Say what Sab? O Line ?s...

[MikeHamiltonFan]

Oh that wonderful O Line...

I am totally confused by what you just posted...

So my prediction would be OT Pair, OT James, OG
Moses, OT/G Cullen, OG Stone as the OL commits.
We'd take OT Coleman if we could get him.

First of all, I really respect your sources, your writing yada yada yada.

Second of all, I thought the UT Board for OL looked like this:

Committed Guys
Fulton is loved by the coaches who see him as a huge sleeper. He is solidly a Vol and his dad loves the coaching staff.

Pair is solidly a Vol and the staff still loves him and just had him on campus.

Jose Jose, despite losing some weight is the subject of the rumors of the decommit. He may be looking around. Of course this could be like the Meline rumors and be bogus but there they are.

Uncommitted.

From top to bottom:

Chaz Green. Parents are UT grads, loved the UT visit, UF is still hard after him and this is a UT v UF battle but many feel that he is going to be in Knoxville. The staff loves him.

John Cullen. He is the most ready to come into the program and start. He is a juco from California who we are battling Utah for a commitment from. Recently it sounds like others like him alot, but we still lead?

JuWuan James has tons of in state pressure to be a Bulldawg but many think he is a silent to UT. He is near the top of board.

Shon Coleman. He looks much better than his teammate Damien Robinson. He is committed to Auburn but the staff is after him very hard.

Damien Robinson. He has dropped off on lots of boards but we would still want him if we missed on some guys.

James Stone. Likely headed to Vandy. The staff is not even contacting him as much. Bama and UT cooled on this guy, not just because of bad camps in the summer but because of a bad senior year where he looks slow.

Curry etc are not even possibilities anymore.

The staff turned down TJ Leifheit because they thought he was not as good as the guys they are still in it for.

Morgan Moses? Good friends with Latrell Scott, was going to UT under Fulmer until Scott ended up at UVA and he pledged with Groh. With Groh probably getting fired UT can get him if we want him. Coach Cregg went to see him over the bye week. He has had a year in prep school and is strong as an ox. He is bigger than the typical linemen I understand we want in our system. He is more Reggie Coleman than Aaron Douglas.

[Sabanocchio]

Man, did we seriously need another thread with a seriously long post that only 5% of the people will read? Why not keep it in the post it was in? I'll respond to you there.

Sorry, but it seems that every thought that pops into your head becomes a new thread with a thought and then incessant rambling for 20 paragraphs. Not trying to be mean.

[orange_blood]

I read his 5 minute one and your 15 minute one, three times. Good information.

[Sabanocchio]

Well, maybe I'm alone in that thought then. Ignore me if you disagree. I just think it litters up the forum when there are already threads about the topic.

[1orangews6]

Originally Posted by Sabanocchio

Well, maybe I'm alone in that thought then. Ignore me if you disagree. I just think it litters up the forum when there are already threads about the topic.

I agree, when I see a post a mile long I just scan through it and look for things of interest but some of his posts seem to be a lot of rambling.

[MikeHamiltonFan]

Our old O Line thread honestly had too much about Leifheit and others who are out. Hurst? Crisp? I also thought maybe you left the other thread, sorry.

This can be merged with 9 wins and number 1 class, but it is a separate discussion. I just want to know why you think what you said about the OL class. Prediction based on info? Hunch? Total guess?

I would also like to read some other guys on here who follow recruiting closely and have heard anything about our OL group.

X put up the same guys I did, but unlike me he seems to have real sources. He also left off Morgan Moses.

It is precisely because you are one of the 5 people on here I look to most for information that I thought you blowing my mind a response was worth a thread.

News item 1. We lose Jose Jose
News item 2. We lose Fulton!!!!
News item 3. We want and get Morgan Moses...

See why it is a head scratcher? If someone else signed on under you screenname after you fell asleep from writing another awesome recruiting round up I will understand.

[hdrizzle21]

is James Stone really likely heading to Vandy?? seems hard to believe

[justingroves]

Originally Posted by hdrizzle21

is James Stone really likely heading to Vandy?? seems hard to believe

Nobody else really wants him.

[MikeHamiltonFan]

Originally Posted by hdrizzle21

is James Stone really likely heading to Vandy?? seems hard to believe

I guess he could go to Notre Dame.

Aside from ripping him athletically, he is a very smart kid who said he cares alot about academics. He also seemed like a cant miss guy after his junior year before camps. He may have a case of Senioritis and will join Golden Tate as a TN guy up at ND making UT fans wish we had him.

[MAJOR_ORANGE]

Well as "X" says we are in it with so many recruits it is going to be crazy, from the end of the season till signing day. Hold on to your boot straps it's going to be great fun to watch. I think the staff knows they will probably lose a couple of more commits, freeing up some spots for others. It would be amazing to be a fly on the wall at one of their recruiting meetings and see how they work the numbers and recruits.

[USAF_Vol]

Really, Jose Jose is considering looking around?

[tennessee391]

Originally Posted by USAF_Vol

Really, Jose Jose is considering looking around?

I think he got him and Pair mixed up...not sure

[OrangeNYC]

Originally Posted by MikeHamiltonFan

I guess he could go to Notre Dame.

Aside from ripping him athletically, he is a very smart kid who said he cares alot about academics. He also seemed like a cant miss guy after his junior year before camps. He may have a case of Senioritis and will join Golden Tate as a TN guy up at ND making UT fans wish we had him.

Tate was ND all the way. JP II, Catholic school, to ND, Catholic school. It would have been a waste to chase him more than we did. Stone just gets killed vs good competition, like at camp. Big difference!

[onevol74]

Originally Posted by MikeHamiltonFan

I guess he could go to Notre Dame.

Aside from ripping him athletically, he is a very smart kid who said he cares alot about academics. He also seemed like a cant miss guy after his junior year before camps. He may have a case of Senioritis and will join Golden Tate as a TN guy up at ND making UT fans wish we had him.

This kid is not at the top of the boards at UT and Bama. And since he wants to go to a school with good academics then Vandy and ND made sense.

[m1al]

Originally Posted by Sabanocchio

Man, did we seriously need another thread with a seriously long post that only 5% of the people will read? Why not keep it in the post it was in? I'll respond to you there.

Sorry, but it seems that every thought that pops into your head becomes a new thread with a thought and then incessant rambling for 20 paragraphs. Not trying to be mean.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who has felt this way...