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[tnvols72]

Florida is throwing around Miami type money. We aren't willing to do that. All I'll say.

JMO , minus Niko this is a normal Vol recruiting year without NIL. Is Spyre just paying current players or what?

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Didn’t want to start a new thread but do we know who’s running through the T (seniors) for the last time on Saturday

The obvious ones (cause no eligibility left) are:

Hendon Hooker
Cedric Tillman
Juwan Mitchell
LaTrell Bumphus
Chase McGrath
Trevon Flowers
Princeton Fant
Paxton Brooks
Jerome Carvin
Jeremy Banks (I think he technically has 1 year left, but doubt he uses it)

Darnell Wright, has 1 year left but is likely gone for the draft.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

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Definitely need this in here today.

Yeah!! No kidding!! This thread took a turn today.

 

[csprig9]

The obvious ones (cause no eligibility left) are:

Hendon Hooker
Cedric Tillman
Juwan Mitchell
LaTrell Bumphus
Chase McGrath
Trevon Flowers
Princeton Fant
Paxton Brooks
Jerome Carvin
Jeremy Banks (I think he technically has 1 year left, but doubt he uses it)

Darnell Wright, has 1 year left but is likely gone for the draft.

AP said Mitchell has another year left

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[Jackcrevol]

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nice. and his wife didnt even have to suck face to show buy in

 

[MoCo_Vol]

AP said Mitchell has another year left

Yeah you're correct, 2021 he earned a redshirt so next season would be his 6th/final year.

 

[Jackcrevol]

looks like Nico's RB's went off.

 

[Ten_Titans]

FOMO is how bubbles get made. NIL is definitely a bubble. And it's gonna pop when teams like TAMU and Miami spend 100 million dollars for **** all.

I'll believe you can give 7 figure guaranteed contracts to a bunch of 18 year olds and expect them to put in a championship culture when I see it.

 

[volbeast33]

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Definitely need this in here today.

It’s crazy…. You would think we were the 6 win team….

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I wonder where this is. Can’t be Thule, at least it doesn’t look like a US base. Nuuk is too far south to be that cold. Ittoqqortoormiit is too far from the glacier. Weird.

Maniitsoq

Edit: swanson'd by christian

 

[Jackcrevol]

I wonder where this is. Can’t be Thule, at least it doesn’t look like a US base. Nuuk is too far south to be that cold. Ittoqqortoormiit is too far from the glacier. Weird.

If you pulled that word, wtf it is, out of running memory - kudos.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

@Weezer @Ulysees E. McGill @Glitch

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Idk, but whoever gets the top pick is surely taking Will Levis.

 

[itsme]

You keep changing what is being discussed but the outlier is really on the teams that have done that…. It’s 3 teams…. Georgia, Alabama, and Ohio state…. Yes that is what we need to strive to be… you don’t go from being a complete dysfunctional mess…. 3 win football team… without a good recruiting base…. To recruiting like those three teams over night.

Recruiting needs to be individualized by player…. Do I want 5 star/high 4 star players…. Yes, but I don’t want us to take them strictly bc of their rating… we need a few star players….solid depth throughout our roster and very few misses.

Clemson is a team we need to follow on our trend to greatness… they were ranked 11,9, 15, and 14 before their first title… Auburn had similar recruiting rankings before their National Championship…. The Key to Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio state is that they are the best recruiters… great coaches… and great at developing players. I don’t know why everyone keeps freaking out….. we are WAY ahead of schedule…. ENJOY it!!!!

I am enjoying it and not freaking out but you are saying "they were ranked 11,9, 15, and 14 before their first title". How do you get to that? 4 & 5 stars players not a bunch of 3 stars. I am not complaining about who our recruits are, I get excited for anyone wanting to play at Tennessee. It's just facts that we need high level players in the turnover of the roster. Not sure why this is so hard to understand.

 

[engineerVOL]

I wonder where this is. Can’t be Thule, at least it doesn’t look like a US base. Nuuk is too far south to be that cold. Ittoqqortoormiit is too far from the glacier. Weird.

Remind me to never play you in scrabble.

 

[WesTnVol]

Do what I do in the offseason and watch college football games from the 70-80s on YouTube. Some of those offenses make 2022 Iowa look like a high-octane point machine.

I do the same. It’s amazing watching the 70s starting linemen weighting 180-200 pounds

 

[Volbucky]

You guys do realize Fulmer is at a lot of the practices right? lol him and Heupel have a good relationship. He also meets and talks to recruits before games.

Sure, he’s not the recruiting coordinator or the AD anymore though. There’s a reason for that.

 

[volbeast33]

I am enjoying it and not freaking out but you are saying "they were ranked 11,9, 15, and 14 before their first title". How do you get to that? 4 & 5 stars players not a bunch of 3 stars. I am not complaining about who our recruits are, I get excited for anyone wanting to play at Tennessee. It's just facts that we need high level players in the turnover of the roster. Not sure why this is so hard to understand.

I was talking recruiting rankings…. We are 11th right now which would be the second highest rated class Clemson had before they won the national championship.

 

[Memphisvol87]

Ehh I don’t think the talent gap is enough to overcome how much better our scheme is

Georgia proved that the only way to slow us down is talent. If we match their talent with our scheme we are good. But Georgia has both on defense.

 

[jpope9]

It’s crazy…. You would think we were the 6 win team….

Yep exactly. Let’s not act like we didn’t beat lsu, bama, and Florida with a depleted roster left over from captain cornbreads firing. All of them with higher ranked classes than us.

 

[Volbucky]

How much are you willing to spend on 1 kid who isn't a QB? Let's say, for argument's sake, that FM wanted 3 mil. Would you give that to him when you have a whole roster to put together? Or say you give FM 3 mil, and then Ramil hears about that, and Ramil wants 3 mil also. And then Herring sees that, and he wants 3 mil. And then Seldon's like, hey man, what gives, I'm worth at least 2. What do you do?

If that’s what sunbelt Billy is doing then I’d imagine he can expect a meltdown like jimbo is having. Stop worrying about the gators, they are currently our bitches.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

2022 247 Team Talent Composite.

We're 19th, 2 5 stars and 24 4 stars an average of 87.72 and total of 764.84.

So there are a few "steps" to this list...top 5 are the only ones currently over 900 total points. Bama, Georgia, Ohio State, A&M, Clemson.

6th to 16th are all above 800 total points

17th to 33rd are all above 700 total points

Ideally we wanna see us get into that next tier group with 800 total points. Our current 23 class has 264.39 points and is 11th overall, so depending on what we lose/how much we could gain the 40ish points pretty easily.

 

[volbeast33]

I am enjoying it and not freaking out but you are saying "they were ranked 11,9, 15, and 14 before their first title". How do you get to that? 4 & 5 stars players not a bunch of 3 stars. I am not complaining about who our recruits are, I get excited for anyone wanting to play at Tennessee. It's just facts that we need high level players in the turnover of the roster. Not sure why this is so hard to understand.

I was meaning recruiting rankings….. Tennessee is ranked 11th right now…. Clemson only had one class ranked higher than us in the four years leading up to their national championship.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Steady rain in Knoxville all day today. I wonder of they cover the field with a tarp or something? Maybe they're confident in the field design to run off the water.

 

[BigSteve09]

Steady rain in Knoxville all day today. I wonder of they cover the field with a tarp or something? Maybe they're confident in the field design to run off the water.

I honestly think a wet field benefits us at home. Their defense is going to be trying to line up while we're snapping the ball, they'll be slipping and sliding trying to get in place or catch up to where they think our receivers will be. Just in time for Hyatt to blow past them.