Dobbs 4 Heisman
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nothing new. plodding along.. can't even get anyone to provide a firm date. Be a lot of shocked people if not Blackburn and really not hearing anything that would point to something different..
What was messy about the Akers deal?
1. I did post maybe two hours ago somewhere, the Akers deal per UT folks "got messy" in regards to Mom wanting Tennessee, Dad seeming to prefer FSU and then others, like a trainer or someone similar, also involved. Just several folks, even at other SEC rivals, indicated it had the feel of an AAU hoops star's recruitment. Just many layers and levels. Recruiting, be it college prospects, free agents at the next level or agents trying to sign athletes in respective sports, work to form a relationship with the individual and then work through a person known as the "champion." With Akers, it was more difficult to know who the "champion" was, but clearly it was more dad and the other person than it was mom, who was fully UT. Ditto on Corker, actually.
Lynx - did anyone ever ask Brice at what point Cam Akers was considered a heavy Vol lean and why did govols247 wait til after he chose fsu before letting us in on it?
I posted late Monday night that I'd spoken with UT folks who felt good about Akers and then spoke still with more even after that post who felt the same. I had said all along UT would be in it with Akers till the end. I never had UT the favorite but on Monday night, I know UT folks were very cautiously optimistic --- again b/c they knew they had the mom.