Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[SoilVol]

Hmm, Spillman is #80 and keith is #20

Edit: Matthews is #24, meaning Beasley is going to have a new number too, kind of interesting how the incoming freshman are getting the upperclassman’s numbers. Of course, they probably wanted to switch numbers anyway

Nico picking Mariota's number or coincidence?

 

[Weezer]

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This is a Porch.

I always wanted to ride in Granny's rocking chair.

No, that's not code for anything. She was a sexy lady, but certainly no Betty White.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Hmm, Spillman is #80 and keith is #20

Edit: Matthews is #24, meaning Beasley is going to have a new number too, kind of interesting how the incoming freshman are getting the upperclassman’s numbers. Of course, they probably wanted to switch numbers anyway

What is Wright?

 

[JCVol00]

Nico picking Mariota's number or coincidence?

Nico was #8 in HS

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Nico picking Mariota's number or coincidence?

Picked the number of combined SEC & National Titles won while he's here. . .

 

[JCVol00]

What is Wright?

Wright was #20, my guess either him or Keyton will snag #0

 

[SSVol]

Then why are you replying if you don't care? You have your opinion, I have mine. Your bitching about my opinion isn't going to change my mind.

Because your argument implies fault with the leadership's decision to cooperate. I personally still think it was the right thing to do and I support them. You want the discussion to stop, then stop. You're the one who keeps bringing it up.

 

[BigOrangeGoose]

Hmm, Spillman is #80 and keith is #20

Edit: Matthews is #24, meaning Beasley is going to have a new number too, kind of interesting how the incoming freshman are getting the upperclassman’s numbers. Of course, they probably wanted to switch numbers anyway

Here’s a link to the roster. Quite a few number changes

2023 Football Roster - University of Tennessee Athletics

Wright #0
Beasley #6
Keyton #9

Also interesting Elijah Simmons is 10 now lol. And some of these guys have already put on a lot of weight. Nico’s gained 10 already

 

[LA Vol]

I mentioned this name in another thread and it got me wondering what happened to him/where did he end up. Looking like he didn't go anywhere?

Adarius Redmond at Powell Recruit Rank History (247sports.com)

Look at his ranking in spring of 2021 compared to just a little over a year later. The bottom fell out on this kid. I can't say I can recall a recruit plummeting so far in such a short period of time.

Grades. JUCO. Maybe Hutchinson CC?

 

[Weezer]

Because your argument implies fault with the leadership's decision to cooperate. I personally still think it was the right thing to do and I support them. You want the discussion to stop, then stop. You're the one who keeps bringing it up.

I've actually said we did the right thing. The NCAA did the wrong thing. There was little to no reward for "cooperation" IMO.

This is a message board. Last I looked, you weren't in charge of content. I responded to a post. You took umbrage to my response. Seems like you're the one who needs to let it go.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

It is so weird to me how players change their numbers all the time now

I would never think of changing my number back in the day

 

[Glitch]

Terrible if true. Prayers for the family.

 

[SSVol]

I've actually said we did the right thing. The NCAA did the wrong thing. There was little to no reward for "cooperation" IMO.

This is a message board. Last I looked, you weren't in charge of content. I responded to a post. You took umbrage to my response. Seems like you're the one who needs to let it go.

So it's ok for you to post an opinion, but not ok for me to disagree? Noted.

 

[Revived2002]

Here are Tennessee football wins vacated under Jeremy Pruitt

"Tennessee has dropped from the top 10 in all-time college football victories after the program was forced to vacate wins recorded in two seasons under Jeremy Pruitt as part of the sanctions handed down Friday by the NCAA for recruiting violations."

"Before the wins were vacated, UT had climbed into the top 10 all-time in college football history. The Volunteers had a record of 867-410-3, tied with Southern Cal for No. 10. Now UT drops to No. 11 with an all-time record of 856-410-53."

Pruitt was officially a disaster of epic proportions- literally knocked Tennessee off the final pedestal it had retained after a decade of mediocrity (top 10 all time program). Be tough to climb back, with GA, LSU and others nipping at our heels.

 

[tellicoflash]

Nico was #8 in HS

 

[tellicoflash]

Tyler Bray’s number too.

 

[StoVol]

 

[Weezer]

So it's ok for you to post an opinion, but not ok for me to disagree? Noted.

Only you're not disagreeing. You're telling me not to post my opinion. If you want to disagree, fine, make your argument. I'm good with reading any argument you want to present. But all you've done so far is the equivalent of a "shut up".

 

[Glitch]

What is Wright?

The opposite of Wleft.

 

[UTSuave’]

Vols notebook: Fulmer emails revealed; Pruitt officially worst UT football coach ever | Chattanooga Times Free Press

 

[therickbol]

Skrmetti was raring for a fight, if needed, according to a letter he sent the NCAA before Pruitt and UT appeared before a Committee on Infractions in a hearing.

The letter was obtained by Knox News through an open records request.

“Tennessee law prohibits the NCAA from imposing such a sanction (as a postseason ban), and I will not hesitate to vindicate the rights of UT students to enjoy the full measure of their intercollegiate athletic opportunities,” Skrmetti wrote in the letter.

“NCAA rules cannot supersede Tennessee law.”

Skrmetti cited Tennessee Code 49-7-2803, which was amended in April 2022 with a carveout to protect student-athletes from being punished for violations they didn’t commit.

“An athletic association’s governing actions … must not interfere with an intercollegiate athlete’s ability to earn compensation in accordance with this part and must not otherwise impact an intercollegiate athlete’s eligibility or full participation in intercollegiate athletic events,” the law says, “unless the intercollegiate athlete has committed a violation of rules.”

Checkmate b!t@h$

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Cubelic:

“I played in Neyland Stadium the year after they won a national championship. I promise you, they always do the little jet engine or whatever to (measure) the decibels, it’s the loudest stadium I’ve ever heard in my life. And it ain’t close.”

“Neyland Stadium, oh man. I put this one up there next to LSU as far as just cathedral-like, history, tradition. You can’t walk into this place and not start thinking about different eras and different players. Reggie White and Carl Pickens and Tee Martin and Peyton Manning and Jamal Lewis and Al Wilson. You see the pictures of the guys up top, General Neyland. And you get those squares with the ‘V’, the ‘O’, the ‘L’ and the ’S’ that are lit up, like an old Phillips 76 sign or something. Like a 1950s gas station, but it’s awesome.”

“Obviously the big bowl, when you look up there it feels like it never stops. When you’re in those stands, and you step out in the aisle to walk down, especially if you’re up a little higher, you feel like if you tripped and stumbled, you would end up on the field. And there actually is a little bit of distance behind the middle of the benches, so it’s not necessarily on you as some other places. But God almighty does it get loud. We played Tennessee tough in ’98 at home, the win the national championship. We go there in ’99, Ben Laird is hurt, Jeff Kline — God rest his soul, I love you Jeff, rest easy my friend — turns and throws and uncovered check the first play of the game. Deon Grant intercepts it, takes it back. And that right there, folks, that moment, is the loudest I have ever heard any stadium in my entire life. I remember Ben Laird was standing next to me, because we were both hurt for that game. I turned over and I was like, ‘Man, that’s loud.’ And he didn’t even (acknowledge me), he was looking up. And I said, ‘MAN, THAT’S LOUD.’ Like I’m yelling at him as loud as I can, he can’t hear me. Just nothing. That is a volume that is intimidating because it gets to the point where it cuts off your communication. It legitimately does. And when that happens, that becomes a real problem. And when people face problems, people start to panic. Therefor, that’s allowing intimidation to set in and affect you as a player, as a team, as a unit, as a side of the football. It just is. Smokey is running around, he barks after every time the fans starts going nuts. That’s incredible. Then you have the actual mascot Smokey that is running around. The checkered end zones, that’s tough to beat, man.”

 

[Blake25p]

Incredibly sad, thoughts are with his family.

 

[RikidyBones]

Vols notebook: Fulmer emails revealed; Pruitt officially worst UT football coach ever | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Only because schiano wasn't hired.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

This is hilarious: