'20 TN RB Tee Hodge (UT SIGNEE)

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Ron Swanson said:
Pruitt beat top 20 Auburn and UK last fall in his first year on national tv. So? And only Louisville, Purdue or diehard CFB fans know who Jeff Brohm is, certainly not your average HS recruit. Weird argument you have here for Purdue and UT being similar. They aren't.
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It is weird. Don’t get why supposed fans and fake insiders even at that continue to try and run our program down as tho we’re on the level with Purdue
 
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mrorange211 said:
I do not think they are. Kids, however, don't have Tennessee on some ind of pedestal. This isn't The Blind Side.
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i thnk we know that. but Ron's right about one thing....most all these kids know how Pruitt, Martin, ansley, Weinke, Chaney etc...are.....and we're in the SEC.

it isn't the same. but it kinda is from a relevancy standpoint...so i get why one might say that.
 
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mrorange211 said:
SEC helps us a lot, imo.
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it doesnt' help everyone the same. we have a lot to do with it. great campus, beautiful location, great school, great coaches, fantastic facilities, and fan support that rivals anyone in the country.....just to name a few.....

we have a lot going for us. the only thing we don't have when compared to Clemson, Bama, GA, OSU etc....is naitonally relevant results.

that's it.
 
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jakez4ut said:
it doesnt' help everyone the same. we have a lot to do with it. great campus, beautiful location, great school, great coaches, fantastic facilities, and fan support that rivals anyone in the country.....just to name a few.....

we have a lot going for us. the only thing we don't have when compared to Clemson, Bama, GA, OSU etc....is naitonally relevant results.

that's it.
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Nah... we suck. We’re irrelevant. Bout the same as Purdue, Missouri, and not even a better program than SC. At least that’s what I keep reading on VN
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Nah... we suck. We’re irrelevant. Bout the same as Purdue, Missouri, and not even a better program than SC. At least that’s what I keep reading on VN
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well, yeah, there's some of that out there lol. but like i siap, i see why someone might compare us to purdue or iowa or whoever.

with all the things i rattled off that we would compare favorably with to anyone in the country, the one thing we would compare with favorbabl to programs like Purdue is nationally relevant results.

and even in saying that, if a kid has a choice to go to either one, legitimately, and honestly picks purdue over TN, then i might worry.

but that ain't happening here. this is just another example of an in state kid that some THINK we should be able to get....and if we don't, it's a miss. never mind that we may not want him as bad as some think, and defiinitely nevermind the fact that he clearly isn't as interested in TN, as some think TN is in him.

bottom line, this just doesn't matter to me. we're not competing with Purdue for this kid.....we're competing with the hope of getting an FSU or Bama offer. period.
 
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mrorange211 said:
and until a few months ago, a $hitty OC players didn't want to play for. We kinda have a history of that. All that stuff you listed matters. I completely agree. What gets the blue chips? Coaches. Hopefully Chaney and Ansley can reel players in like Hodge who otherwise would not have come here.
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i guess we'll see. and the good news is that the coaches you reference aren't here anymore. but i wonder how long that gets held against us? especially now that we've made the changes everyone thinks we need to keep making? at what point do we get credit for what we are doing, instead of vilified for what was done in the past?

oh yeah, results matter.

moving on. we're not competing with Purdue for this kid.
 
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jakez4ut said:
well, yeah, there's some of that out there lol. but like i siap, i see why someone might compare us to purdue or iowa or whoever.

with all the things i rattled off that we would compare favorably with to anyone in the country, the one thing we would compare with favorbabl to programs like Purdue is nationally relevant results.

and even in saying that, if a kid has a choice to go to either one, legitimately, and honestly picks purdue over TN, then i might worry.

but that ain't happening here. this is just another example of an in state kid that some THINK we should be able to get....and if we don't, it's a miss. never mind that we may not want him as bad as some think, and defiinitely nevermind the fact that he clearly isn't as interested in TN, as some think TN is in him.

bottom line, this just doesn't matter to me. we're not competing with Purdue for this kid.....we're competing with the hope of getting an FSU or Bama offer. period.
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And we’re beating teams like Bama, ga, Clemson, FSU, and USC for players. Because we’re TN and we’re one of those programs. We have just as high of a budget as anyone in the country, just as much administrative support, facilities as good or better than any other team in the country, and tradition as good as any other. Oh, and presently we have the best staff in college football. But yeah... we’re just like any one of those other programs that literally do not have anything that I just mentioned 🤷‍♂️
 
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mrorange211 said:
The damage of the last 15 years is ore extensive then you give credit for, imo. I'm telling you Brohm is gonna have Purdue in contention. Dude is a competitor.
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i know full well what hte last 15 years has done, and i'm definitely not undervaluing it. but NONE of the major players that were the cause of that debacle are around anymore.

and i don't care what Brohm does. if he can do it with 3*'s from Maryville that don't want to go to TN, good for him, more power to him. lol.
 
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mrorange211 said:
Lol. Hodge isn’t a three start for long. Wait on it
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i don't really care. that's not the point. it wouldn't matter if he was a 5*.

and if he was, he would toss that purdue offer in the garbage and proceed on to OSU, Clemson, Bama, FSU etc...and we still wouldn't get him lol.
 
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bignewt said:
well this thread just blew up toot sweet
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mrorange211 said:
Laugh all you want, but to kids today, offers from UT and Purdue are similar.
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Edit..... I don't pretend to see all things from "Orange colored glasses", but to even consider UT/Purdue in the same book when it comes to prestige in the eyes of anyone.....is laughable
 
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