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[Foxman]

Originally Posted by (mattvols @ Jan 31, 2006 5:28 PM)

The vols signed tons of big in-state players during the Majors era, and hardly any of them turned out to be any good. Tennessee is one of the weakest HS football states in the south (this is coming from a TN HS football player). Go watch a game in Georgia or Alabama, its amazing the calibur of football they play down there. My cousin plays in Atlanta, they look like college teams out there playing.

Agreed. Tennessee really doesn't have that good of a HS program as states like Alabama and Georgia. But still, Memphis is probably our #1 recruiting area in the state, and absolutly no one on the Vols staff goes there for recruiting. The University of Memphis is getting almost ALL the propsects from Memphis, Jackson and the West TN area. I wish they'd get something better going in-state.

But then again, places like Atlanta is closer to Knoxville than Memphis. Actually, alot of places are. Remember (I learned this in elementry school :biggrin2: ), Tennessee borders more states than any other in the US.

Atleast we get some big name prospect out of Chattanooga almost every year. This year its Jacques McClendon, last year it was Demonte Bolden, and acouple years ago Gerald Riggs Jr.

[#10_Ainge_#10]

Originally Posted by (smokedog#3 @ Jan 31, 2006 5:56 PM)

ok ainge i see your point to a certain degree. what if we would have landed patterson, whitehead, kia, smith, logan-el, rose, micah johnson, patterson and ellis. these are kids usually fulmer lands. instead of these elite players we are getting 3 star players. if we would have got half of these guys we would have been in the top 10 instead of 22. plus besides vinson we still didn't get a playmaker. these guys are all top 150 players its not the position it is the players we are getting. so i have to disagree.

yeah but think about what kind of players those 3 star recruits have turned out to be for us in the past? I mean we're mostly recruiting OT's, DE's, and LB's......There aren't many classes gonna be in the top 10 recruiting players like that....there aren't many 4-5 star recruits at those positions...Like I said, if we were recruiting WR's, RB's, and QB's we'd be higher but we're not.....But remember, those 3 star recruits have turned out to be studs in the past

[mattvols]

Foster was a 3* recruit and look at what hes doing, the ranking system doesnt mean much, its all about how they develop, some of the top players are done developing and wont get better.