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Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:04 am
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:04 am
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Given the inexperience on the current roster and a brutal schedule, it would be a good season at Tennessee if the Vols can get to a bowl game and win more than they lose.
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But a look at the “guts” of the Tennessee program reveals that a return to elite status is right around the corner under the direction of head coach Butch Jones and his staff. There’s a lot that go into guts. It’s not just players and a lot of them (which Jones and staff have definitely added during their short tenure in Knoxville)- it’s more than that.
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Ask any program in the SEC that has risen over the years- Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, LSU, Alabama- it's all been rooted in landing the best in-state players. Look back at the early recruiting classes under Nick Saban with the Tide- it was the 2008 class- with Julio Jones, Mark Barron and Courtney Upshaw (in-state prospects) and also Barrett Jones (an out-of-state Tide legacy) that provided the foundation to bring Bama back. From a pure football and roster standpoint, there’s also excellent balance in the Tennessee classes under Jones. You can see depth improving quickly all over the field- quarterback, running back, the lines of scrimmage, linebacker, the secondary- just name a position- and Tennessee will (on paper at least as you always have to account for injuries and things of that nature) not have depth issues in short order.
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??It’s all of this- but most importantly the guts- that will facilitate a faster rise on Rocky Top, very likely beginning in 2015 when Tennessee will compete for the championship of the Southeastern Conference’s eastern division.??It’s all of this- but most importantly the guts- that will facilitate a faster rise on Rocky Top, very likely beginning in 2015 when Tennessee will compete for the championship of the Southeastern Conference’s eastern division.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:06 am to NorthGAVol
Butch Jones, like all the other coaches in the East, won't get farther than a division crown.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:07 am to FourThreeForty
In one year we will get "VOLS will return to prominence in 2016."
All I hear from UT fans is the "you just wait."
All I hear from UT fans is the "you just wait."
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:08 am to NorthGAVol
VOLs will continually return to prominence the NEXT year
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:09 am to schexyoung
And thus the countdown begins for next year's countdown.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:12 am to NorthGAVol
I smell a "Butch Jones made Saban's arse quit" thread coming.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:12 am to NorthGAVol
lsn't a little early for "wait till next year''? You haven't even lost to Utah St. yet...
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:13 am to NorthGAVol
Just like A&M "we will be good in a year or two!!!" Win now or shut up.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:15 am to PeaRidgeWatash
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I smell a "Butch Jones made Saban's arse quit" thread coming.
It will happen. The Big Orange giant is waking up and Alabama is #1 on his shite list.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:17 am to ipodking
Not impressed with Butch Jones. No reason Tennesse shouldn't be good again, I just dont see this guy getting y'all there.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:18 am to schexyoung
Laugh all you want but after Butch reels in another stacked recruiting class this year, VOLS will most likely be the most talented team in the East in 2015.
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:21 am to NorthGAVol
It's one thing to recruit talent, it's quite another to develop it.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:22 am to NorthGAVol
6 days from SEC Kickoff, about to be done with this horrible off season, and now we are going to talk about the 2016 Vols.... frick
ETA: 2015.. i was thinking about the threads a year from now
ETA: 2015.. i was thinking about the threads a year from now
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:24 am to NorthGAVol
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It will happen. The Big Orange giant is waking up and Alabama is #1 on his shite list.
I think his retirement following a Vol victory will give Vol fans all the ammo they need. Kinda like Meyer after 2009 SECCG.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:28 am to PeaRidgeWatash
UT fans said they were back after beating NC State in 2012 and leading Florida 20-13 late in the 3rd quarter
Until the Wins actually show up in the standings I am not buying it
Until the Wins actually show up in the standings I am not buying it
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:28 am to NorthGAVol
Next Year!!! damn the Vols are starting to sound like the Saints (back in the day)
Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:30 am to NorthGAVol
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VOLS will return to prominence in 2015
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 11:36 am to NorthshoreTiger76
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Next Year!!! damn the Vols are starting to sound like the Saints (back in the day)
Anyone with a brain knew how bad we would be in 2013 & 2014, considering how badly the roster had been nuked after Kiffin and Dooley.
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