Recruiting Violations Involving Torrance Gibson?

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Normally I wouldn't start a thread and I would put this in his thread, but this is potentially big news. I personally don't believe this but I know it was discussed around his visit if everything was clean. Here you TG haters go. The middle section "re Gibson"

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Also remember this could be completely false, it is a single report... This dude is a real recruiting reporter FWIW
 
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I don't see how it would be anything other than a minor infraction seeing that none of the coaches or administration did anything. Although I admittedly don't know jack squat about the rules. It's obvious we weren't happy with what he did and pulled his scholarship.


That's if this is even true.
 
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If anything it would be minor seeing that none of the coaches or administration did anything. It's obvious we weren't happy with what he did and pulled his scholarship.


That's if this is even true.
Well this tale said a GA took him home, which I doubt happened. That could ruin that GAs career idk the team punishment for that either.

I was just wanting discussion like this. I know LV was adamant about possible violations going on his last visit.
 
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The UT portion of this story seems to match up with the time lines of his visit as far as the Dormady commit and the amount of time he was in Knoxville. However, the exact circumstances seem pretty unbelievable. Although, the way recruiting is these days...you never know.
 
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The UT portion of this story seems to match up with the time lines of his visit as far as the Dormady commit and the amount of time he was in Knoxville. However, the exact circumstances seem pretty unbelievable. Although, the way recruiting is these days...you never know.
This is my line of thinking too. This could be a struggling writer trying to generate buzz or it could be a guy who heard rumors and ran with it. I doubt this guy knows for certain.
 
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Well this tale said a GA took him home, which I doubt happened. That could ruin that GAs career idk the team punishment for that either.

I was just wanting discussion like this. I know LV was adamant about possible violations going on his last visit.

Well it's looking less and less likely that TG will be a vol. If this is true, then we don't need that type of character on our team.
 
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Well it's looking less and less likely that TG will be a vol. If this is true, then we don't need that type of character on our team.
Maybe that's why we aren't going after him. Hopefully nothing comes of this true or not.
 
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He flew home, so unless by took him home they mean bought his ticket.. That's false.

He commented a couple of times on the BBQ... Doesn't sound like steak and lobster.

As for the escort thing.. Well that is just so stupid I'm not really going to even debate it because we've seen the attention these guys get on twitter.

Also, this guy rockin Miami colors says "with another recruit" he was here with Miami's newest commit dredrick snelson. Interesting he didn't try to trash his name...
 
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He flew home, so unless by took him home they mean bought his ticket.

He commented a couple of times on the BBQ... Doesn't sound like steak and lobster.

As for the escort thing.. Well that is just so stupid I'm not really going to even debate it because we've seen the attention these guys get on twitter.

Also, this guy rockin Miami colors says "with another recruit" he was here with Miami's newest commit dredrick snelson. Interesting he didn't try to trash his name...
Maybe whoever took him told him to post about flights on twitter? You never know as burger will confirm people lie all the time

The Dredick part is so true lol. I didn't even catch that..
 
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Maybe whoever took him told him to post about flights on twitter? You never know as burger will confirm people lie all the time

The Dredick part is so true lol. I didn't even catch that..

I actually think I remember a picture he tweeted of either on a plane or what was clearly, at least to me, the knoxville airport.

This is such an intense rumor. People are losing their minds about this guy. I'm ready to move on to the 2016 class
 
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TG tweeted about this earlier today and said it was "funny but completely false" or something of that nature. I would look it up and link it but I don't want to.
 
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I actually think I remember a picture he tweeted of either on a plane or what was clearly, at least to me, the knoxville airport.

This is such an intense rumor. People are losing their minds about this guy. I'm ready to move on to the 2016 class
Yeah I remember that. I'm not saying this article is true or not. It was written by a legit reporter or I wouldn't have posted it.

Luckily I'm not losing my mind about this guy. If we were banking on this guy being "our QB" this class I might be given our current situation at QB, but we have two guys committed. If he's a Vol, cool he's athletic as hell. If he's not, oh well that spot will get used somewhere else.
 
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TG tweeted about this earlier today and said it was "funny but completely false" or something of that nature. I would look it up and link it but I don't want to.
If you got accused of something completely wild that could ruin your potential career at age 17 would you admit to it if you were asked? True or not you would not admit to that story I'm just assuming.
 
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So they supposedly pull his offer and just a few weeks later he goes to the Opening and tells the national media that he's just talked with Jones and that UT is still recruiting him hard?

Yeah, okay. Likely story.
 
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I thougt it had more to do with a handler than any individual school.
The article? If a booster gave him a bunch of perks and all of that story is true, it could be a problem for UT. If the compliance department gets mad when you put recruits names on a rock, I doubt they want people supply hundreds of dollars, hooking kids up with "escorts", and driving them to and from FL.
 
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Sounds like an extravagant story. How would he hire escorts if he's not even a senior in high school yet (unless he's failed a grade)? I doubt there's even an escort service in Knoxville.
 
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So they supposedly pull his offer and just a few weeks later he goes to the Opening and tells the national media that he's just talked with Jones and that UT is still recruiting him hard?

Yeah, okay. Likely story.
Do you actually think we are recruiting him really hard?

Isn't that the debate that went well over 10,000 posts in his first thread lol?
 
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Not sure why this has been made it's own thread, especially with OLD out of context posts. That said, a lot of that story is patently false and anyone who has followed TG's recruitment knows that. Just a bitter message board poster spreading lies. And IMO, it has no place on our forum which gets far more traffic. Pay attention to what's being said in that screencap - they're spreading lies about UT. Saying we're dirty. This board shouldn't be doing some paranoid you-know-what's work for him by spreading the lie further and you better believe that's all some rival schools will take from it.

ETA: I overreacted in a lot of the above post, especially with regard to complaining it shouldn't be it's own thread and spread their lies for them. Please enjoy the rest of the thread realizing the overreaction and stupidity is all mine. This absolutely deserves to be a thread.

I'm letting the full post stand without deleting it because I believe when one makes a fool of themselves they ought to own up to it.
 
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This guy made claims that he himself has had to correct already. What an idiot. For example:

Claim 1: Ran up a huge bill in his hotel room. Correction: He stayed in the dorms.

Claim 2: UT pulled his scholarship offer. Correction: No, they didn't.

Claim 3: A UT coach took him home. Correction: He flew home.

Claim 4: Lobster! Correction: They didn't order lobster.

So yeah, everything else he penned was true! According to him at least. Now he is sorry that one of his 50 subscribers has dropped a dime on him. I don't know who would pay for insider info that has to be corrected later the same day.

This is the jokers followup to the story. He really wishes Gibson hadn't posted all of those mean rumors though!

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Not sure why this has been made it's own thread, especially with OLD out of context posts. That said, a lot of that story is patently false and anyone who has followed TG's recruitment knows that. Just a bitter message board poster spreading lies. And IMO, it has no place on our forum which gets far more traffic. Pay attention to what's being said in that screencap - they're spreading lies about UT. Saying we're dirty.
Uh it's not a message board poster it's a recruiting reporter in FL. You can google him

Sorry you're offended, but it deserved a separate thread. I'm not going in the TG thread ever again.
 
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This guy made claims that he himself has had to correct already. What an idiot. For example:

Claim 1: Ran up a huge bill in his hotel room. Correction: He stayed in the dorms.

Claim 2: UT pulled his scholarship offer. Correction: No, the did'nt.

Claim 3: A UT coach took him home. Correction: He flew home.

Claim 4: Lobster! Correction: They didn't order lobster.

So yeah, everything else he penned was true! According to him at least. Now he is sorry that one of his 50 subscribers has dropped a dime on him. I don't know who would pay for insider info that has to be corrected later the same day.

This is the jokers followup to the story. He really wishes Gibson hadn't posted all of those mean rumors though!

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I hadn't read that. That's how you lose credibility when you go changing your stories. I doubt it's true now even more now.
 
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Uh it's not a message board poster it's a recruiting reporter in FL. You can google him

Sorry you're offended, but it deserved a separate thread. I'm not going in the TG thread ever again.

The point still stands and a Florida reporter is hardly 'in the know' about UT. You can't read that without seeing an agenda to smear UT there. In some ways, the fact that it's yellow journalism makes it worse. Unethical drivel.

FWIW, links are helpful.

ETA: Messageboard. He was writing for homers and thought he wouldn't get caught. SMH.
 
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