I don’t think they have some massive NIL fund. They don’t care about literally any sport other than football, and even then they have to put large chunks of budget into a kid or 2 to make splash signings. It’s a different strategy than Tennessee employs.
We need both tbh. Staff thinks Perry, Ginther and Warren are all Tackles. Nathan Robinson (class of 23’) and Jeremias Heard are also tackles if they end up on offense rather than defense.
Bama has been said to be leading, if only slightly, for a while. Doesn’t sound, to me anyway, like he was blown away at UT and he’s currently at Alabama. So I’m putting pieces together that it feels like Bama.
Jefferson, much like bates, was more luxury than necessity. Though it hurts a little more being in state. WR board still has 2 guys with very high upside (Wingo and Mickel) and have 2 high level guys in the boat. Warren and one of the big DL would have always been preferred to Nate’s and...
Coaches think Ginther is a RT. Anderson can play RT as well. Perry is a tackle but a project. Warren LT. Heard would be a tackle if he ends up on the OL.
It’s 2023, raw stats mean very little. The pass D was not good, but it certainly wasn’t the 2nd worst unit in college football. Can Tennessee find a way to get to the QB, especially on adding downs, that will determine if this Defense makes the jump we need it to make. Need Josephs and Pearce to...