re: James Franklin goes Full Throttle to Change Image of Vanderbilt Football

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People want to talk about pathetic, delusional SEC fan bases. I vote Tennessee. "Big 4" like hell! You people haven't done anything lately, your team sucks, it could barely beat Troy, your school is just OK, you hired two clowns in a row as head coach and the first clown thought Tennessee was so awesome that he left after one season. What in the hell do you have to be boastful about?

If I were a Tennessee fan, I'd be on my hands and knees praying that James Franklin decides not to stay at Vanderbilt. If he does and succeeds at his current rate, they will be able to call themselves a Top 25 team at a Top 25 school and could recruit nationally and get any in-state recruit who can meet the academic standards.

Which that point, Tennessee is finished for a generation.

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Wouldn't argue that UT is in a slump at the moment, but name one program in the SEC that hasn't experienced a slump and a series of unfortunate circumstances at some point. Until Saban became Bama's 5th head coach in 10 years in 2007, you could have easily said the same thing about Alabama as you're saying about UT, who's laughing now?

I will argue that an 8 win season is no reason to believe that Vanderbilt is now a top 25 caliber program. I will also argue that in-state recruiting is CERTAINLY NOT gonna propel Vanderbilt in to an elite program. Tennessee is not a hotbed of 5* caliber recruits, not even close.

I'm not worried about a program that has only managed to beat us 3 out of the last 30 years. Franklin or no Franklin, Vandy is still Vandy, and nobody gives a rat's arse about Vandy.