Just got a commitment from Marcus Jackson in the Under Armour All-Star Game

Marcus Jackson
3-star OG
6'2, 310lbs

4th O-Lineman in this class 3-stars or above... we need them

1/5/2011 8:27:07 PM

We play you guys 2012, right? In Atlanta?

1/5/2011 8:30:15 PM

1/5/2011 8:32:25 PM

^^ correct

^ thanks for the pics Dweedle, I will help you in your Duke 2011 thread



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1/5/2011 8:33:34 PM

you should have taken more pics that day

1/5/2011 8:36:59 PM

not a big picture taker


































(ball is on the tee)

1/5/2011 8:38:52 PM

reminds me of 0:18 here

lol @ Lavin


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1/5/2011 8:41:37 PM

and the crowd goes nuts over Fabulous

haha, they have security hahaha

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1/5/2011 8:43:19 PM

like the effort of that guy with the pick 6
dont like that he's going to FSU

1/5/2011 9:05:19 PM

i'm gonna bring 18 people into this post and then click Post Reply

and Tennessee will still lose in overtime

1/5/2011 9:16:06 PM

Not sure what Texas' fascination with our staff is but after trying to get several people including Wilcox it sounds like they finally are getting the S&C coach Bennie Wylie. Sucks, guy was fucking insanely intense but I would rather replace that coaching position than DC or OC

1/6/2011 5:08:14 PM

Alex Bullard, 4 start OL from 09 class is transferring from ND to UT and might be covered under the hardship rule and not have to sit out a year

1/6/2011 11:18:31 PM

Good (but long) article on EB

Quote :

"Chiefs safety Eric Berry’s roots in Georgia keep him anchored in KC Eric Berry can afford to shop at any store in Kansas City. But his practical nature — and a respect for value that was engrained by his parents — makes him feel right at home at the Family Dollar at 5440 Prospect Ave. On a recent shopping trip, he couldn’t pass up Hawaiian Punch for $2. Eric Berry is a one-man shopping spree, carrying more merchandise than he can hold. Up the aisles he goes, picking up this and inspecting that. “Should’ve got a basket,” says Berry, a rookie Chiefs safety. “I just pick up stuff as I go.” It’s the day after his 22nd birthday, the next-to-last day of December and the end of a very good year. Berry became one of the NFL’s richest players in 2010, signing a contract with the Chiefs that’ll pay him a guaranteed $34 million. So on this day, he figured he would treat himself. No reason to make a list. “I just kind of freestyle,” he says, eyeing the many treasures surrounding him. He had knocked out the luxury items earlier: Gummi Worms, Pop-Tarts and a jug of Hawaiian Punch the size of a small suitcase. “A whole gallon!” he says. Now he’s after the essentials. He’s in a corner of the store now, popping the caps on body wash and sniffing the contents. He sets one bottle back on the shelf and picks up one with a coconut on the label. He knows this same bottle would cost more than $5 at some stores. But here, at the Family Dollar at 54th Street and Prospect Avenue in east Kansas City, it’s $3. This is where he prefers to do some of his shopping. Berry closes the cap, gathers the rest of his cargo and walks to another corner. A six-pack of toothbrushes is $1. He grabs two. “I like these,” he says, and he understands this needs some explanation. A multimillionaire who goes to one of the city’s grittiest areas and rifles through the bathroom supplies to save a few nickels? “Don’t get me wrong,” he continues. “I like nice things. But if I can save on it, I will.” Berry is one of the Chiefs’ young cornerstones, the jewel of a draft class built with character as a priority as much as ability — and this class and that strategy could influence the team for years. Berry is the face of this movement, and this last week he became the first Chiefs player ever to be chosen NFL defensive rookie of the month. But more than that, he thinks things through, on and off the field, and that’s why the team drafted him last April with the No. 5 overall pick. The team justified the selection because of things like this: When other rookies are beginning a big night in their city’s social district, Berry visits teammates Shaun Smith and Kendrick Lewis to watch game film. There are other examples. When others are spending hundreds on petite filets and lobster tails for their friends, Berry is cooking steaks at home with his father, James. It’s the way he learned to do things. He’s not about to change. And on this day, he’s just getting started. “Man,” says Brandon Flowers, one of Berry’s teammates on the Chiefs’ defense, “I don’t even think he realizes how much money he’s got.” Berry sets down the first load behind the counter and heads back for Round 2. He’s mostly anonymous here; his chiseled frame is covered with jeans and a white, long-sleeved shirt. Other than one stock clerk’s curious stare, Berry walks the aisles unrecognized. For the most part, he’s oblivious that this is anything but normal. “Oh!” he says, stopping. “I remember what I needed to get.” He heads toward the cleaning supplies, stopping again to examine the Febreze. He looks at the price first and hooks the nozzle around an index finger. One of the ways Berry does treat himself is by having a woman clean his loft. Before she started, the woman asked him whether she should bring her own cleansers. It would cost a little extra, but the busy football player wouldn’t have to worry about it. No, Berry said. He’d take care of it. His mother had bought things at a dollar store for years. She taught him that there’s no reason to spend more than you should. Why change the formula now? It was in those days in Fairburn, Ga., a blue-collar town outside Atlanta, that Berry learned about sacrifice and how to make dollars last. He was his parents’ only child for seven years, but then James and Carol Berry had twin boys, and everything changed. Young Eric wasn’t the family’s centerpiece anymore, and there weren’t as many extra dollars, either. Besides, Carol worked for a home builder, and James painted houses and installed fiberglass insulation. The parents had enough to provide, but there wasn’t much point in their boys asking for something extra. “He knew we couldn’t go out and buy him the latest and the greatest,” Carol says now. Eric sometimes worked with his dad, scraping stubborn old paint from walls, sweating for a few cents and listening to his father talk about how things change in life, and if you’re smart, you’ll never spend your last dollar — because you never know when you might need it. Eric’s parents drove cars until the engines went out and refused to replace a television until the old set went dark for good. “We’ve always taken the philosophy of: ‘If it’s not broke, we could still deal with it,’ ” Carol Berry says. The boy listened to his dad on those jobs, but more than that, he watched him and knew that wasn’t the kind of career he wanted. The father and son trudged through the days, and sometimes Eric daydreamed about where his next football game might be. The games with pads were fine and all, but Eric learned the sport while playing on the pavement. Things got rowdy sometimes, and on some days, fights broke out. “Made me tough,” Berry says now. But that wasn’t all that Carol wanted her son to be. When she went shopping, her eldest son went with her. Before they would go in a store, she’d hand him a few dollars or maybe five, and tell him that if he helped her find a few things for the house, he could buy whatever he wanted with that money. They walked the aisles and talked, the mother showing her son how to save on essentials. She thought he was tuning her out, a mother jabbering to an unaware son, but then instead of taking a few dollars with him to high school for lunch, he’d take leftovers and use the microwave. Not only that, but when Carol had done her shopping and Eric had visited the toy department, she started to notice something else about her eldest son: He would almost always leave with something left in his pocket. Berry became serious about football, and before long, colleges began talking with him about scholarships. The kid could play, but there was more to him than good feet, solid instincts and speed. “What I want you to know about Eric Berry is that he’s not just a football player,” says Kevin Whitley, his former coach at Creekside High in Georgia. “He’s the type of young man you want your daughter to marry.” He went to Tennessee, where his father had been a running back in the 1980s, and quickly made an impression in Knoxville. And every week, Berry’s family piled into a weathered SUV they had driven for years, watched Eric light up Neyland Stadium and then headed on back to Georgia. They put more than 200,000 miles on that SUV, and it’s still running and still in the family. After three seasons, NFL teams were looking at Berry, trying to find something they’d missed. They kept talking to former coaches and teammates and old friends, and they all said the same thing: You want this guy on your team. The Chiefs dug and prodded and interviewed. The learned that Berry is a blue-collar player with a white-collar sensibility, the kind of athlete who can win a game and the kind of man who can inspire a locker room. "

1/11/2011 6:17:24 PM

cont.

Quote :

"On a Thursday night last April, Berry’s family joined him in New York for the NFL draft. The Chiefs’ decision-makers had made their minds up weeks earlier. There was a particular direction the team planned to go with that draft class, and only one player — the top pick — could become the face of this daring movement that places character, leadership and maturity on par with ability. “We want guys that are professional — who are accountable to their teammates,” general manager Scott Pioli said then, a few hours after the Chiefs drafted Berry at No. 5. “Who are going to work hard, do the right thing, pay attention, be on time, be accountable to their teammates, be accountable to this entire organization and all the people working in it. And be accountable to this city. “What we’re looking for in character, this guy has it.” During the next few months, the things the Chiefs had seen in him were becoming clear. He was the team’s first top choice in four years to sign his contract before its first training-camp practice. After summer workouts, he would often sign autographs for nearly an hour. Even now, he refuses to conduct television interviews without a shirt, because he thinks some viewers might see his tattoos and form an incorrect opinion of him. “He doesn’t act like a first-round pick,” Smith says. “He doesn’t do the whole diva thing. You would never know it. That’s just the kind of guy he is.” That doesn’t mean he lives like a pauper. When he signed that six-year deal worth a maximum of $60 million, he sprung for a Chevy Camaro that cost $149,000 and took months to customize. Then he surprised his mother with a new Range Rover. Carol Berry would be lying if she didn’t wince when he bought the cars — Did he really have to buy them new? — but in both cases, her eldest son said it was time. Time for his mother to stop driving that old SUV that leaked so much oil that Carol had to carry a few spare quarts in the back. And time for Eric to reward himself for reaching the top of his profession. At age 21, Berry had more money than most people could spend in a lifetime. Rookies get much of their contract’s guaranteed value up front, mostly in signing bonuses. Berry could buy most anything he wanted, from any store, at any corner of the globe. Instead, he remembered what his parents had taught him, and the warnings that most of today’s rookies hear — 78 percent of all NFL players are broke or financially stressed after retirement — and Berry took stock. “That stat scares me,” he says. Late last May, when Berry was driving around one night to learn his new home, he stumbled upon something that felt familiar. It was something comfortable, and he logged onto his Twitter page to let everyone know. “I finally found the dollar store in KC!” he tweeted. Berry makes his final selections and carries his haul toward the cash register. He has enough candy, soap and cleaner to last a few weeks, but that doesn’t mean he won’t come back. “It’s just something I’m familiar with,” he says. “A big taste of home.” He piles everything on the counter, noticing a man in a security outfit staring. The man shakes Berry’s hand, and Berry smiles. The man is laughing, shaking his head at the idea that an NFL star would shop here. One of the clerks notices the commotion and calls over. “You supposed to be somebody special or something?” she asks with a smile. Berry shakes his head. “Nah,” he says. “My name’s Eric.” Another clerk starts scanning Berry’s merchandise, and while he does, more customers realize that Berry, whether he realizes it or not, isn’t just another customer. Sharon Madge, who’s behind Berry, realizes who she’s in line with. “What’s your name?” she asks. “Eric Berry.” “I want to shake your hand,” Madge says, and she does. She digs in her purse for something to get an autograph on, and when she can’t find anything else, she pulls out a one-dollar bill and flattens it, face up, on the counter. Berry signs it in black ink. “I can’t believe it,” Madge says. “I ain’t never going to spend this dollar.” The clerk finishes tallying Berry’s total — $20.59 for all this — and he hands over a twenty and a one. The clerk hands him the change, and he drops the coins in his jeans pocket. “Not bad,” he says, “for twenty.” Berry pushes the glass door open and walks into the sun as it’s setting behind the tree line. He’s carrying three bags and a city’s expectations, and if he’s able to do it and make good on his team’s vision, he’ll do it his way: By not being so different from everyone else. He walks slowly on the sidewalk, looking back but still moving forward. “It reminds me of home,” he says. “Just like how everybody talks to you in the store and things like that? They recognize you. They show a lot of love around here, you know? It makes you appreciate what you’re doing, makes you appreciate people and makes you want to keep trying to be successful and set good examples. “Keeps you kind of grounded.”"

1/11/2011 6:17:45 PM

not a big surprise...

Quote :

"The University of Tennessee football program announced Friday that sophomore tailback David Oku is transferring after the 2011 spring semester. Oku will not participate in any team activities from this point forward. “David has handled this situation in a professional way, and we mutually agreed that his departure is best for him and for our program,” Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said. A 5-10, 195-pound running back from Midwest City, Okla., Oku played in 26 games for the Vols from 2009-10 and rushed for 268 yards and three touchdowns on 65 carries. He also caught nine passes for 92 yards and returned 49 kickoffs for 1,175 yards in his two seasons with Tennessee."

1/14/2011 12:32:22 PM

Quote :

"Tennessee picked up a its 21st commitment on Thursday night when JUCO cornerback Izauea Lanier committed to the Vols. "

1/18/2011 11:22:47 AM

1/23/2011 5:49:17 PM

http://rivals.yahoo.com/tennessee/football/recruiting/player-Christian-Harris-110357


My fiancee talked to the grandfather of this guy on the phone at work, and he talked his grand kid up a whole bunch. Said he was surprised his kid picked UT, but is proud of him.

1/23/2011 6:14:15 PM

EB to the Pro Bowl as a rookie, w00t!

1/23/2011 11:11:16 PM

Quote :

"ESPNU 150 running back Marlin Lane now set for Tennessee Four-star prospect Marlin Lane (Daytona Beach, Fla.) has committed to sign with the Volunteers, ESPN's Jamie Newberg reports. "

http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/recruiting/school?id=2633&class=2011&page=onthetrail&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fcollege-football%2frecruiting%2fschool%3fid%3d2633%26class%3d2011%26page%3donthetrail

1/24/2011 2:45:46 PM

Guy just posted the entire 2006 Cal game which was one of the best UT performances ever after a shitty 2005 season. Was at this game with BrookeRuff, BigHitSunday, and SchndlrsFist





[Edited on January 26, 2011 at 7:53 PM. Reason : d]

1/26/2011 7:52:06 PM

that was my only year with season tickets

was a fun season but could have been great

couple plays away from beating lsu (with ainge out) and (eventual NC) florida

p.s. that guy has uploaded a ton of good vols games

1/27/2011 12:23:08 PM

Byron Moore announcing between UT and Miami at 11pm tonight... its pretty much set that he is going to Miami but would always be a pleasant surprise

1/31/2011 10:45:39 PM

holy shit, got him... nice

1/31/2011 11:46:08 PM

so expecting another mediocre season again?

2/1/2011 12:21:09 AM

^Yep for 2011. 2012 may be a whole different story. Look out Wolfpack!

TE Cam Clear announces between Tennessee, Alabama, Ole Miss, Memphis, and Duke at 2 PM today.

2/1/2011 10:25:11 AM

got a commitment from 4-star TE Cameron Clear today... came down to us and Bama in the end.

2/1/2011 2:24:50 PM

Best coaching staff in the nation

2/1/2011 5:22:23 PM

Speculation is getting to be out of control on the remaining potential commits.

#7 OT Tony Richardson
#2 DT Tim Jernigan
#13 DT Gabe Wright
#3 ILB Lamar Dawson
#12 OLB Curt Maggitt

I think UT is looking good for three of these guys. If that happens, this will be another good class for Dooley and staff.

2/1/2011 7:10:34 PM

We just got Maggitt homie

2/1/2011 10:24:48 PM

all the current UT commits have been talking up a "huge NSD surprise"

could be total BS of course but its interesting that its coming directly from the players and not just some random fan

Quote :

"Marcus Jackson just tweeted: "u thought its was a game wait till signing day can't promise NOTHING but jus wait!!!!""

Wilder maybe?

I am extremely happy with the class already, especially if we get Richardson, Dawson, and Wright but its always fun to play the rumor game

2/1/2011 11:51:50 PM

^Not Wilder Jr. He just signed with FSU.

2/2/2011 8:37:55 AM

Lamar Dawson to... USC.

Fuck you again Lane.

2/2/2011 9:11:58 AM

Got Tony Richardson too, damn I am loving Dooley and staff right now. This kid was looking like Auburn all the way i thought.

2/2/2011 10:20:21 AM

Jernigan to... FSU.

Not surprised. Would've been a nice get.

2/2/2011 11:09:33 AM

liking what I'm seeing so far...

2/2/2011 12:47:15 PM

Wright to... the Barn.

Oh well.

Still a very good class. Top 15 for sure. Bring on spring practice.

2/2/2011 1:43:45 PM

10th on Scout
12th on Rivals
17th on ESPN

Not too shabby.

2/2/2011 3:34:55 PM

nice... I assume 2nd best class in the East after Georgia... and Richt can never coach the talent he gets so things are looking promising for a 2012 run... POSSIBLY 2011 if Richt really fucks up and Muschamp doesn't come out all gangbusters

2/2/2011 3:43:30 PM

2/2/2011 3:48:16 PM

hopefully Devrin Young will be handleing kicks next year...



hes got a really odd build/stride, short guy but really long legs, like a short Ted Ginn Jr. Some of these runs are insane and these are all just from the first five games. Whoever that team is in white and blue got completed assraped, I swear it showed him scoring 9 TDs against them

[Edited on February 3, 2011 at 1:19 AM. Reason : d]

2/3/2011 1:15:52 AM

Rumor that Chuck Smith might be getting a gig in the NFL... sucks, hes a great recruiter, but he's replaceable...still sucks though

2/6/2011 2:55:01 AM

All-SEC Safety Janzen Jackson withdrew from school today for what Dooley said was very personal and private reasons. Status for the fall is unknown. Sometime tells me it must be something health wise with his family; otherwise Dooley would have told him to fuck off by now.


this just added:

Quote :

"“Janzen continues to battle personal issues of which our program is always going to be very supportive of,” Dooley said. “His withdrawal from school has nothing to do with disciplinary reasons on the football team and everything to do with a continuing battle of deep personal issues, of which we’re very supportive of." “His leaving for bowl practice was not a punishment, and as long as he continues to manage his personal issues and football and school, he’s going to be welcomed back in the program,” Dooley said. “He’s clearly reached a point where the personal issues have become much greater than his ability to manage workouts and school. “Until he gets a little clarity on those issues, we’re going to support him.”"

[Edited on February 7, 2011 at 7:17 PM. Reason : d]

2/7/2011 7:14:57 PM

i heard his brother is in serious shit with the law

2/8/2011 3:18:01 PM

^That's one of the rumors floating around. I hope UT gets one more year out of him and then I think the D will be okay without him in 2012.

2/8/2011 3:24:48 PM

Quote :

"In the meantime, at the last possible moment, the Tennessee football program stepped away from a speeding train while pushing Lane Kiffin forward."

2/26/2011 4:19:50 PM

whoops

http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2011/02/23/tennessee-makes-special-delivery-to-ncaa-lane-kiffin/

2/26/2011 5:21:30 PM

possible new recruit just surfaced!

Marhshall Manning
Class of '30
HT- 12"
Wt- 6 lbs

Needs to put on a little weight, but get this baby a scholarship!!!

3/31/2011 10:00:17 PM

Heading up to the Orange and White Game Saturday... tailgating before, crawfish boil after. It shall be a good weekend.

4/14/2011 1:06:06 AM

worst 30 minutes of football I have ever seen. The ONLY bright spot aside from Prentiss Waggner was freshman early enrollee DB Justin Coleman. He is going to be a fucking stud. He can do it all. Went one on one with Justin Hunter and won, and made some big hits.

Rest of the team looked like complete shit.

4/17/2011 7:16:31 PM