Re-ranking the 2004 recruiting class

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FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Re-ranking the 2004 recruiting class

According to this piece we finished 2004 at No.9 and the re-ranking is No. 2.. Some other interesting info is LSU had the No.2 class and re-ranked at No.1....USC had the No.1 and re-ranked at No.3
Some larger fluctuations...Arky No.27 and re-ranked No.5...Clemson was No.40 and re-ranked No.7...Kansas was No.56 and re-ranked No.11

2. Tennessee — For the second year in-a-row, the Volunteers produced a top 5 class of athletes, providing depth, star power, and very few clunkers. Although it was an up-and-down career for Ainge, he won a lot of football games in Knoxville, throwing 72 touchdown passes, including a career-high 31 a year ago. Mayo and Hefney were All-SEC first teamers in 2007, their final seasons before heading off to the NFL. Ditto Parker, who's in position to be one of the nation's premier guards in 2008. Toeaina and especially Mahelona were junior college gems that paid immediate dividends in Knoxville. A member of the Atlanta Falcons in 2007, Mahelona had 26.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks in two seasons at Tennessee. Foster rushed for a career-high 1,193 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2007, leaving one more year of eligibility to climb the list of all-time UT rushers. Schaeffer teased Vol fans by becoming the first true freshman to start an SEC opener in 60 years, only to be booted from school the following year. Williams was the nation's No. 7 back in 2004, but switched to the defensive backfield and has done little more than make occasional plays on special teams.
Erik Ainge had an up and down career at Tennessee. (Al Messerschmidt / Getty Images)

Hits: QB Erik Ainge, LB Jerod Mayo, S Jonathan Hefney, G Anthony Parker, DT Jesse Mahelona, RB Arian Foster, T Albert Toeaina, DE Robert Ayers, T Ramon Foster, DE Xavier Mitchell, TE Chris Brown, and LB Ryan Karl.
Misses: QB Brent Schaeffer, RB Ja'Kouri Williams, and DE Antonio Reynolds.
Final 2004 Ranking: No. 9.
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and a related piece to the 2004 star recruits and how they turned out or errr...didn't

FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Revisiting the 5-star recruits from 2004


make of it what you will just putting it out there
 
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Yeah, I read that. How do we get ranked higher ?

We didn't do anything while those guys were here.

No Sec champ. Only 2 bowl wins. We went 5-6.

Maybe they are saying our players turned out great but our coaches were the problem.

These guys may have great NFL careers.
 
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there is a similar post on the Vols forum...we posted about the same time
 
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NEW COACH said:
Yeah, I read that. How do we get ranked higher ?

We didn't do anything while those guys were here.

No Sec champ. Only 2 bowl wins. We went 5-6.

Maybe they are saying our players turned out great but our coaches were the problem.

These guys may have great NFL careers.
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maybe we got an A for effort and a bonus for being in the SEC?
 
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