re: The Top 25 jobs in College Football

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I actually things look better for the Vols in the future than in the past. The population explosion in middle Tennessee is a huge factor. Much closer than former hotbed Memphis. And Knoxville is geographically in the perfect spot to grab recruits from north and south.

With a good coach there's no reason Tennessee shouldn't field a top tier team year in and year out.

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Memphis was always an ugly place to recruit. It seemed like the talent there seemed to flame out far more often than not. So anything to shift the demographics away from there is a good thing.

My real concern -- and it's a concern as a Vandy fan as much as it would be for a UT fan -- is that the central location could work against recruiting as easily as for it. Sort of a "close to everywhere, not quite close enough to anywhere" sort of deal. In times past, Tennessee's (though not Vandy's) reputation could pull them in, but I'm not sure that's still the case in the new SEC. With the right coach, of course, that's a non-issue. I'm just not sure -- and I swear to God I'm not trolling -- that Butch is the coach to do that. He's bringing in lots of good talent so far, granted, but I'm not sure he'll ever really compete with Bama and LSU and Florida in the long run.