No mention of UT in ESPN's 'Wide Receiver U' blog

[Chilmonty]

Are those "Volnation Issued" glasses??? :naughty:


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[Boca Vol]

Are those "Volnation Issued" glasses??? :naughty:


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If those are VN issued, where are the 36 threads about them being the wrong shade of orange?

 

[volboy81]

ESPN is almost as good at spinning things as CNN!

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

we have sucked for almost 10 years that's why

 

[vols-1]

Patterson is the only Player in the last 10 years to make an impact. And that was just one year.

 

[f77f00]

Is it time to start singing "Glory Days" right after a rousing rendition of Rocky Top? Time to start living in the present.

 

[terrypedigo]

Who really gives a damn what espn thinks tell espn to fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff off you know what I mean:the_finger: .

 

[crusse10]

I mean...we had 2 1st-round WRs from 2000-2009. For this list, based on the criteria, literally nothing is wrong.

It's amazing how people can get mad at ESPN for compiling a list based solely on statistics.

If ESPN creates a similar list of 2010-2019, we'll be much higher.

 

[Hacksaw]

So 2000-2009 only?

D Stallworth
M Jones
K Washington
R Meachem
J Swain
L Taylor
D Moore

Who did I miss?

Eric Parker

 

[Hacksaw]

...also David Martin.

He played TE in the NFL, but he was a wide receiver at UT.

 

[IndianapolisVol]

So 2000-2009 only?

D Stallworth
M Jones
K Washington
R Meachem
J Swain
L Taylor
D Moore

Who did I miss?

Cedrick Wilson, and if you're going to include Swain you have to include Bret Smith and Chris Hannon, they were as good as Swain IMO.

 

[Boca Vol]

Eric Parker

Undrafted.

 

[Quaint88]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

I think it's utter BS that we didn't get the "Wide Receiver U" moniker trademarked like the "12th Man". Then, ESPN would have to call the top spot something else, and it wouldn't be nearly as annoying (to me, at least) to not be on it. It definitely feels like they took something from us and awarded it to someone else.

 

[rickyyrs]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

Why is it utter BS? It is true. We have not been good for a few years. It says in the 2000s You have to look at Fulmers last few years, Kiffin year and Dooley's

 

[Volfreak1964]

e S p N hates us!

 

[Boca Vol]

I think it's utter BS that we didn't get the "Wide Receiver U" moniker trademarked like the "12th Man". Then, ESPN would have to call the top spot something else, and it wouldn't be nearly as annoying (to me, at least) to not be on it. It definitely feels like they took something from us and awarded it to someone else.

UT annointed itself WR U back when throwing the ball 20 times a game was unheard of. For his career, Willie Gault (a big part of what made UT WR U) caught 89 balls for 1482 yards.

 

[Hacksaw]

Undrafted.

Correct. So by their criteria, he doesn't count. But he played for >5 years in the NFL. I'm sure at least some of the drafted WRs who added to the other school's point totals in their calculation didn't play anywhere near that long. Some maybe never played.

So I think the criteria is flawed to begin with. But it's just someone's idea of a stupid list, so who cares?

 

[ajvol01]

Cedrick Wilson, and if you're going to include Swain you have to include Bret Smith and Chris Hannon, they were as good as Swain IMO.

As talented yes, maybe more so. I always felt Swain was an overachiever - Consistent big play guy.

I wanted Bret Smith to be great - loved that catch vs Florida in '04, but he seemed to disappear in some games.

Hannon seemed like a huge talent but never dominated a game like I thought he could.

Not sure if either Hannon or Smith got a look by NFL or not.

 

[Boca Vol]

Correct. So by their criteria, he doesn't count. But he played for >5 years in the NFL. I'm sure at least some of the drafted WRs who added to the other school's point totals in their calculation didn't play anywhere near that long. Some maybe never played.

So I think the criteria is flawed to begin with. But it's just someone's idea of a stupid list, so who cares?

The criteria they used is very flawed. One player can rack up 30+ points on his own.

 

[ajvol01]

Cedrick Wilson, and if you're going to include Swain you have to include Bret Smith and Chris Hannon, they were as good as Swain IMO.

Almost forgot James Banks...he dominated in 2003.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

So people take ESPN seriously? Wow I didn't think that was possible.

 

[FLVOL_79]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

Cancel Season.

 

[American_PitVol]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

Wait till they do this again in a few years...think about it. Embrace the domination to come my friend. "GET SOME" is what we will tell EVERYBODY!

 

[UTChicagoV]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

Not really BS if you take into account the criteria used and the fact that we didn't do much for 5 years of the decade. While we put guys into the NFL, many of those guys weren't not award winners or All-Americans.

 

[FRO]

espn hates us