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re: VOLS from 1989-2004
Posted on 10/23/20 at 4:34 am to Mithridates6
Posted on 10/23/20 at 4:34 am to Mithridates6
The Vols are suffering for mostly the same reasons Nebraska is suffering. The lack of great in state recruiting and being surrounded by a bunch of teams with great instate recruiting. They require an ace national recruiter with a competent staff. But even then it is unlikely they have a decade of great success even under those circumstances. It would probably require Georgia, Florida, and Alabama being down all at the same time. Really 1998 was a magical year where they had Alabama and Georgia both down and Florida in a huge rebuilding process.
They probably blew their best chances at a really successful season (Sugar Bowl/SECCG) in 2015 and 2016.
They probably blew their best chances at a really successful season (Sugar Bowl/SECCG) in 2015 and 2016.
This post was edited on 10/23/20 at 4:40 am
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 7:18 am to Night king
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The Vols are suffering for mostly the same reasons Nebraska is suffering. The lack of great in state recruiting and being surrounded by a bunch of teams with great instate recruiting.
Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota, etc. vs anything Tennessee has to recruit against or comparing Nebraska vs Tennessee in-state recruiting. quote:Florida was in the Orange Bowl that year & went 10-2. They didn't start their down slide until Zook in 2002.
Really 1998 was a magical year where they had Alabama and Georgia both down and Florida in a huge rebuilding process
Posted on 10/23/20 at 7:29 am to Night king
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Really 1998 was a magical year where they had Alabama and Georgia both down and Florida in a huge rebuilding process.
Are we just making shite up now? Their only two losses, a combined 14 points, came against the two teams that played for a natty.
Their 10 wins were by an average of 23 points
Hell Georgia won the Peach Bowl that year. Bama sucked as they have in every single season in their entire existence where they weren't cheating their balls off.
This post was edited on 10/23/20 at 7:37 am
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:19 am to Night king
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The Vols are suffering for mostly the same reasons Nebraska is suffering. The lack of great in state recruiting and being surrounded by a bunch of teams with great instate recruiting
1) Tennessee has a good bit of HS talent now. There are nine four stars in the class of 2021. However, only one of those nine is committed to UT. There were twelve four stars in the class of 2020 and thirteen in 2019. Tennessee only signed one of the thirteen in-state four stars in 2019.
UT’s problem is they can’t nail down elite in-state talent. The talent is there though.
2) Nebraska isn’t surrounded by states with fertile recruiting grounds.
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