Golden Tate & Marvin Austin

rexvol · 07-11-2006, 08:02 AM

do we have a legitimate shot at landing either one?

therickbol · 07-11-2006, 09:29 AM

Marvin Austin: above average shot
Golden Tate: average shot

**vols kick balls** · 07-11-2006, 09:54 AM

i think its more like average for austin and below average for tate.

LetMeStay · 07-11-2006, 10:37 AM

Dont expect Golden Tate.

**VolunteerHillbilly** · 07-11-2006, 10:51 AM

Austin, I have no idea.
Tate, only if we win the national Championship this year and he is not asked to redshirt.

rexvol · 07-11-2006, 01:06 PM

has tate been offered by Notre Dame and are we solid on Harrison Smith?

**hvwarrior58** · 07-11-2006, 02:23 PM

We don't want Tate. We don't have much interest in him nor does he in us. His top 4 are the Florida schools and ND, and none have offered. It is strange that he is so high on some boards, but only has a few offers from major D1 schools. I'd watch for Bama in this race.

Austin is down to 10 schools and we have just as much of a chance as the rest.

Smith will be a Vol. His parents are pushing Stanford, but he wants to be a Vol and will be a Vol in the end.

mattvols · 07-11-2006, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (rexvol @ Jul 11, 2006 1:06 PM)

has tate been offered by Notre Dame and are we solid on Harrison Smith?

we are dead even with Notre Dame on Harrison.

therickbol · 07-12-2006, 10:17 AM

We are leading over Notre Dame for Harrison. If his parents werent in his ear he would probably already be commited to UT. They are the ones that want him to keep open the option of going to an 'academic' school. Hopefully his parents will eventually say 'go where you want to go' and he will sign with UT.

**Vol67** · 07-12-2006, 04:21 PM

Harrison's Parents are both UT Grads and are pushing Stanford. ND is a very distant 3rd.

Tate is telling recruiters the position he will play in college and he is turning them off. Overrated

**OWB** · 07-13-2006, 07:10 AM

Tate has stated that he wants to play out of state. It's either ND or GT for him.

patrick · 07-13-2006, 02:10 PM

I find it humorous when people start saying that a prospect is not that great AFTER they turn down the Vols.

**VolunteerHillbilly** · 07-13-2006, 02:14 PM

From everything I hear Tate is an awesome football player and I have never heard anything about him getting in trouble. That leaves only one possible explanation in my mind why he has not received offers from some of the programs that he claims to have at the top of his list, grades. I don't know it for a fact, but I've seen others state there are grade issues in other posts.

LetMeStay · 07-13-2006, 02:16 PM

Tate is overrated. Dont worry about him.

therickbol · 07-13-2006, 03:45 PM

A couple of things. First of all, I don't think it is a grade issue. I could be wrong. But, I think he is a good kid and good student. I think the lack of offers stems more from his size and lack of natural position at the next level. The only position he has decent size for at the next level is CB. Well, he hasnt played that much CB and he has said that he is not really interested in playing defense. He tells his recruiters that he wants to play RB, and possibly some WR. These recruiters are holding off because they dont want to offer a 'RB' his size. That is my take. And, Tennessee is not out of the picture. He has said he is not against leaving the state to play. He has not said 'I will' leave the state. I don't think Tennessee is a leader, thats for sure. But, he has stated numerous times that Tennessee is among his list he is considering.