After further review, it hooks behind the right goalpost. FG attempt is no good.

5/6/2013 3:04:17 PM

No gold.

5/6/2013 3:16:02 PM

Exactly.

5/6/2013 3:36:25 PM

Looked gold to me.

5/6/2013 3:38:52 PM

Got a late 2013 commit today from Kendal Vickers, 2 star end from Havelock that had committed to South Carolina. Odd for a switch to occur so late...

5/24/2013 9:20:15 PM

That's huge...

5/24/2013 10:09:49 PM

N

[Edited on May 26, 2013 at 9:07 PM. Reason : N]

5/26/2013 8:45:52 PM

Wrong thread

5/26/2013 9:06:52 PM

I now have a thread to put it in. Regards

[Edited on May 26, 2013 at 9:08 PM. Reason : J]

5/26/2013 9:07:29 PM

#1 class now after today's signing... Obviously he has to he keep it together for months and months but Butch is recruiting his ass off

5/30/2013 6:21:51 PM

Quality >quantity

5/30/2013 9:32:00 PM

Quote :

"I would take a team of 18 3-stars over a team of 3 5-stars"

5/30/2013 9:33:29 PM

Yes, all teams need to sign the same number of players after every season

5/30/2013 9:34:43 PM

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/05/greatest-fields-sports/?sf13106979=1

5/30/2013 9:35:01 PM

^^^^ to a certain point... and the ranking takes that into account. It not just total players.

^^^ exactly

^^ and I am sure Michigan isnt done... they still need/want/are pursuing other players, so you have no point

^ sweet






[Edited on May 30, 2013 at 9:38 PM. Reason : d]

5/30/2013 9:35:12 PM

i heard Smokey ate some bad Purina and has a serious case of dog diahro right now

good night...dog

5/30/2013 9:39:26 PM

Analyst on Sirius today (I think it was Marc Packer) was discussing the Vols getting back on track in the SEC (down the road a bit).

Pretty funny stuff about the SEC being a better place when Vol fans are getting under everyone's skin. Apparently you guys are something else when the team is rolling.

5/30/2013 9:41:32 PM

Packer used to always say ACC bball was better when State was in the mix

he knows that historically good teams that havent been good in a really long time, like State bball and Tennessee football, help their respective sports overall

and he went to Clemson, so he's more objective than anyone on here when it comes to those schools

5/30/2013 9:47:33 PM

Quote :

"Apparently you guys are something else when the team is rolling."

They are the UMD of the SEC, regardless of whether they are winning or not.

5/31/2013 12:17:23 PM

eh, every fan base hates every other one... By far the worst I have encountered is Georgia. Odd thing with them is that they are better when they are good. When we beat the shit out of them for a decade back when I was in school they were huge assholes.

5/31/2013 12:47:09 PM

Obviously you cant be objective about this. Ask any other fanbase in the SEC, and they will tell you that UT fans are the worst.

5/31/2013 1:54:27 PM

na... I know a lot of SEC fans and its all over the place.

5/31/2013 2:01:13 PM

this kind of subjectivity is ruining sports talk

5/31/2013 2:05:27 PM

I am actually being very objective. Telling you what I know purely based on others, not my own thoughts or feelings.

5/31/2013 2:09:49 PM

being subjective about your subjectivity is not helping

5/31/2013 2:11:09 PM

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/31/darick-rogers-gets-an-earful-from-doug-marrone/

5/31/2013 4:32:47 PM

Random

5/31/2013 5:42:26 PM

I didn't see the "Tennessee Players in the NFL" thread, so this seemed like the best place for an article written today about a player who played football at Tennessee last season

5/31/2013 5:45:39 PM

Except he didnt play last for them last season... And the NFL thread would bebbetter

5/31/2013 5:53:02 PM

Nope, this thread is better...

5/31/2013 5:54:29 PM

for some reason i thought he transferred TO tennessee, must've been thinking of cordarelle

oh well, certainly no reason to bump the 2012 tennessee football thread

5/31/2013 6:16:12 PM

Since it was an NFL situation, in an NFL camp, with NFL players and coaches, that obviously would have been the better thread.

5/31/2013 7:25:57 PM

what? that makes no sense at all. the NFL season doesn't start until September, its currently May. you're being ridiculous.

5/31/2013 7:29:28 PM

Neither does college football. Your logic is horrible.

5/31/2013 7:33:49 PM

your subjectivity is ruining sports talk

5/31/2013 7:40:37 PM

I've heard from some SEC fans that Patterson's recruitment was super shady. His leaving the program caused a few boosters to fear him opening his mouth....

5/31/2013 10:37:22 PM

Patterson or DR

5/31/2013 10:47:13 PM

^
Oh yeah. Rogers.

My bad.

5/31/2013 11:01:39 PM

Quote :

"How long will Tennessee’s welcomed momentum last? The program Butch Jones inherited in December was in complete shambles, but he is changing the perception of Tennessee football and has breathed life into an exhausted fan base and program. Just four months into the job, he has everyone asking, “What the hell was Derek Dooley doing for three years?” Jones has accomplished more in four months than Dooley did in three years without even coaching a game yet. Tennessee fans were upset upon hiring Jones. But had Dave Hart targeted Jones as ‘his man’ from the get-go and not ‘missed’ on three coaches, little would have been said about Jones’ hiring at all. He’s a proven winner, and that’s what Tennessee needs. But any doubts about whether Butch Jones was the right hire or whether he could recruit have been seemingly silenced in four months. Just by observing what players are saying about practices and offseason workouts, it’s night-and-day different from the lethargic Dooley era. It’s getting my heart rate up just talking about it. Jones often grabs the mic at practice and belts out instructions himself to both his players and his staff, while players and coaches continually run from station to station. That started with winter workouts. “In our workouts in the winter, this staff always emphasized energy and always being up from start to finish,” said redshirt freshman defensive end LaTroy Lewis. “You could see that from when we first got out there that everybody was up and it was high-energy.” Jones seems surprised how his players have embraced his coaching staff and expectations so far. It’s funny what a little bit of leadership and gained respect will do to a team and its eagerness to learn and accept constructive criticism. “I like the way our players have embraced our coaching,” Jones said “I like the way they have embraced the expectations for practice. Teams that have great leadership, they coach each other. I saw that.” Jones established the “VOLympics”, a project in which players divided into 10 teams via a draft. Each team will earn or lose points all spring based on different criteria ranging from community service, the classroom and on-field production. It’s called leadership and continuity; and Jones is building it. Not only is Jones delivering high-energy practices and building leadership, but he’s getting former players more involved, too. Dozens of former standouts donned the sidelines of the very first practice – Leonard Little, Erik Ainge, Jamal Lewis, Xavier Mitchell and Johnny Majors. Those are the very same players who helped shape the face of the winning history of the program Butch Jones calls his dream job. “(Former players) are the program,” Jones said. “I tell them, ‘That logo never comes off.’ ” It’s called tradition, and Jones embraces it. He called on the alumni base to show up at three different stops for post-National Signing Day celebrations in Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville. They showed up in bundles. Jones got to work immediately after being hired, urging in a new era of Tennessee football just by being socially engaged on Twitter. Every recruit and player who have a pulse are on Twitter, and Jones knows that. So, he takes to social media to start building a brand perception for not only Tennessee, but also for himself as a head coach. Jones has already managed to lock up the state’s top player for 2014 in running back Jalen Hurd, who admitted last November ‘he never had much of a relationship with Dooley’. Hurd’s relationship with Tennessee started with former running backs coach Jay Graham. Graham bolted for FSU last month, leaving Jones in charge of Hurd’s recruitment. No problem. Jones recently sent 102 letters to elite Georgia tailback Stanton Truitt. Why? Because he knows he has to get in the game or he won’t even be in the game at all. Nick Saban once sent 105 letters to Georgia running back Alvin Kamara, who he eventually locked up this past recruiting cycle. It’s called being relentless, and Jones attacks it. The changed perception and welcomed momentum is great for the offseason, but how long will it continue to build in 2013 season? Jones not only walks into a program on life support, but he walks directly into one of the tougher schedules in college football. Road trips to Oregon, Florida, Alabama and Missouri are nauseating, while home games against Georgia, Auburn and Vanderbilt will be tough, too. Combined, Tennessee’s opponents had a .581 winning percentage in 2012, but Auburn and Kentucky will be better, as both combined for just five wins in ‘12. Jones and Tennessee’s momentum will last certainly through August, but he welcomes Bobby Petrino and Western Kentucky in the first week of September. Then, back-to-back road trips to Oregon and Florida could be a blood bath and all-out football war. No matter if Tennessee starts 2-2, Jones has a big future. It often takes coaches two recruiting classes to get their players in the program to change the culture of a team. A bowl game is the goal, once the much-maligned defense starts showing a pulse. Patience is something Tennessee fans haven’t had, but they’re going to have to learn patience with a coach who is rebuilding a historical power."

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"Tennessee Strength of Schedule: The SEC’s 4th toughest schedule SDS takes a trip around the SEC and ranks the schedule strength of all 14 SEC teams. We’ll work our way down to the toughest schedule in the SEC. Next up is Tennessee. Previous Schedule Rankings: NCAA ranks the 2013 SEC schedules #14 Alabama football schedule #13 Texas A&M football schedule #12 Missouri football schedule #11 Vanderbilt football schedule #10 South Carolina football schedule #9 Ole Miss football schedule #8 Georgia football schedule #7 Mississippi State football schedule #6 Auburn football schedule #5 Florida football schedule Welcoming Butch Jones to Knoxville is a strong line of Vol faithful and one of the toughest schedules in college football. Jones has the tough task of rebuilding a fallen program while running the gauntlet of the toughest conference in America and playing multiple national championship contenders. In 2013, Tennessee’s strength of schedule ranks No. 4 in the SEC. 2013 Tennessee Volunteers Schedule Aug. 31 – Austin Peay Sept. 7 – Western Kentucky Sept. 14 – at Oregon Sept. 21 – at Florida Sept. 28 – South Alabama Oct. 5 – Georgia Oct. 19 – South Carolina Oct. 26 – at Alabama Nov. 2 – at Missouri Nov. 9 – Auburn Nov. 23 – Vanderbilt Nov. 30 – at Kentucky By The Numbers 7 Home Games 5 Road Games 3 Cupcakes 5 Preseason top 25 projected opponents (Oregon, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama) Strength of Schedule Rank SEC East: 2nd SEC: 4th Notes Cross-divisional opponents: Alabama and Auburn Opponents winning percentage in 2012: 89-64 (58.1%) Bye weeks: Before South Carolina and Vanderbilt Tennessee has the second toughest strength of schedule of any SEC East team in 2013. As if the SEC gauntlet wasn’t enough, Tennessee goes on the road to perennial national championship contender Oregon, who should open the season in the top 5. Road games in Autzen Stadium are brutal, especially when teams make road trips across country. The other three non-conference games are winnable against Austin Peay, Western Kentucky and South Alabama, although beating Bobby Petrino’s Hilltoppers could get interesting. The Vols noticeably escape Texas A&M and LSU in the SEC West but renew their rivalry with Alabama, who has won the last six games, and they draw a rebuilding Auburn club that’s very much on the same level as Tennessee with an overall better roster. The two toughest games of the year come on the road against Oregon and Alabama, while Tennessee also travels to Gainesville to play the Gators, who have won the last eight games and dominated the series since 2005. The Vols travel to Oregon and Florida in back-to-back weeks, but that’s not even the toughest stretch in 2013. The brutal five-game stretch against Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Missouri and Auburn will test the will of Butch Jones’ club. The bye week falls between Georgia and South Carolina, and Tennessee plays South Carolina, Alabama, Missouri and Auburn in four consecutive weeks. Tennessee isn’t the Tennessee of old, and Jones is tasked with breathing life back into a beaten and battered fan base and program. It just so happens that he enters in his first year against one of the toughest schedules in college football. The Vols should win three non-conference games, and they should be neck and neck against teams of their caliber in Missouri, Auburn and Vanderbilt. The Vols will host the Commodores in 2013, and it could be that Tennessee’s bowl chances come down to beating the Dores."

6/1/2013 5:12:37 PM

Quote :

"Here's my friend Calvin on new Dallas Cowboys wide receivers coach Derek Dooley, whose background is as a college head coach and whose approach is different from that of predecessor Jimmy Robinson, according to Dwayne Harris: "A lot different," Harris said. "Jimmy was more of a receivers coach. Dooley is more of a technician. He wants us to get our routes (down), I think Robinson was a different type of coach. It wasn’t about technique with him, just play football." Which I think is good, especially for Harris and top wide receiver Dez Bryant, whose raw talent is enough to make him a top receiving option in the NFL but whose ceiling will only rise if he learns to appreciate the value of the technical aspects of his position and the importance of working on them. We talk a lot about the evolution of NFL players depending on their willingness to view their position as a craft. With someone like Bryant, whose talent is off the charts, an appreciation of the finer points of the wide receiver position -- footwork, cuts, route running, using your body to shield the ball, finding the ball in traffic before the defenders do, etc. -- can only help bring that talent forward more quickly and effectively. If Bryant and Dooley hit it off, it sounds as though the partnership could be an extremely beneficial one."

6/4/2013 7:20:16 AM

UT is a women's sports college.

6/4/2013 7:25:56 AM

Na, but they are good at that too

6/4/2013 8:16:57 AM

Quote :

"while home games against Georgia, Auburn and Vanderbilt will be tough, too"

Why did they exclude South Carolina from this comment. USC is better than Auburn and Vandy. UT has a tough schedule next year.

Quote :

"Na, but they are good at that too"

I fixed it for you. UT is not good at football, basketball, or baseball in mens sports right now. Therefore they are not good at mens sports. At least State fans are objective when our teams suck and we are not afraid to admit it.

6/4/2013 9:23:35 AM

"right now" but most people dont consider what a school "is" based on a short chunk of its history. Indiana was horrible at bball a few years ago, but I think everyone still considered them a bball school. Dont be short sighted, know your history

[Edited on June 4, 2013 at 9:44 AM. Reason : d]

6/4/2013 9:39:48 AM

Even if I gave you credit for the football team being an overall good program historically, you still suck at mens basketball and baseball.

6/4/2013 1:33:50 PM

"overall good"

baseball, no idea, dont care. Basketball, I agree, but we are a sleeping giant, ready to explode, that was side tracked because Pearl fed some players some BBQ ribs and lied about it. Already have the attendance, and now Cuonzo has the recruiting kicked up a notch... just give it time

6/4/2013 3:25:13 PM

Tennessee basketball and NC State basketball are actually kinda similar

State is a sleeping giant who won't wake up until UNC and Duke start sucking, which will probably never happen

Tennessee is a sleeping giant who won't wake up until Kentucky and Florida start sucking, which will probably never happen

6/4/2013 4:35:14 PM

Duke will suck once K leaves. UNC will suck if we keep the scandal going

6/4/2013 4:42:04 PM

Dude. No one outside of TN gives 2 shits about UT football.



Unless its the people in Austin.

6/4/2013 8:40:21 PM

Cuonzo Martin is a terrible basketball coach. Their team this year had more talent than probably every SEC team but Florida and UK. He won't ever be at the level Pearl was.

[Edited on June 4, 2013 at 9:04 PM. Reason : didn't Trae Golden transfer? ]

6/4/2013 9:04:35 PM