re: Want to know why Tennessee has been historically bad recently?

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No you weren't, you were talking about how no one wants to come to Knoxville or East TN, and how OM is easier to recruit to & the "Proof is in the pudding "

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It is.

Y'all have the largest recruiting budget in the country, the largest stadium in the SEC, a recent national title, several successful NFL alumni, and several SEC titles, yet you pull in, on average, a class ranked right around #15. You have this idea that you're an elite program, but you largely don't recruit on an elite level. Alabama, LSU, Florida, and Georgia all consistently recruit better than Tennessee. shite, Auburn probably recruits better than the Vols if we're going by star counts, and South Carolina has been much better over the past few years too.

You have all the makings of being a top-tier program as far as talent goes, but you're not. Why do you think that is? (Here's a clue: It might have something to do with your dumbass athletics department and Knoxville's shitty location.)