EaglesVols91
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Leaving the SEC just means we have to compete with Bama, UGA, Texas, Oklahoma for top recruits from an inferior conference. We may be top of that conference but still behind the same teams we are now.The Vols Should Join the ACC
Recruiting ranks 2017-2025 Georgia
- With the SEC getting Oklahoma and Texas it will be even harder to win the recruiting battle and championships. Bama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Auburn all have enough resources to compete yearly. If we were to join the ACC we would only have to compete with Clemson, Miami and Florida State for recruits. Also, our recruiting has not been good compared to Georgia and Bama. The Vols will not compete for championships until we get top 5 classes here which will be near impossible with the way the SEC is currently constructed.
2017 3rd
2018 1st
2019 2nd
2020 1st
2021 4th
2022 3rd
2023 2nd
2024 1st
2025 2nd
Recruiting ranks 2017-2025 Vols
2017 17th
2018 21st
2019 13th
2020 11th
2021 22nd
2022 17th
2023 10th
2024 12th
2025 12th
Unless we start pulling top 5 recruiting classes I expect no championships in the foreseeable future.
Reasons why we should join the ACC in the future
Thoughts?
- Our tradition transcends our conference. From the vol walk to the vol navy our traditions would fit well in any conference and bring recruits in. We have no true rivals in the SEC. I think the Vols are capable of being in any conference and succeeding.
- If we were to not win 10 games again over the next decade what do we do? Do we continue to stay in a conference that won’t be getting any easier?
- Playoffs are the only thing that matters going forward. It doesn’t matter what conference you are in. If you make the playoffs you have a chance to win it all.
Back in the mid 80s - mid 90s I wanted UT to go independent. The independents had the choice of which bowl they wanted to go to... Notre Dame, FSU, Miami, Penn State were all independent and not locked into a collectivism (conference).The Vols Should Join the ACC
Recruiting ranks 2017-2025 Georgia
- With the SEC getting Oklahoma and Texas it will be even harder to win the recruiting battle and championships. Bama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Auburn all have enough resources to compete yearly. If we were to join the ACC we would only have to compete with Clemson, Miami and Florida State for recruits. Also, our recruiting has not been good compared to Georgia and Bama. The Vols will not compete for championships until we get top 5 classes here which will be near impossible with the way the SEC is currently constructed.
2017 3rd
2018 1st
2019 2nd
2020 1st
2021 4th
2022 3rd
2023 2nd
2024 1st
2025 2nd
Recruiting ranks 2017-2025 Vols
2017 17th
2018 21st
2019 13th
2020 11th
2021 22nd
2022 17th
2023 10th
2024 12th
2025 12th
Unless we start pulling top 5 recruiting classes I expect no championships in the foreseeable future.
Reasons why we should join the ACC in the future
Thoughts?
- Our tradition transcends our conference. From the vol walk to the vol navy our traditions would fit well in any conference and bring recruits in. We have no true rivals in the SEC. I think the Vols are capable of being in any conference and succeeding.
- If we were to not win 10 games again over the next decade what do we do? Do we continue to stay in a conference that won’t be getting any easier?
- Playoffs are the only thing that matters going forward. It doesn’t matter what conference you are in. If you make the playoffs you have a chance to win it all.
The Vols Should Join the ACC
Recruiting ranks 2017-2025 Georgia
- With the SEC getting Oklahoma and Texas it will be even harder to win the recruiting battle and championships. Bama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Auburn all have enough resources to compete yearly. If we were to join the ACC we would only have to compete with Clemson, Miami and Florida State for recruits. Also, our recruiting has not been good compared to Georgia and Bama. The Vols will not compete for championships until we get top 5 classes here which will be near impossible with the way the SEC is currently constructed.
2017 3rd
2018 1st
2019 2nd
2020 1st
2021 4th
2022 3rd
2023 2nd
2024 1st
2025 2nd
Recruiting ranks 2017-2025 Vols
2017 17th
2018 21st
2019 13th
2020 11th
2021 22nd
2022 17th
2023 10th
2024 12th
2025 12th
Unless we start pulling top 5 recruiting classes I expect no championships in the foreseeable future.
Reasons why we should join the ACC in the future
Thoughts?
- Our tradition transcends our conference. From the vol walk to the vol navy our traditions would fit well in any conference and bring recruits in. We have no true rivals in the SEC. I think the Vols are capable of being in any conference and succeeding.
- If we were to not win 10 games again over the next decade what do we do? Do we continue to stay in a conference that won’t be getting any easier?
- Playoffs are the only thing that matters going forward. It doesn’t matter what conference you are in. If you make the playoffs you have a chance to win it all.
You want thoughts? Well I think the idea of leaving the SEC is about the dumbest idea proposed here.
Won't lie. Football out west is pretty darned good and fun to watch. I'm a sucker for Oregon and to a lessor degree, Washington. I try to catch both those when I can. They don't disappoint. It's really good football.Hell no. I do NOT want the vols to leave the best football conference. SEC Football is all I really care to watch
You’re a troll. I know it.So the majority would prefer to lose 4 or 5 games every season and never have the chance to meet Georgia and Alabama in the playoffs, because it would hurt your SEC pride? The deck is stacked against the Vols in the SEC and it is not going to get any easier anytime real soon.
The game is changing and priorities will be shifting next season. It is going to be playoffs or bust.
Do none of you look for the easiest path to obtain what you want in real life?