Possible New Player for 2010- LSU Signee, OG Elliott Porter

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VOLsince68 said:
I thought Loften had already been cleared back several weeks ago???


GBO!!!!!!!
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if Lofton was cleared, he would have been listed on roster that was released yesterday. he is not cleared.

what you heard was an internet rumor.
 
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lylsmorr said:
I'm shocked
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I'm amazed at how many people believe what kids say on facebook or to recruiting site reporters.. I guess if they follow as long as I have, they will learn to only believe half of what a recruit says. :)
 
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Because all 27 of LSU's signees qualified, two of them were asked to greyshirt (i.e., delay their enrollment until January) so they could count toward the class of 2011. One of those two, three-star DT Elliot Porter of Louisiana, now could find his way to Tennessee, according to ESPN.com's Jamie Newberg.

It's not clear why Porter, who was expected to move to O-line for the Tigers, was one of the ones kicked to the curb, since his Scouts, Inc., grade of 79 put him on the verge of four stars and in the middle of LSU's group of signees. (Perhaps the coaches felt he would redshirt anyway because of the position change.)

Newberg says that new coach Derek Dooley is very familiar with Porter from his days at Louisiana Tech, and given the Vols' numbers deficiencies across the board (with DT being an area of particular need, assuming Dooley would not ask Porter to change positions), this could be a perfect fit.

- Albert Lin
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From Rumors on ESPN. Looks like he would be a class of 11.
 
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bamasucks76 said:
I live close to and work in memphis. There are more UT fans than memphis fans here, especially when it comes to football. Lots of people are memphis basketball fans and UT football fans. So by FAR kids here consider UT home. Definetely way more than ole miss or arkansas or any other SEC teams that are closer.
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That's good to hear.
 
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LWSVOL said:
NO 60 miles from BR, Memphis 365 miles from Knoxville...

Atlanta is more hometown to Vols than Memphis...

distance is why Tennessee has struggled so much in Memphis. There 7 other SEC schools closer to Memphis than Knoxville.
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You are right, the distances involved not the same.

Meanwhile, tell Porter to come to East Tennessee and he won't have to worry about crap like this:

2theadvocate.com | News | Gator?s ?death roll? fails to get LSU grad student — Baton Rouge, LA
 
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:banghead2::banghe:banghead2:QUOTE=volwarrior33;3836808]LSU had 5 players that they did not expect to qualify. Somehow, all of them did. That's how this happened.[/QUOTE]

They got 5 out of 5!!! We may lose 5 out of 5!!! I think we better recruit some of those tutors out of Louisiana.
 
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RhodeIslandVol said:
Basically we have four dudes vying for less than spots.
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we have 5 guys (Brown, Porter, Loften, Dixon, Jackson) vying for 2 spots.

fwiw, it doesn't sound good on Brown and Dixon much at all. As the days pass, it looks worse and worse for Loften.
 
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bamasucks76 said:
I live close to and work in memphis. There are more UT fans than memphis fans here, especially when it comes to football. Lots of people are memphis basketball fans and UT football fans. So by FAR kids here consider UT home. Definetely way more than ole miss or arkansas or any other SEC teams that are closer.
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I wouldn't debate that with you. I'm sure its true.

Last I heard though, Tennessee didn't recruit UT fans to play football in Knoxville...
 
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bamasucks76 said:
I live close to and work in memphis. There are more UT fans than memphis fans here, especially when it comes to football. Lots of people are memphis basketball fans and UT football fans. So by FAR kids here consider UT home. Definetely way more than ole miss or arkansas or any other SEC teams that are closer.
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sorry message meant for someone else..
 
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txvolsfangatorh8r said:
maybe i have just been gone too long from tennessee to remember but here in texas this isnt an issue. austin is in the middle yes but texas is huge. kids from all over the state (further away from austin than memphis is from knoxville) and they have no problem with that.

i guess its just a different world here
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hopefully this staff will change things but lot of Memphis kids have looked elsewhere rather than Knoxville over the years. Not all, but a lot.

Willie Henderson who we really wanted, wanted to stay there.

Malcolm Rawls ended up wanting to go back home after getting to Knoxville

its a long way for many...
 
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Lord Vader said:
we have 5 guys (Brown, Porter, Loften, Dixon, Jackson) vying for 2 spots.

fwiw, it doesn't sound good on Brown and Dixon much at all. As the days pass, it looks worse and worse for Loften.
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That's disconcerting since Jackson is the first one I would lose off that list...
 
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Lord Vader said:
we have 5 guys (Brown, Porter, Loften, Dixon, Jackson) vying for 2 spots.

fwiw, it doesn't sound good on Brown and Dixon much at all. As the days pass, it looks worse and worse for Loften.
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Why do you say it doesn't look good for Brown? I thought he was on campus and taking classes. In that case, wouldn't he just need to pass his classes and therefore he isn't yet eligible because those classes are not over yet?
 
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yoranguavol2 said:
Why do you say it doesn't look good for Brown? I thought he was on campus and taking classes. In that case, wouldn't he just need to pass his classes and therefore he isn't yet eligible because those classes are not over yet?
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I think he was taking summer school classes at UT to up his grades so he could play...
 
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Brown has to pass around 18 hours and make a C or better in all the classes. That is difficult for the best of students. And Hubbs says there isn't much optimism around the complex.
 
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Does anyone know if a prospect in the position that J Brown is in is able to receive help from the athletic department's tutoring and academic assistance programs?
 
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yoranguavol2 said:
Does anyone know if a prospect in the position that J Brown is in is able to receive help from the athletic department's tutoring and academic assistance programs?
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He is able to use the assistance programs.

18 hours is a whole hell of a lot of classwork over the summer.
 
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Did Porter pay for summer school on his own or did a scholarship pay for it?
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I love seeing us making as many viable options for warm bodies as possible.

Dooley is making me more of a believer all the time. Pass me the koolaid!
 
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