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FUN FACT FOR THE DAY:

The late actor Luke Perry has a son who is a professional wrestler. Jungle Jack Perry in the AEW.

Seen here standing far left vs Le Champion Chris Jericho.

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Le Champion likes to celebrate every victory with a little bit of the bubbly.

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ionaVOL said:
What would the class be missing? 5* TE/Slot would be the missing piece to our offense to go with our 5* QB. A couple potential 4* big RBs and great speed at WR. Beef on the interior of the OL to go with the 5* tackles we landed last year. Loaded up on DL, snagged multiple 4* pass rushers and LBers to go with some 4* DBs in Lawrence etc. Where’s the weakness in this class?
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Length at wide receiver? That's what crossed my mind a few minutes ago. Maybe it's there and I didn't do enough research.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Woke up at 7 am today, absolutely excited about signing day, like it was Christmas morning. Then I get a phone call telling my that my wife is in the ER, and everything changed. Didn't care about recruiting, didn't care about football, only cared about getting to the hospital. Things like that put this in perspective. Love on your family, your wife and your children.

Thankfully, it appears that this is nothing serious. I want to thank you guys for praying for my wife and I. We'll see what further tests show, but thus far blood work and ct scan show that everything looks normal. So I am very thankful on this day. Thankful for my wife's health, and thankful for you guys. I don't know your names, but I consider you guys my friends.
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Excellent posts are excellent. Hope the good news continues.
 
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ionaVOL said:
What would the class be missing? 5* TE/Slot would be the missing piece to our offense to go with our 5* QB. A couple potential 4* big RBs and great speed at WR. Beef on the interior of the OL to go with the 5* tackles we landed last year. Loaded up on DL, snagged multiple 4* pass rushers and LBers to go with some 4* DBs in Lawrence etc. Where’s the weakness in this class?
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This class has some really nice pieces. IF we land Washington & Hardy, and it sneaks into the Top 10, I think it’s a great A- Class.

What is it missing to make it an Elite A+ Class imo?

An elite WR
An elite OT
An elite RB
An elite ILB
 
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85SugarVol said:
This class has some really nice pieces. IF we land Washington & Hardy, and it sneaks into the Top 10, I think it’s a great A- Class.

What is it missing to make it an Elite A+ Class imo?

An elite WR
An elite OT
An elite RB
An elite ILB
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The old adage in recruiting is that a 5* can come in and compete/play immediately. A 4* contributes and a 3* can compete with development.
We have seen with class that we have played some young guys out of necessity because lack of depth. We have depth in a lot of the places we have recruited and are building for the future.
we have also seen this staff recruit really good under the radar non flashy players that can come in and play and play really well with coaching.

With that said I don’t necessarily agree with you on “elite” because I feel that is the national perception based on recruiting rankings. I think we have some “elite” signees but we won’t see it really until next year or the year after.
 
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Just sitting around thinking about that press conference and some of the things Pruitt said.

I know one of the initial concerns we had (especially during the OC search) was that Pruitt could have a tendency to be overly-insistent on a boring run-first, run-second offense. We love to see our boys dare you to stop the run again, but you need variety, you need to be flexible, you need to be creative, and we just didn’t have that at all with Helton in 2018. Most of those concerns went away this year with Chaney, but I loved his take on Holiday. The man knows football. He sees what guys like Lamar are doing in the NFL, and you know he’ll do whatever it takes to find away to use a similar skill set to our advantage.

Also liked how he talked about why he wanted particular players. Not the cliche “he’s got speed, good size, team player” stuff that every coach can spit out, but the detailed role he has in mind for each player in the class. He’s not a “motivator” (although he seems to be a good one...), he’s not a fireball, he’s just a man who loves the team and has a fantastic knowledge of the game.

My favorite part of these first couple classes is the coherent strategy he has for the rebuild. This isn’t a quick-fix, “get lucky and revive Tennessee football with a great QB” *cough BJ cough* class. It’s not a game to fill in the class with the best rated players to build a false sense of hype. Pruitt has a vision of what his team looks like, and he’s building it from scratch. Start on both LOS, load up depth on defense, find a QB, and sprinkle in some elite speed around him, in that order. It’s sustainable, it’s a plan for long-term success, and he’s executing it.

Sorry for the essay, just love what I’m seeing from the program right now. Not the flashiness of Jones that won over talent at the start but flamed out, but solid substance that will steadily turn the program around. The big-time recruiting will follow, and this time we’ll have a coach that can use it.
 
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wuwh_08 said:
The old adage in recruiting is that a 5* can come in and compete/play immediately. A 4* contributes and a 3* can compete with development.
We have seen with class that we have played some young guys out of necessity because lack of depth. We have depth in a lot of the places we have recruited and are building for the future.
we have also seen this staff recruit really good under the radar non flashy players that can come in and play and play really well with coaching.

With that said I don’t necessarily agree with you on “elite” because I feel that is the national perception based on recruiting rankings. I think we have some “elite” signees but we won’t see it really until next year or the year after.
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I think we have some elite signees too, never said we didn’t. Just not at the positions I listed, which we really could have used.
 
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85SugarVol said:
This class has some really nice pieces. IF we land Washington & Hardy, and it sneaks into the Top 10, I think it’s a great A- Class.

What is it missing to make it an Elite A+ Class imo?

An elite WR
An elite OT
An elite RB
An elite ILB
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Eason & Whitehead are pretty elite ILB prospects, assuming Whitehead stays at ILB.

We didn’t even sign an OT, yet Tate would have been a huge flip.

WR I like a lot, not sure we’ve done enough on field to pull a truly elite one yet.

RBs are good I like both, but neither is likely steal reps as freshman.
 
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85SugarVol said:
This class has some really nice pieces. IF we land Washington & Hardy, and it sneaks into the Top 10, I think it’s a great A- Class.

What is it missing to make it an Elite A+ Class imo?

An elite WR
An elite OT
An elite RB
An elite ILB
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Also really wish we landed an elite WR, but considering the speed we have at that position, DW would fill that I think.

Not sure elite OT/ILB are that high on my list of priorities. Got great players at OL/LB, and already have young elite talent at the positions already with Wanya/Darnell, Henry/Crouch.

Totally agree on an RB. Maybe that’s where we see Pruitt pursue a transfer? Don’t usually see that though, they go to the NFL more often it seems.
 
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Curious about the coaching continuity...anyone are any changes? I want to hear more about Mike Ekeler. He coach with CJP at UGa for a long bit
 
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