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Everyone knows Scroggins is announcing on the 25th. Everyone has read all of this stuff. I just thought it would be fun to have a countdown until we jump for joy or cry ourselves to sleep at night. :wink2:
The one piece I couldn't find was about him wanting to play early. He said he is willing to compete but depth chart and early playing time is one of his concerns. So.... If he doesn't want to follow the crowd, he'll choose Tennessee over USC and Florida. If he wants to play early and be a leader, he'll choose Tennessee. If he wants to get out and play in the best conference in the country, he'll choose Tennessee. If he wants to help a team bring in recruits by committing on national television.... you guessed it, he'll choose Tennessee. USC and Florida do not need his help recruiting nor do I see how how big of influence he would have for them. Barkley and Brantley appear to be a better sales pitch. They will have more experience under their belt. A lot of the guys blocking for Scroggins and making the catches will be going pro after their junior season. In the mean time, Jesse Scroggins will be red shirted and pry won't get on the field until his junior season. That means those incoming freshman from his class might not even play with him on gameday. I will say that he can help recruiting in the sense that he knows/is friends with some of the people in his class but like I said, Tennessee is the one that needs help recruiting. USC and Florida stock pile 4 star recruits like they are water and combine to take half the 5 star recruits every year.
Sorry for the long winded rant. Just excited for July 25th and Scroggins announcement. A huge pull for Tennessee or what could end up being an utter failure. Hopefully Tennessee won't regret not having offered Rettig sooner or not having offered Montana at all. If we don't see Scroggins in orange.... we better see Cam Newton or things could get real ugly, real fast. We would be pinning our hopes on Tennessee winning 8 regular season games with a shot at a 9th by winning the bowl game. I don't think 7 wins and losing a bowl game will lure a big time quarterback. Then again, maybe playing time will be more appealing to some of the quarterbacks in next years class. Trying not to worry about that until we hear Scroggins announcement. 12 days!
The one piece I couldn't find was about him wanting to play early. He said he is willing to compete but depth chart and early playing time is one of his concerns. So.... If he doesn't want to follow the crowd, he'll choose Tennessee over USC and Florida. If he wants to play early and be a leader, he'll choose Tennessee. If he wants to get out and play in the best conference in the country, he'll choose Tennessee. If he wants to help a team bring in recruits by committing on national television.... you guessed it, he'll choose Tennessee. USC and Florida do not need his help recruiting nor do I see how how big of influence he would have for them. Barkley and Brantley appear to be a better sales pitch. They will have more experience under their belt. A lot of the guys blocking for Scroggins and making the catches will be going pro after their junior season. In the mean time, Jesse Scroggins will be red shirted and pry won't get on the field until his junior season. That means those incoming freshman from his class might not even play with him on gameday. I will say that he can help recruiting in the sense that he knows/is friends with some of the people in his class but like I said, Tennessee is the one that needs help recruiting. USC and Florida stock pile 4 star recruits like they are water and combine to take half the 5 star recruits every year.
Sorry for the long winded rant. Just excited for July 25th and Scroggins announcement. A huge pull for Tennessee or what could end up being an utter failure. Hopefully Tennessee won't regret not having offered Rettig sooner or not having offered Montana at all. If we don't see Scroggins in orange.... we better see Cam Newton or things could get real ugly, real fast. We would be pinning our hopes on Tennessee winning 8 regular season games with a shot at a 9th by winning the bowl game. I don't think 7 wins and losing a bowl game will lure a big time quarterback. Then again, maybe playing time will be more appealing to some of the quarterbacks in next years class. Trying not to worry about that until we hear Scroggins announcement. 12 days!
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