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What was the name of the RB we took over Zack Moss in 2016? It was like one of the last slots we had open? Anyone?
 
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Kingston Vol said:
Pretty interesting discussion on the Russillo pod today with Andy Staples. Two of my favorite guys in their respective fields. Russillo is really smart and thoughtful on the NBA and I think Staples is one of the smartest guys covering college football nationally. I believe Staples is one of the few who still defends Tennessee fans over Schiano Sunday.


Anyway, they spend about 3 minutes talking about the Tennessee program. The takeaway was basically that the only difference between Tennessee and Nebraska is Nebraska has accepted where they are and Tennessee hasn’t. Not sure I agree that’s the only difference - but it may be my orange blinders.

Anyway, inevitably Pruitt’s future comes up, as should be expected. I think Staples believes in Pruitt pretty highly (doesn’t say so in this podcast but has before on Twitter and such) but he says his fear for Tennessee is that we’re essentially trying to recruit the same types of players as Alabama and Georgia. The problem is that, because we’re down right now, we’ll continue to get the lesser talented 1/3rd of those high school players - i.e., we’ll never catch up to those two - and that doesn’t even mention the problem in Gainesville. Basically you start the season at a disadvantage against your top three opponents - and it’ll take better gameday coaching to bridge that gap both in the short term and long term.

Tl;dr, I don’t think I ever really thought of it this way. That we should be zigging when the top of the conference is zagging. I don’t know that it’s true or false - just a different way of looking at things.

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Sounds exactly how everyone viewed Bama before Saban. They will never be back. They should accept winning 7-8 games a year. UT was even beating them yearly. Then Saban... It all comes down to coaching and when you find a good one, invest in that person. We have been hiring coaches who should have never seen the UT sideline.
 
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That’s horse ****. Nebraska has not accepted where they are. They made a splash hire and brought their hero home. I have a friend on that s&c staff, there are high expectations there they just know they have to get the players back in the fold
 
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I4Jay said:
That’s horse ****. Nebraska has not accepted where they are. They made a splash hire and brought their hero home. I have a friend on that s&c staff, there are high expectations there they just know they have to get the players back in the fold
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They don't make that splash hire if he isn't their equivalent of Peyton Manning though. Not saying they've "accepted" their place but Scott Frost is the last gasp for that program IMO.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
We aren’t very far behind Fl at all.

We are lightyears behind Bama and Ga.

But, we can catch them. In order to do it, we have to recruit top classes. They can only sign 25 players, as can we. Clemson caught them and they didn’t recruit number 1 or 2 in the country. We can catch them by landing more top players like Crouch and Henry and others, developing our players, and winning. The more we win, the more we’ll get these players. If this staff can get us to where we win 9-10 games, they’ll sign one of the best classes in the country.

And here’s the thing, Bama and UGA won’t always be that good. How do I know? Because they weren’t this good a decade ago. These things ebb and flow. When saban leaves most likely Bama will fall back down. And even tho Kirby has ga rolling, if he doesn’t win a championship, how long will that continue?

Everyone thinks they’re gonna be elite forever. But in the 90s everyone thought TN and Nebraska would always be elite. When Spurrier and Meyer were at Fl, people said they would always be great. When Mac was at Texas, people always thought they’d be elite. When Bowden was at FSU, same thing. When Carroll was at USC, same thing. Programs always take a step back. It will happen to Bama, UGA, and Clemson also. Just like TN will eventually rise back to the top. We have everything that every other program in the country has. Just takes the right coach. Hopefully Pruitt is the right coach. I think he has potential to be.
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Good post. I don't follow recruiting as closely as I would like to so don't beat me for asking this. On the radio today one of the guys was saying how most of the 5* we were chasing are pretty much a no-go due to our terrible start to the season and we are just hoping to hang on to a bunch of 3*. Is this accurate or is it a sky is falling pitch in your opinion?
 
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