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re: Want to know why Tennessee has been historically bad recently?
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:26 am to Adam Banks
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:26 am to Adam Banks
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UT needs to get into Memphis.
Easier said than done. Ole Miss, Alabama, and Arkansas have fortified that city for their own purposes. It's going to take a lot to push them out.
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Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:27 am to Bench McElroy
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When's the last time the state of Tennessee produced a player as good as Julio Jones or T.J. Yeldon?
He is playing for the Pats right now.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:29 am to volfan30
Looks like you got Trooper & Blaise on the way... 
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:33 am to dallasga6
Oh, shite. The Bagman is back, baby!
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:35 am to RollTide1987
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Easier said than done. Ole Miss, Alabama, and Arkansas have fortified that city for their own purposes. It's going to take a lot to push them out.
Tennstud will get it done. He snitches on errbody, even Auburn.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:46 am to Adam Banks
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I know Oxford is close, but shreveport ain't far from Austin or Fayetteville but we still own it in recruiting.
Oxford to Memphis is a little over an hour's drive. Your comparison really doesn't hold.
Also, the town itself has probably as many Ole Miss fans as Tennessee fans, and the Commercial Appeal covers Ole Miss as closely as they do any other SEC school if not more closely, so really Memphis is an Ole Miss town.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:54 am to Crompdaddy8
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Tennstud will get it done. He snitches on errbody, even Auburn.
This is true. While I feel somewhat bad for the Tennessee fan base for the current rut the football program has found itself in, I can't help but smile when I think of Roy Adams and how his hatred for all things Alabama has finally come back around to bite him on the arse. Karma's a bitch.
This post was edited on 2/18/13 at 11:58 am
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:55 am to DCRebel
Memphis is as much an Ole Miss/Arkansas city as it is UT. Coach Jones has increased a presence in the Middle Tennessee area. The Nashville area is one of the fastest growing areas in the country and with that the high school talent is getting better. I think he is going to try to get into Memphis as much as he can but Nashville is an area that he is focusing on more than any other within the state.
This post was edited on 2/18/13 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:10 pm to DCRebel
So what your saying is, Oxford is a easier city to sell to recruits then Knoxville? Got it 
This post was edited on 2/18/13 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:14 pm to slayerxing
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They had the offense to do it, and had they not fired their DC
Are you talking about Wilcox? Because he wasn't fired. He left for Washington.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:15 pm to DCRebel
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Knoxville is as "urban" as Jackson, Mississippi.
Lulz at there being any comparison between Knoxville and any rathole town located in the land mass. You're right, Knoxville isn't necessarily a great town, but it absolutely fricking dwarfs anything Mississippi has to offer.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:55 pm to TRUERockyTop
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So what your saying is, Oxford is a easier city to sell to recruits then Knoxville? Got it
The proof's in the pudding.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:56 pm to InVolNerable
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Lulz at there being any comparison between Knoxville and any rathole town located in the land mass. You're right, Knoxville isn't necessarily a great town, but it absolutely fricking dwarfs anything Mississippi has to offer.
What, in size? Big fricking deal and who fricking cares?
When are y'all going to accept that people simply don't like Knoxville?
Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:15 pm to DCRebel
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The proof's in the pudding.
Exactly.
I guess little ol Knoxville is good enough
We've been shitting on OM recruiting the better part of a decade. LOHfrickINGL
This post was edited on 2/18/13 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:37 pm to TRUERockyTop
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I guess little ol Knoxville is good enough We've been shitting on OM recruiting the better part of a decade.
Over the past decade, our recruiting has been pretty damn similar, with Tennessee mixing a few top-10 classes with a few train wrecks.
So, yeah, a program with less recent success, a much smaller recruiting budget, and a couple of awful coaching hires has performed pretty fricking well when compared to Tennessee and the resources at its disposal.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:45 pm to DCRebel
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Over the past decade, our recruiting has been pretty damn similar, with Tennessee mixing a few top-10 classes with a few train wrecks.
Sir, are you on crack?
Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:48 pm to Crompdaddy8
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Sir, are you on crack?
What makes you think Tennessee has out-recruited Ole Miss as of late? All those conference victories y'all have? shite, the OP of this thread laments the talent level in Knoxville, yet y'all are going to now say that you've recruited well?
This post was edited on 2/18/13 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:55 pm to DCRebel
Our few "Train Wreck" seasons, were the fricking norm for you
2002: UT #2 - OM # 33
2003: UT #18 - OM 38
2004: UT #20 - OM # 45
2005: UT #4 - OM # 30
2006: UT #23 - OM #15
2007: UT #3 - OM #27
2008: UT #35 - OM #29
2009: UT #10 - OM #18
2010: UT #9 - OM #18
2011: UT #13 - OM #19
2012:UT #17 - OM #40
2013: UT #20 - OM# 7
That's 5 top 10 classes, and only 1 class outside of the top 25 for the past 11 seasons.
Tell me more about how Oxford is easier to sell then Knoxville
2002: UT #2 - OM # 33
2003: UT #18 - OM 38
2004: UT #20 - OM # 45
2005: UT #4 - OM # 30
2006: UT #23 - OM #15
2007: UT #3 - OM #27
2008: UT #35 - OM #29
2009: UT #10 - OM #18
2010: UT #9 - OM #18
2011: UT #13 - OM #19
2012:UT #17 - OM #40
2013: UT #20 - OM# 7
That's 5 top 10 classes, and only 1 class outside of the top 25 for the past 11 seasons.
Tell me more about how Oxford is easier to sell then Knoxville
This post was edited on 2/18/13 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:56 pm to volfan30
Your tennessee. All y'all need is a great coach and you'll be back. Maybe Jones will be it?
Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:56 pm to TRUERockyTop
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Our few Train Wreck seasons, were a good season for you. What are you talking about
Oh, right, rankings. Totally. That's where you're coming from.
I'm actually going by wins and losses here. If Tennessee has been such a great recruiter as of late, then why haven't y'all been winning?
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