Recent content by J C Higgins

Red Devils !!

Lived in Alamo a LONG time ago......1948-1958......before there was a Crockett County High School.

Probably not and definitely not if it cost a lot. However, if JA is not given another year and TS didn't cost too much I would.

Re: I don't believe we have the level of boosters that the Texas schools, Miami or Ohio State etc have. My guess is there's a huge gap between what we have compared with several other schools.

None of our business.

Re: "thanks to the portal that can be done quickly if done right but we are currently way behind those teams." Left out a HUGE factor... if we have enough money...

Agree but I've been watching the Vols since 1950 when I was 9 years old and we never have. Jason Whitten was way underutilized. He caught 68 passes in 20 games.

This. He had the player talent advantage at LSU and Alabama. At Michigan State where he didn't have that luxury he went 6-6, 6-5-1 and 7-5 and when he realized the portal/NIL situation wouldn't allow him to have that advantage anymore he quit. And in an indirect way admitted it.

True, the portal/NIL wasn't a factor then but when it did become one Saban quit and said that was the reason. He wouldn't be able to have 4-5 star players 3 deep at every position anymore.

Yes, Saban won a lot of championships but he won ALL of them with 4 and 5 star talent. Before LSU and Alabama he coached at Michigan State where he had talent commensurate with Cignetti's at IU and went 6-6, 6-5-1 and 7-5.

The best aren't recruited anymore. They're bought.

He had a lot of help from John Ruiz

It helps to have a QB of that caliber....... and opposing coaches praise their defense.... From "The Athletic" yesterday.. Excerpts: “The Athletic spoke to four coaches who have played Indiana this year and to a Power 4 defensive coordinator who studied the Hoosiers this month to learn more...

If a team played a meaningless game it isn't much of a team. And if a fan says it's a meaningless game he/she isn't much of a team supporter.

Might be the reason but testing, as infrequent and ineffective as it is, applied to all schools and I'm not aware of any study that showed they were using steroids more than any other team.