'16 SC RB Tavien Feaster

[Big Orange Jeff]

Didn't just drop in, just wasn't much to say. Even bumped this thread a few times.
Agree with your summarization however.
Need his mom to come visit.
Still a business decision.

Girls, girls, you're both pretty! Can we just move on now?

 

[scvolfan7]

I'm going to be crucified for this but...

...Tivo the UT games. Go out and enjoy the SEC game atmosphere with friends and acquaintances. These are the most memorable years in your life and the USCe campus really only has football going for it.

Unless it's a meaningful SEC game then your butt better be in Neyland or in front of the TV like the rest of us.

Oh trust me I know. I'm not going to miss that stuff to watch us blow out western kentucky or north texas. I'll have to try to set up something to tivo some of the games though

 

[Big Orange Jeff]

Still call BULL on that and would love for Feaster to NOT decommit...officially visit Tennessee and dare Dabo to pull his scholarship offer. It would be worth it to watch Clemson's coach eat his own dirty air.

I agree. I'm still trying to figure out how Dat Boy forces them to decommit. I believe that it's just a policy for marginal prospects so he can pull their 'ships without him losing face.

 

[sanddune50]

It seems as though you just dropped into this thread. It's not about fandom or who has the bigger upside or even how good is Butch's recruiting. If you look back a few pages you'll see that Clemson has been building relationships with this kid and his family for four years. His mother, in particular, is sold on Clemson.

Yes, he had a great trip to UT and we turned his head. His mother was not there. If we get her to come with him for an OV we're in business but he will have to decommit to do that because of Clemson's policy.

Butch has done a great job here but Clemson has had a huge head start. On top of that Feaster was told he would be the only RB we would take. After he left UT and Clemson got back in his ear we took a commitment from CFA. That was us saying 'we gave it our best shot, you're a good kid, we'd love to have you but we can't wait around on the chance you flip'. This one is over until he brings his mother on an OV. That's just fact.

It's funny in that this is your only post in the thread and yet you are accusing another person of just 'dropping in' a thread. For the record, an open forum invites all of us Vol fans to drop in any time we feel the need.

Now I don't believe Feaster is coming here. I think we got our guy in CFA. But to act as if an 18 year old kid is for certain going anywhere is way more asinine than assuming he may have a change of heart. And Clemson over the last 7 years does have a more successful program than UT, but for the guy that claims 'the world knows', you probably should head back over to the football forum with your uninformed tripe. Even after 7 bad years, Forbes has Tennessee at #7 on it's 2014 most valuable team list which includes everything from ticket sales, merchandise, branding, etc. Clemson is not even in the top 20.

Tennessee Volunteers - In Photos: College Football's Most Valuable Teams 2014 - Forbes

Nothing against Clemson, but it's brand and tradition can't touch Tennessee's. There's a reason teams like Tennessee can hit a low period and bounce back as a powerhouse. Their brand has been around and relevant for years. Not just small pockets of time and not just in a recent era where a new generation of disconnected fans assume their era is the only one that counts. It's short sighted and misguided like most of the other nonsense you hear them spew out.

 

[Nashvegas31]

Is dabo scared of something? Seems odd to out of the blue ban team from social media. no Chad Morris must be getting to him

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

I would like to believe they signed up not because of simple blind allegiance, but rather that they believed in the potential greatness that was possible.
I interpret the change in recruiting success between Dooley and jones to the latter.
Otherwise despite their foolishness they just got lucky.
In my experience people make their own luck.

Of course, every kid thinks a program is on the upswing or that their contribution can get it started.

 

[jave36]

I am working in Spartenburg today and he just tried to selling me a discount coupon booklet at a cookout resturant.. He was with his coach and another players. I asked after he introduced himself if he was going to TN.. Just a big smile...


No bs story

You better have bought a booklet

 

[jave36]

I'm going to be crucified for this but...

...Tivo the UT games. Go out and enjoy the SEC game atmosphere with friends and acquaintances. These are the most memorable years in your life and the USCe campus really only has football going for it.

Unless it's a meaningful SEC game then your butt better be in Neyland or in front of the TV like the rest of us.

Agreed

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

I'm not going to go round and round with this.
To me it's simple-
The volunteers have out recruited Clemson during jones' tenure. With another cycle looking fairly spectacular I see no reason to believe otherwise in 2015.
If Feaster wants to surround himself with a more talented group on both sides of the ball to get more wins and a better shot at playoffs, then he needs to bring his talent to Knoxville.
If he wants to stick close to home I wouldn't blame him. I will think he made a poor decision, and honestly believe will have squandered an opportunity.
If that's his dream, have at it.
I would rather line up with UT the next five years than against us.
His dream, his decision.... You get what you ask for.

Jones' classes 21, 5, 5.
Clemson classes 14, 13, 4.

It's not like Clemson has recruited scrubs. And line up against us? Clemson may face us once in a bowl game, other than that he'll never compete against us.

 

[KokoBVol]

I am working in Spartenburg today and he just tried to selling me a discount coupon booklet at a cookout resturant.. He was with his coach and another players. I asked after he introduced himself if he was going to TN.. Just a big smile...


No bs story

He was just smiling because he had just met THE Biopsyman.

 

[SobeVol]

Jones' classes 21, 5, 5.
Clemson classes 14, 13, 4.

It's not like Clemson has recruited scrubs. And line up against us? Clemson may face us once in a bowl game, other than that he'll never compete against us.

Pretty much what I said in my last few posts.
Ps we are killing them this year.

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

Pretty much what I said in my last few posts.
Ps we are killing them this year.

PS they only have 11 commits. It's a numbers game right now. Their star average is higher than ours at this point but we have more commits counting towards the points total.

 

[SobeVol]

PS they only have 11 commits. It's a numbers game right now. Their star average is higher than ours at this point but we have more commits counting towards the points total.

Wait for it.
When KD,NW, and possibly MH and Price commit the game will change dramatically😈
I'm not giving up on Feaster!
Yes we have some making up to do, but the kid was very interested- we can sway this kid.

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

Wait for it.
When KD,NW, and possibly MH and Price commit the game will change dramatically😈
I'm not giving up on Feaster!
Yes we have some making up to do, but the kid was very interested- we can sway this kid.

There's no doubt we'll move up and I think we finish ahead of Clemson regardless. But they won't stay at 36th like they are on Rivals right now. They'll likely end up with a top 15-20 class when it's all said and done, assuming they can take 18-25 kids.

 

[sanddune50]

Wait for it.
When KD,NW, and possibly MH and Price commit the game will change dramatically😈
I'm not giving up on Feaster!
Yes we have some making up to do, but the kid was very interested- we can sway this kid.

Don't forget Joejuan Williams and we are in the thick of it for Derrick Brown as well.

 

[CWGvol]

Such a homer statement.

"A 7-6, previous 4 straight seasons of going 5-7 Tennessee team is better than a perennial 10-win Clemson team."

That's just not the case right now and you know it. He knows it. The world knows it. It would be a testament to how good Butch is at selling a program's potential to get Feaster..

But if we're going on who has the biggest chance to showcase his talent on a championship level right now? It's Clemson.

But that won't be the case next year.... You know, when he would be playing here, if he came to UT. So it's irrelevant that they are ahead of us this year. Future looks much brighter at UT.

 

[BlueHalo]

But that won't be the case next year.... You know, when he would be playing here, if he came to UT. So it's irrelevant that they are ahead of us this year. Future looks much brighter at UT.

Or the fact that if you win the ACC and your name isn't Florida State, no one pay attention nationally anyway.

 

[True North Vol]

.... an open forum invites all of us Vol fans to drop in any time we feel the need.

...you probably should head back over to the football forum with your uninformed tripe.

Lol.

 

[DaddyChad]

Don't see it happening but I would love to land him.

 

[sanddune50]

Lol.

Glad you got a laugh out of what you thought was a legitimate point. Mine was a suggestion based on past experience with the poster I was responding to. Yours was screaming irony followed up by dullard.

 

[VolsNSkinsFan]

Dabo banned social media? How lame is that? Clemson is already a boring school. Go run some laps, you posted a picture on Instagram. Who wants to deal with that?

 

[butchna]

Dabo banned social media? How lame is that? Clemson is already a boring school. Go run some laps, you posted a picture on Instagram. Who wants to deal with that?

Mark Richt has lost control of Dabo Swinney. :sad:

 

[DaddyChad]

Wait for it.
When KD,NW, and possibly MH and Price commit the game will change dramatically😈
I'm not giving up on Feaster!
Yes we have some making up to do, but the kid was very interested- we can sway this kid.

OV would have to happen and soon. I just do not see it. The kid is an EE that has a long standing relationship with the coaching staff at Clemson. Really not that big a window of time to flip him and we have another RB already in this class.

 

[bowlinggreenvol]

Dabo banned social media? How lame is that? Clemson is already a boring school. Go run some laps, you posted a picture on Instagram. Who wants to deal with that?

I enjoyed my one semester of grad school at Clemson. Probably a little too much. Beautiful campus, beautiful girls and life revolves around the school. I think it's a neat setup. Liquor stores close at about 6pm though and Saturday bars close at midnight. That's the lamest part.

 

[Christian Lowe]

I enjoyed my one semester of grad school at Clemson. Probably a little too much. Beautiful campus, beautiful girls and life revolves around the school. I think it's a neat setup. Liquor stores close at about 6pm though and Saturday bars close at midnight. That's the lamest part.

Blue Laws are a ***** in SC.