No mention of UT in ESPN's 'Wide Receiver U' blog

[VolFan4Life87]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

 

[ManningBerry#1]

ESPN, need I say more?

 

[Captain Awesome]

While that is disappointing, we have spent about half of the 2000's in the basement.

 

[Boca Vol]

How is it BS? Here's their criteria:

College football award winners:
10 points

Consensus All-Americans:
Eight points

NFL first-round draft picks:
Eight points

Coaches' first-team all-conference picks: Six points

NFL draft picks, Rounds 2-4:
Four points

NFL draft picks, Rounds 5-7:
Two points

Awards included: Heisman Trophy (all-around), Maxwell Award (all-around), Walter Camp Award (all-around), Biletnikoff Award (wide receiver), Paul Hornung Award (most versatile).

One thing that skews the numbers is that a single player can rack up serious points if they won an award, was all-american, all-conference, and a top draft pick. That's 32 points, right there.

 

[fade route]

When is the list bashing going to stop? My goodness, we haven't done crap in nearly a decade and some people think we deserve to be on everyone's "best of" list.

 

[VolFan4Life87]

How is it BS? Here's their criteria:

College football award winners:
10 points

Consensus All-Americans:
Eight points

NFL first-round draft picks:
Eight points

Coaches' first-team all-conference picks: Six points

NFL draft picks, Rounds 2-4:
Four points

NFL draft picks, Rounds 5-7:
Two points

Awards included: Heisman Trophy (all-around), Maxwell Award (all-around), Walter Camp Award (all-around), Biletnikoff Award (wide receiver), Paul Hornung Award (most versatile).

I guess I'd have to actually crunch out the numbers, but it's just hard to believe with the number of WR's we've put in the NFL since 2000 that we didn't crack the top 10 list here.

 

[Boca Vol]

I guess I'd have to actually crunch out the numbers, but it's just hard to believe with the number of WR's we've put in the NFL since 2000 that we didn't crack the top 10 list here.

See my edited post. One player can skew the the numbers.

 

[VolFan4Life87]

When is the list bashing going to stop? My goodness, we haven't done crap in nearly a decade and some people think we deserve to be on everyone's "best of" list.

WR is about the only I think we're still worthy of, unless they have a 'most atrocious defense ever' list going, in which 2012 takes the cake.

 

[ajvol01]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

So 2000-2009 only?

D Stallworth
M Jones
K Washington
R Meachem
J Swain
L Taylor
D Moore

Who did I miss?

 

[IndianapolisVol]

Pitt at 3? That told me enough. Bryant and Fitz were great, but since 2000 UT has had Cedrick Wilson, Donte Stallworth, Kelley Washington, Robert Meachem, Denarius Moore, Justin Hunter, and Cordarrelle Patterson. I would even include Witten considering that during his time here we primarily used Finlayson to block and often split Witten out into a trip set or in the slot to create mismatches.

 

[volgrad500]

How is it BS? Here's their criteria:

College football award winners:
10 points

Consensus All-Americans:
Eight points

NFL first-round draft picks:
Eight points

Coaches' first-team all-conference picks: Six points

NFL draft picks, Rounds 2-4:
Four points

NFL draft picks, Rounds 5-7:
Two points

Awards included: Heisman Trophy (all-around), Maxwell Award (all-around), Walter Camp Award (all-around), Biletnikoff Award (wide receiver), Paul Hornung Award (most versatile).

One thing that skews the numbers is that a single player can rack up serious points if they won an award, was all-american, all-conference, and a top draft pick. That's 32 points, right there.

It's BS because UT is the only school that matters, and we are superior in every way because we are UT. Didn't you know that??

 

[tobybeast]

ESPN, need I say more?

My feelings exactly!

 

[ManningBerry#1]

When is the list bashing going to stop? My goodness, we haven't done crap in nearly a decade and some people think we deserve to be on everyone's "best of" list.

It's called being a fan

 

[dcm3w]

USC Trojans take title as Wide Receiver U for 2000s college football - ESPN

10 schools are listed as potential WRU candidates, measured by their success at the WR position since the 2000s, and UT didn't even crack the list. Utter BS if you ask me.

I was literally about to post about this. It is BS. That list had little research done and I think they had Arkansas as number one for RBs which I honestly do not think they were a powerhouse for RBs.

 

[DERELICK_MY_VOLS]

When is the list bashing going to stop? My goodness, we haven't done crap in nearly a decade and some people think we deserve to be on everyone's "best of" list.

As for what the news sites think of Tennessee...

 

[SmokeySC]

We are mentioned at the Bottom at 44 pts .. SO we did make the article .

 

[fade route]

So 2000-2009 only?

D Stallworth
M Jones
K Washington
R Meachem
J Swain
L Taylor
D Moore

Who did I miss?

Kenny O'Neal
Nukeese Richardson
Matt Milton

just to name a few

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

ESPN, need I say more?

Yes....... you need to say "hates us"

 

[ManningBerry#1]

Yes....... you need to say "hates us"

Touché Chat! I should know better by now.

 

[volfanhill]

I am so angry....oh wait don't care.

 

[VolInDayton]

Well we tied for 25th. I find their criteria to be flawed

 

[DownTheField]

When is the list bashing going to stop? My goodness, we haven't done crap in nearly a decade and some people think we deserve to be on everyone's "best of" list.

au contraire… we have done crap– lots and lots of crap

 

[Catbone]

Guess what! We have sucked for a decade so how is this surprising?

 

[supersmo18]

When is the list bashing going to stop? My goodness, we haven't done crap in nearly a decade and some people think we deserve to be on everyone's "best of" list.

 

[golf437]

My feelings exactly!

Thanks for the laugh. They do not hate Tenn.