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Posted on 12/19/15 at 2:40 pm to troyt37
Arky....where the fat go to get fatter.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 2:48 pm to CrunchimustheMax
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re: Telling comment from Vols freshman LB(Posted on 12/19/15 at 1:44 pm to Latarian) 2016 will be the first year Butch will have had had a competent oline to work with....Beliemna on the other hand....
KNOXVILLE - There was plenty of lowlights last season for the University of Tennessee football program, and that's why there's a new coaching staff. But it's not all bad news for Butch Jones and Co. as they prepare to start spring practice. Here are three good things for the Volunteers:
1. The offensive line
It's pretty easy to spot a strength on Tennessee's offense for 2013, and it's the big guys up front. The group's credentials: four seniors, 123 combined career starts and a likely NFL first-round draft pick at left tackle.
Tackle Ja'Wuan James and guard Zach Fulton remained entrenched on the right side of the line, James Stone is locked in at center and rising junior Antonio "Tiny" Richardson is back for his second (and likely last) season at left tackle. The coaches must replace Dallas Thomas, but Marcus Jackson and Alex Bullard were nonstarters who played very regularly last season. It'll be an important spring for the Vols to develop younger players for 2014, when the line must reload.
With an impressive combination of experience and talent, Tennessee's offensive line must be an anchor for the Vols as they transition to a new coaching staff, and if the 2012 season was any indication -- Tennessee tailbacks averaged better than 4.5 yards per carry and allowed only eight sacks in Tyler Bray's 451 passes -- the front five will be up to that challenge.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 2:52 pm to troyt37
No one is scared of Arkansas. Last I checked your QB savior and RBs are all gone. Your defense is a joke, and you lost to Toledo.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 2:57 pm to Prof
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You realize that Dooley recruited ZERO lineman?
2010
Darin Gooch 6'2.5" 305 C
James Stone 6'4.5" 280 OT
Jawaun Jones 6'6" 285 OT
Zach Fulton 6'4" 310 OG
Marques Pair 6'5" 266 OT
2011
Cameron Clear 6'6" 260 OT
Antonio Richardson 6'6" 310 OT
Marcus Jackson 6'4" 310 OT
Kyler Kerbyson 6'5" 290 OT
Mack Crowder 6'4" 270 C
Alan Posey 6'6" 305 OG
I guess the plan was to convert these guys to cornerback or wide receiver.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:11 pm to TigerCruise
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Your defense is a joke, and you lost to Toledo.
And yet beat the SJW Tigers like a rented mule. The fighting White Privilege offense was only able to kick a field goal against our joke of a defense, and your tongue still wags?
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:24 pm to CrunchimustheMax
hogs are so pathetic lol "look at us we matter"
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:25 pm to gatortrav88
Pathetic would be getting worked up over a post on a message board notorious for trolling.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:25 pm to TigerCruise
Is J Williams officially gone? If so yea ark will struggle to win 7 games again
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:28 pm to CNB
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7 SEC wins in 3 years and y'all consider yourselves varsity?
Yes
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:30 pm to CNB
Except beat lsu and ole miss the last two years
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:31 pm to TigerCruise
we smoked you 28-3 dumbass. so by those results you would get beat 35-0 by toledo.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:34 pm to floyd of pink
31-14 home boy. gonna whoop you again next year. lsu is arkansas's bitch.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:43 pm to troyt37
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2010
Darin Gooch 6'2.5" 305 C
James Stone 6'4.5" 280 OT
Jawaun Jones 6'6" 285 OT
Zach Fulton 6'4" 310 OG
Marques Pair 6'5" 266 OT
All recruited by Kiffin, all gone by Jones's first season.
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2011
Cameron Clear 6'6" 260 OT
Antonio Richardson 6'6" 310 OT
Marcus Jackson 6'4" 310 OT
Kyler Kerbyson 6'5" 290 OT
Mack Crowder 6'4" 270 C
Alan Posey 6'6" 305 OG
These were the last linemen Dooley recruited, Kerbyso, Jackson, and Crowder are the only ones still with the team. Jackson was out all season with an injury, the other 2 graduate.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:44 pm to TigerCruise
They have been the best 7-5 team two years straight. That's part of the reason Bert is considered a god in Arkansas
Posted on 12/19/15 at 3:46 pm to CNB
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CNB
Imagine Bitch's record if he didn't play in the JV division?
Posted on 12/19/15 at 4:08 pm to Latarian
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Cocks on similar trajectory, only they have Boom to save them not a proven head coach.
Didn't he still win more SEC games in 3 years than Arkansas??
Posted on 12/19/15 at 4:28 pm to gatortrav88
He was gone this entire year and we made out just fine.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 4:29 pm to ConwayGamecock
Arky fans....sheesh.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 4:58 pm to CrunchimustheMax
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Most of it was Dooley's but Butch certainly should have made the oline his biggest priority from day one.
right, because Petrino and Johnelle were known for their OL recruiting prowess
Face it, your coaches are shitty at developing and coaching OL. Another year won't magically fix it.
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Point is Beliemna has peaked in year three with what kind of players he will have to work with while Butch has not
ok
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