Banks to NFL- opting out of Orange Bowl

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SpaceCoastVol said:
I think he is making a mistake... but I wish him good fortune
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I think you’re right. I hope he cleans up and it works out for the young man. However, people rarely change. I suspect he’ll bounce around in the league for a few years and a good chance we hear his name negatively in the media for something.
 
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EastTNVol6240 said:
I think you’re right. I hope he cleans up and it works out for the young man. However, people rarely change. I suspect he’ll bounce around in the league for a few years and a good chance we hear his name negatively in the media for something.
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He won’t bounce around long if at all in the league. Banks isn’t that good. We’ve forgotten what a good LBer looks like it’s been so long since we’ve had one.
 
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DaddyChad said:
He won’t bounce around long if at all in the league. Banks isn’t that good. We’ve forgotten what a good LBer looks like it’s been so long since we’ve had one.
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I think we just picked up a few LB’s with a mean streak. We will once again see a true mean azz LB wearing TN Orange and what a blast it will be watch them lay the smack down on WR’s and RB’s.
 
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VolRage said:
I think we just picked up a few LB’s with a mean streak. We will once again see a true mean azz LB wearing TN Orange and what a blast it will be watch them lay the smack down on WR’s and RB’s.
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Name the last great LBer at Tennessee. JRM is the last one I can recall.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Name the last great LBer at Tennessee. JRM is the last one I can recall.
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I’m not disagreeing with you. It’s been a long time since UT’s had a LBer that anyone could call great. In the somewhat modern era Al Wilson is the gauge by which I judge LB’s. I like Telander’s film. He appears to be a diamond in the rough and fearless. Time will tell but he might become a great one.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Already answered earlier in the thread. Just bc you walk at ceremony doesn’t mean you have the requirements to graduate with a degree.
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Interesting

I wish JB would do whatever it takes to graduate. Later in life, that degree can open a lot of doors.
 
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Jax_Vol said:
For Banks?

If so, how did he walk in graduation line earlier this month?
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it was an option for him since that is just a ceremony and no diplomas were given at that time. Final grades were not posted until after that ceremony so there were people that walked who did not know if they had passed classes or not to graduate. He was one of them

Banks actually was pretty certain he had not graduated but just wanted to walk anyway

FYI: This has been explained several times so I'm going to bold it and maybe everyone will see it.
 
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LWSVOL said:
it was an option for him since that is just a ceremony and no diplomas were given at that time. Final grades were not posted until after that ceremony so there were people that walked who did not know if they had passed classes or not to graduate. He was one of them

Banks actually was pretty certain he had not graduated but just wanted to walk anyway

FYI: This has been explained several times so I'm going to bold it and maybe everyone will see it.
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Oh man...so he is perhaps within a class or two of having a degree?

Someone needs to talk him into finishing. He will regret that for a long time.
 
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LWSVOL said:
it was an option for him since that is just a ceremony and no diplomas were given at that time. Final grades were not posted until after that ceremony so there were people that walked who did not know if they had passed classes or not to graduate. He was one of them

Banks actually was pretty certain he had not graduated but just wanted to walk anyway

FYI: This has been explained several times so I'm going to bold it and maybe everyone will see it.
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Graduating not withstanding, is he or is he not eligible to play in the bowl? Two different issues I THINK.
 
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GUNTERSVOL said:
Graduating not withstanding, is he or is he not eligible to play in the bowl? Two different issues I THINK.
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he is not eligible to play from MULTIPLE sources that would know. Had he not announced he was opting out of bowl, UT would have announced he was not eligible to play in the bowl.
 
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dcibrando said:
My guess he was practicing and then eventually told he’s not invited to the bowl game and then decided he was done…all of which may have occurred later than it should have. On Christmas Eve
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I think grades posted early last week - so that’s probably when it was official. Banks seems to be well-liked by his defensive teammates, so probably not surprising he practiced with them until he got the official word.
 
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VAVol85 said:
I think grades posted early last week - so that’s probably when it was official. Banks seems to be well-liked by his defensive teammates, so probably not surprising he practiced with them until he got the official word.
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Eh, I don't think that's it. If that was the case, he'd be on the sideline cheering them on. That's not the case, and no one thinks he's a team player after his locker room incident.
 
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TWilson said:
Eh, I don't think that's it. If that was the case, he'd be on the sideline cheering them on. That's not the case, and no one thinks he's a team player after his locker room incident.
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People think the defense quit to protest his treatment but that he is not liked by his teammates - I don’t see how it can be both.
 
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lexkyvol said:
Def remembered for his actions leading up to the SC debacle. hopefully what folk are saying isnt true. the only thing i for certain didnt like was the timing of his decision not to play in the bowl game!
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announcement timing was driven by the fact Tennessee was about to announce he was not eligible for the bowl game so he beat them to it by saying he opted out.
 
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VAVol85 said:
People think the defense quit to protest his treatment but that he is not liked by his teammates - I don’t see how it can be both.
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I think the defense couldn't handle losing another starter in an already poor Banks defensive scheme.
 
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