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Tennessee isn't sexy. It's too far north. It's in bumfrickville in the eastern part of the state.

On January 15th, when recruits are coming in for official visits, do you think they will enjoy the 40 degree temperatures of Knoxville or the 65 degree temperatures of Florida and Alabama?

Face it. You're Kentucky without the ability to get away with cheating in basketball.

Funny, Auburn fan. Ya'll are the only big six team to do worse than us last season. So your opinion doesn't matter.

Also, East TN is beautiful, and sitting on the doorstep to the most visited National Park in the nation.

Also, on January 15th 2013, the high in Knoxville was 55 degrees, on the other hand, the high in TTown was 46 degrees. So...
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Posted by PJinAtl

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Posted on 8/19/13 at 12:34 pm to VFL1800FPD

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Also, East TN is beautiful, and sitting on the doorstep to the most visited National Park in the nation.

Which is a great selling point for family vacations, not so much for 18 year old males.

UGA (and Auburn to a degree) have the pitch that Atlanta is just an hour or two hours away. Florida sells itself with beaches, LSU has NOLA so very close.

Bama is able to land the big time recruits because they are winning.

UT will be back, but it won't be an overnight success. First the wins have to start coming, 7 or 8 a season and then a trip to the SECCG every two or three years. Once that happens, kids will want to come there to play and be part of something. But until then, it is going to be tough. Tenn has always had to recruit nationwide, and with the successes Bama, UGA and USCe are having, the chances of pulling kids from those states who might have given Knoxville a look 10-15 years ago are much much lower.

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Posted by Bassmanbruno

Member since Dec 2008

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Posted on 8/19/13 at 12:37 pm to VFL1800FPD