'12 TX LB Dalton Santos (Texas Commit)

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As long as he lets us know tomorrow that he is definitely with us or not. Coaches could keep quite to let him have his moment. But, if he is going to Texas, he needs to let us know so we can make other plans. If not for the 25 rule, it would not matter if he waited to NSD. However, those are the rules we are under presently. Basically, stay on the train or get off but just let us know.
 
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Hopefully if this kid knows he's going to Texas, he'll at least be decent enough to tell the Tennessee staff this week instead of screwing them out of another player on National Signing Day.
 
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Texas go beat your chest some more....Lock him down....Brainwash him....and tell him sweet lies.....this is the machine working in its finest moment....Never liked Texas, never will....This is a show of force.....

Unfortunately, it will be a fall that Santos realizes (if he goes to Texas) that he was Lied to by the coaches....He will sit on the bench.....warm his toes and watch his first year....He may even be a RS......but the one thing you will not change is the lies.....
 
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It is believable that he may commit to Texas, I think the coaches should tell him that they would still love to have him, but that they were looking to fill his spot. After all, there job is to make the team better. If his spot gets filled before he makes his mind up, I say pull the scholarship.
 
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I love how if he goes to texas he will sit the bench and never become anything, but if he goes to Tennessee he will be an All-SEC player and an NFL draftee.

Who would want to go to a program that has won games 10 games 80% of the time the last 10 years, and played for 2 national titles in the last 6 years?

Kid is an idiot.
 
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The Waco Kid said:
I love how if he goes to texas he will sit the bench and never become anything, but if he goes to Tennessee he will be an All-SEC player and an NFL draftee.

Who would want to go to a program that has won games 10 games 80% of the time the last 10 years, and played for 2 national titles in the last 6 years?

Kid is an idiot.
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As long as an SEC team makes it to the championship game, they will never win again, I don't care if they win 12 games.
 
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The Waco Kid said:
I love how if he goes to texas he will sit the bench and never become anything, but if he goes to Tennessee he will be an All-SEC player and an NFL draftee.

Who would want to go to a program that has won games 10 games 80% of the time the last 10 years, and played for 2 national titles in the last 6 years?

Kid is an idiot.
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Have they?
 
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The Waco Kid said:
I love how if he goes to texas he will sit the bench and never become anything, but if he goes to Tennessee he will be an All-SEC player and an NFL draftee.

Who would want to go to a program that has won games 10 games 80% of the time the last 10 years, and played for 2 national titles in the last 6 years?

Kid is an idiot.
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It's hard to believe that people would lean pro-Tennessee on a board called Volnation. I couldn't believe how many homers wanted a new President on gop.com either, go figure.
 
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ArrogantTexasFan said:
The facts are on my side. TCU and A&M have the same # of titles (1) and both are ancient. TCU has a much, much better current history the past 15 years. WVU > Mizzou under any objective analysis.

Look, my feelings about A&M don't matter. No top 5 finish in almost 60 years. One old title. Those aren't my opinions, those are facts.
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In the past 15 years, A&M's overall record is 107-80. TCU is 135-50, so if you're going by overall record, you would be correct. However, during this same period, TCU played a total of 14 games against Big 12 opponents, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa State, A&M, Nebraska (before they switched), Texas Tech, Baylor, and Texas. TCU's record in those games was 6-8. I would say that would put them as an average, at best, team in the big 12. You can't just compare overall records. You have to look at who the team is playing against. In the last 15 years, Mount Union's been 193-7. Maybe y'all should add them?

And again, TCU and WVU are replacement teams. The SEC didn't lose any teams, rather they added two good programs that have their ups and downs like all programs do. Makes absolutely no sense that you're arguing that the SEC is worse because they added A&M and Mizzou.
 
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615 Vol said:
It's hard to believe that people would lean pro-Tennessee on a board called Volnation. I couldn't believe how many homers wanted a new President on gop.com either, go figure.
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Mr. 615, huge difference between what you stated, and what people are saying about the kid's future.
 
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Honestly I would rather lose him to Texas over any of the other schools rumored so far.

A&M, OSU, Ark and UGA.

If it really is his dream school I don't blame him. I grew up in NE Tn and if I was committed to TX for a year and on signing day I had the pen in my hand and was about to put it to my LOI to TX and Fulmer had pulled up at my school and said "DON'T sign that, we want you to be a VOL." I would have promptly torn up that piece of paper and signed with the Vols.

That's just the way it is sometimes.
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
Honestly I would rather lose him to Texas over any of the other schools rumored so far.

A&M, OSU, Ark and UGA.

If it really is his dream school I don't blame him. I grew up in NE Tn and if I was committed to TX for a year and on signing day I had the pen in my hand and was about to put it to my LOI to TX and Fulmer had pulled up at my school and said "DON'T sign that, we want you to be a VOL." I would have promptly torn up that piece of paper and signed with the Vols.

That's just the way it is sometimes.
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Yes, as bad as I hate to admit it, you are right.
 
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The Waco Kid said:
I love how if he goes to texas he will sit the bench and never become anything, but if he goes to Tennessee he will be an All-SEC player and an NFL draftee.

Who would want to go to a program that has won games 10 games 80% of the time the last 10 years, and played for 2 national titles in the last 6 years?

Kid is an idiot.
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I hear what you're saying but objectively wouldn't you agree that Santos stands a much better chance of getting more meaningful playing time as a Vol than he would in a UTex roster that's cram packed with 4-star and 5-star talent?

The odds are pretty good that he would see the field much earlier in his career at Tennessee than he would at UTex, and that gives him more of an opportunity to reach those next level goals.

In any case, if he signs with the Longhorns, so be it. We would love to have him as a Vol but in the end it's his choice and we will move on and be fine. He would be a fantastic piece of this class but if we miss on him it's definitely not going to break the '12 class.
 
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This is recruiting, every year it happens, guy has been a Texas fan and he now gets a late offer from his childhood favorite, I don't blame the guy at all.

If this was flipped and a stud East Tennessee prospect had been a Vols fan his whole life and we never gave him an offer he committed verbally to North Carolina for several months and 10 dyas before national signing day we come in and want the kid then people would be happy as heck right now if the shoe was on the other foot.

Just like we have done to Chase Robison.

I hope we get him but if we don't good luck to him.
 
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I get the dream school, closer to home argument - very strong pull. But what happened to wanting to play in the SEC because it fit his style of play better?
 
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Santos is a good addition to this class, but by no means do I believe he is gonna be a world beater. He will be an average to slightly above average lb in the SEC. He is not the second coming of Al Wilson. He is not gonna make or break the class.
 
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I have to say, if the shoe was on the other foot and Texas had been recruiting me for a while, and at the last minute Tennessee shows up and wants me as a back up, I'm going hook 'em horns. Texas took the time to get to know me, spent all of this time with me and made me feel really wanted as someone who can play right away. Tennessee only wants me as a back up when other plans fell through.

I still think this kid signs here. Call me crazy, but surely he would not go to Texas, even if it is his favorite school. This is a business decision and what is best for his business is coming to UTn and getting to see the field as a freshman and developing his skills for the NFL. JMO
 
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