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Remember When UT Was a SEC Power (and can they get back?)
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:24 pm
It wasn't that long ago. I remember when these clowns cranked out NFL players on the reg.
I'm sure I'm omitting some beasts from the 90s and 2000s but IDGAF:
QBs - Casey Clausen, Shuler, Peyton, Brent Shayfa (i kid)
RBs - Travis Henry, Jammal Lewis
WRs and TEs - Stallworth, Nash, Joey Kent, Peerless Price (best name ever) K. Washington, Witten
OL - Cosey Coleman, Munoz, Clifton
DL- John Henderson, Darwin Walker, Haynesworth, Greg Little, Overstreet etc.
LBs - Al Wilson, Raynoch Thompson
DBs - Eric Berry, Deon Grant, whoever the CB that locked down Peter Warrick in the Championship game
Tennessee used to represent big-time SEC football and Saturday afternoon CBS games in Neyland were a common occurrence. College football is cyclical, but it seems like their program should be progressing forward by now.
UT is no longer recruiting at a national level. Lord Sabear, Muschamp, and Miles are recruiting beasts. UGA is still UGA. Chavis is gone. They've lost to KY.
The CFB landscape is different than it was during the Fulmer era, and the state of Tennessee isn't a great high school football state, so recruiting isn't the easiest. Can UT bounce back?
I'm sure I'm omitting some beasts from the 90s and 2000s but IDGAF:
QBs - Casey Clausen, Shuler, Peyton, Brent Shayfa (i kid)
RBs - Travis Henry, Jammal Lewis
WRs and TEs - Stallworth, Nash, Joey Kent, Peerless Price (best name ever) K. Washington, Witten
OL - Cosey Coleman, Munoz, Clifton
DL- John Henderson, Darwin Walker, Haynesworth, Greg Little, Overstreet etc.
LBs - Al Wilson, Raynoch Thompson
DBs - Eric Berry, Deon Grant, whoever the CB that locked down Peter Warrick in the Championship game
Tennessee used to represent big-time SEC football and Saturday afternoon CBS games in Neyland were a common occurrence. College football is cyclical, but it seems like their program should be progressing forward by now.
UT is no longer recruiting at a national level. Lord Sabear, Muschamp, and Miles are recruiting beasts. UGA is still UGA. Chavis is gone. They've lost to KY.
The CFB landscape is different than it was during the Fulmer era, and the state of Tennessee isn't a great high school football state, so recruiting isn't the easiest. Can UT bounce back?
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:26 pm to Billy Mays
Yes, and no. Jumbos are in the East now. We will eat their children.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:27 pm to Billy Mays
You forgot the best rb in the nfl right now.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:28 pm to Billy Mays
The talent has been there the last couple of years, they've just had some bad luck with injuries, but ultimately when talent fails to thrive, that comes down to coaching. Dooley's not the man. They'll eventually find him, he's just not there right now.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:29 pm to tween the hedges
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You forgot the best rb in the nfl right now.
He went to Boise State
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:31 pm to tween the hedges
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You forgot the best rb in the nfl right now.
You missed the part of the OP where IDGAF.
Foster as a NFL > College RB tho.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:32 pm to Billy Mays
Tennessee benefited from some weak coaching in the 1990s. That also meant that they had an edge in recruiting.
The coaching in this generation of the SEC is much better and has kept Tennessee from winning the recruiting battles they used to win.
The coaching in this generation of the SEC is much better and has kept Tennessee from winning the recruiting battles they used to win.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:32 pm to Billy Mays
Yeah Foster is doing alot better with the Texans than he was at UT. They were always trying to get someone better when he was at UT.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 9:33 pm to tween the hedges
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:09 pm to PrivatePublic
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The talent has been there the last couple of years,
Not really. They have good WR's and QB. But at RB and on defense they're definitely bottom half of the league talent wise.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:13 pm to noladan
Janzen Jackson would've helped
UT's D is atrocious tho, maybe the worst D in the SEC?
UT's D is atrocious tho, maybe the worst D in the SEC?
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:14 pm to Billy Mays
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Peerless Price
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:17 pm to engie
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:19 pm to Jerry the Clown
Peerless Price = Swagg for days
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:19 pm to Billy Mays
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Remember When UT Was a SEC Power
Kinda. I was 8 years old.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:38 pm to Billy Mays
quote:nope, I'm not that old
Remember When UT Was a SEC Power
Posted on 11/8/12 at 11:48 pm to Jerry the Clown
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The one time in my life I was an FSU fan.
Posted on 11/8/12 at 11:50 pm to USMC Gators
I love that you hate us that much
Posted on 11/9/12 at 12:04 am to Supravol22
Almost as much as I love eight in a row. 
Posted on 11/9/12 at 12:39 am to USMC Gators
That becomes irrelevant for a few months, starting tomorrow.
"The one thing the BallerVols always do is kick the shite out of Florida." - Not a real Cuonzo quote
The Four Horseman begin the march to burn down Lexington.
"The one thing the BallerVols always do is kick the shite out of Florida." - Not a real Cuonzo quote
The Four Horseman begin the march to burn down Lexington.
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