UT Recruiting Problem

**NotSoSilentBob** · February 7th, 2007, 01:28 PM

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I just posted on what i was reading. Don't shoot the messenger. Another little article was it wasn't the one's the Vol's had, but they may not be deep enough, in the O line and D line. If they had injuries. I don't know i just posted it for Vol Fans.

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Reading where? Writing on the bathroom stalls?

**centennialdawg** · February 7th, 2007, 01:35 PM

In recent years, how many people from withing the high school level in Tennessee has UT actively recruited besides Whitten? Just curious.

**Ironlung** · February 7th, 2007, 03:53 PM

Both Jones, Hamilton, Teddy Gaines, not many more D1 athletes to recruit in the area. No matter what the doofus who said before the GC/RL game last fall about there being "D1 talent all over the field", [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] there isn't.

**Ironlung** · February 7th, 2007, 03:57 PM

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as ussual you won't have to worry much about many of their players being from anywhere in the state of TN.....

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Actually, the majority of the class is from Tennessee. Hawkins, Donald, Sykes, Anderson, Rogan, Coleman, Maples, Hall, Campbell, Cooper, and Walker. That's 11 out of 32 for a state that's not known to produce alot of D1 talent. Too many people talking out there [censored] on here about stuff they obviously have no clue about.

**Ironlung** · February 7th, 2007, 04:22 PM

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I just posted on what i was reading. Don't shoot the messenger. Another little article was it wasn't the one's the Vol's had, but they may not be deep enough, in the O line and D line. If they had injuries. I don't know i just posted it for Vol Fans.

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Not shooting the messenger. You're just relaying what you read. What you read though, was bad info. UT has more than 10 OL that are either RSF, Fresh, or Soph. The D line is deep as far as bodies too. They just don't have the experience they usually have.

**1inStripes** · February 7th, 2007, 04:49 PM

Well centennial, UT has given quite a few instate athletes the oppotunity if they can reach 2* material or better. But, there are much richer football talent bases in other parts of the South, than the state of TN.

**Ironlung** · February 7th, 2007, 04:50 PM

Notice my post two posts above yours. It's a bogus claim.

**1inStripes** · February 7th, 2007, 06:54 PM

I didn't realize till just now you had Sykes on your list of names. Glad to see him sign with UT rather than FSU. I figured Warren would have him handed to the Noles.

**rebelron** · February 7th, 2007, 07:39 PM

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That's because the state of Tennessee as a whole pretty much sucks at football at the HS level. Other than the area around Maryville, and Alcoa apparently no one in TN produces D1 talent for the most part.

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Middle Tennessee is very good in football. You have schools like Riverdale,Ravenwood,Hillsboro,Goodpasture,MBA,Bren twood Academy,David Lipscomb,Brentwood,Smyrna won several state titles. In matter of fact Middle Tennessee is the strongest area for high school football in Tennessee. Maryville,Fulton and Alcoa have been strong lately.

**1inStripes** · February 7th, 2007, 07:43 PM

I agree, but those are a couple of 5A and then private schools. The middle part of the state (Knoxvegas to Nashville) is much stronger than the eastern, or western parts of the state. NET football is really weak for the most part.