parents and family wanted me to wait till I got home because I was out at the Chris Sailer Camp. A couple of friends committed out there to Missouri (Corey Fatony) and Toledo (Jameson Vest). So, it was a pretty big weekend out there for recruiting and commitments to college."

"He was just ecstatic. Said he couldn't wait, said he can't wait for me to get up here and continue the great tradition of special teams up there with Colquitts and that whole group," Townsend said. "I was looking at a wall of pics of people and their names. Ricky Townsend was a barefoot kicker there in the '70s and saw his (All-America) photo. I actually took a picture of it. So that was pretty cool.

"I just felt like that's the place to be, the place I wanted to be. I want to get a little bit away from home but not too far where it's a pain to get back. I just felt like Rocky Top was perfect place. And actually, we have a family farm up there about an hour and a half from Knoxville in Del Rio."
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-VQ
 
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Some comments from Chris Sailor who runs the kicking camp where Townsend was last week...

Sailer told Rivals.com/VolQuest.com that Townsend had shined last week at camp and that the Vols would be getting a punter with tremendous potential.

"We had the top 40 guys pretty much in the world out here in California. Maybe 10 high school punters, and Tommy is by far and away a top national prospect," Sailer said. "No doubt he's a scholarship player. I love his upside, leg strength, athleticism, attitude, character; everything you look for in student-athlete, he has it."

Sailer said he also had Johnny Townsend in camp and is "excited to see them both in the SEC. They may get to compete against one another one day. That's awesome." Sailer, a renowned national kicking expert, also heaped high praise on the younger Townsend's top-end abilities and in Townsend's understanding that he must learn much more.

"I would say that when u look at his best ball, it's the best ball in the country," Sailer told Rivals/VolQuest.com. "He gets tremendous distance and hang-time when he connects. He's a competitor. So what I like is really his upside. He has so many things going for him. His potential, his best ball and his development is spot-on. All points toward him being a top national punter.

"Consistency and what [high school specialists] don't understand is speed of the game [are areas to work on]. Operation time, all that. Tommy is very well coached. He's not perfect yet, but no one is in high school. You can't understand it until you're actually under that pressure, getting used to the speed of the game. But I don't see it being an issue whatsoever. Again, I really, really like Tommy's upside."
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Sweet! We need a solid kicking game. Saw great improvement last year. This staff continues to impress. Go Vols!!
 
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Will not be our first kicker named Townsend. Ricky Townsend was Tennessee's bare foot soccer style kicker many moons ago. It wasn't unusual for him on kick-offs to run down and get in on the tackle wearing only one shoe. Condredge Holloway was the holder on field goals and extra points for him.
 
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Kicking/punting services like saylor and kohls= all about $ and politics.. I don't see how they get away with it so much.
 
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