'16 AZ DE Jonathan Kongbo UT Signee 2/3/16

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Just saw a tweet that said Volnation get ready for an earth shaking boom and thank Kamara for it

Edit: #Volnation get ready for an earth shaking boom at around 4:02pm...then show Kamara some major love !
 
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appvol said:
Todd Kelly Jr. (TK) ‏@ToddKellyJr6 4m4 minutes ago
Good talk this morning with @King_Kongbo , follow your heart and trust in God as he leads you on your journey
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Love the effort from TK2, but this sounds like a "goodbye and good luck" kind of message, unless: 1) Kongbo really was still undecided this morning and TK's trying to get him to overrule his parents; or 2) they're building up drama for the announcement.

What time is Kongbo announcing?
 
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RockyTopJewel said:
So....not trying to stoke the fire on any rumors, but didn't someone in here say that one of our coaches called Kongbo Sr a bastard? I can't find anything else to support that but in all honesty I would probably pressure my kid to go elsewhere under those circumstances. An ambassador of UT should know better. However if Tennessee is what Kongbo wants he will find a way regardless Imo
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Check the War Room feed. Hopefully they didn't have to take Thigs phone away.
 
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AboveAllNations said:
Love the effort from TK2, but this sounds like a "goodbye and good luck" kind of message, unless: 1) Kongbo really was still undecided this morning and TK's trying to get him to overrule his parents; or 2) they're building up drama for the announcement.

What time is Kongbo announcing?
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No it's a "do what you want to do, not what your dad wants" statement.
 
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KBVol said:
Yes. Last year's rivals avg was around 3.67.....this year we're at 3.45
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Starts don't matter at all after today, I'm not sure why everyone is so wrapped up in avg star rating? If you're looking that closet at it, go look at all the articles where they "re-ranked" those classes. You take a couple guys out that didn't play because of injury or were redshirted, or never showed up and the landscape of last years class looks much different. For all the KMacs of the world there are a lot of Chris Donald's out there, nothing is guaranteed. Y'all need to relax...
 
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jakez4ut said:
as someone who grew up in the great state of Mississippi, you can kiss my a$$. talk about ignorant.... stfu.
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What he said is at least somewhat supported by two very relevant FACTS: 1) Per CBS.com and Time.com the state of Mississippi has had the highest rate of obesity among all 50 states for the last 7 years. 2) The state of Mississippi also has the lowest average annual household income among all 50 states per those same valid sources.

...and not to pile on here but the state of Mississippi's 6.5% unemployment rate is the 3rd highest in the country behind only New Mexico and Alaska.
 
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Anyone else find it interesting that the feed to the War Room switched to the VFL room and remained just after everyone said Butch and Kamara were Facetiming someone?
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Compared to the last couple of years, yes it's a C. No highschool DT. No DE, although many think Bitulli will grow into that position. It's a middle of the SEC pack class. There's multiple reasons for it and while I'm slightly disappointed I'm excited for what we did get.

Let me put it this way. If we had this type of class for several years in as row, our talent level would drop to any middle pack SEC team. If we're going to be in the hunt for a playoff birth each year and in contention for the east every year, you can't have multiple down years in recruiting.
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Here's the thing though: fans call this a 'down year' because that's what the recruiting services tell them, but we don't actually know what the staff thinks of the class they've put together.

We know that they have a big board that looks considerably different than the Rivals board. And we also know that they have priorities that sometimes override any 'ranking' a kid may have. Case in point: Dickerson. Rivals sees a team that lost on a top 100 guy in Dickerson but picked up a 2* in Williams, but the truth may be that the staff felt Williams was the more important signee because he addressed a greater need.

So while we're sitting over here in muted celebration because the recruiting sites tell us that the class is 'good, not great'... the staff may be very pleased with this class. Not only do they have their own system of evaluation, but they also have the benefit of context - fans think in terms of stars, but they think in terms of skillsets that they need to add and holes that they need to fill.
 
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Me as soon as I look in this thread

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Way to many happy faces in the war room smiling ear to ear and shaking hands for Kongbo to have decided Ole Miss IMO.

Butch looks like he just was told some good news, very happy ear to ear smile on his face.
 
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Atzar said:
Here's the thing though: fans call this a 'down year' because that's what the recruiting services tell them, but we don't actually know what the staff thinks of the class they've put together.

We know that they have a big board that looks considerably different than the Rivals board. And we also know that they have priorities that sometimes override any 'ranking' a kid may have. Case in point: Dickerson. Rivals sees a team that lost on a top 100 guy in Dickerson but picked up a 2* in Williams, but the truth may be that the staff felt Williams was the more important signee because he addressed a greater need.

So while we're sitting over here in muted celebration because the recruiting sites tell us that the class is 'good, not great'... the staff may be very pleased with this class. Not only do they have their own system of evaluation, but they also have the benefit of context - fans think in terms of stars, but they think in terms of skillsets that they need to add and holes that they need to fill.
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You should edit this to be more general and sell it to every college fanbase on earth.
 
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Atzar said:
Here's the thing though: fans call this a 'down year' because that's what the recruiting services tell them, but we don't actually know what the staff thinks of the class they've put together.

We know that they have a big board that looks considerably different than the Rivals board. And we also know that they have priorities that sometimes override any 'ranking' a kid may have. Case in point: Dickerson. Rivals sees a team that lost on a top 100 guy in Dickerson but picked up a 2* in Williams, but the truth may be that the staff felt Williams was the more important signee because he addressed a greater need.

So while we're sitting over here in muted celebration because the recruiting sites tell us that the class is 'good, not great'... the staff may be very pleased with this class. Not only do they have their own system of evaluation, but they also have the benefit of context - fans think in terms of stars, but they think in terms of skillsets that they need to add and holes that they need to fill.
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I don't disagree with that but that's all we have to go on. If we signed the #1 class everyone would be touting how great we did. They wouldn't be down playing it saying this class isn't that great because the recruiting services said it is. You can't say it's valid when you do great and it's not valid when you don't.

Like I said I'm not poopooing on the class but I do think to be a Championship level team year in and year out you have to recruit at a championship level year in and year out. I don't think this year's class was at the championship level. JMO.
 
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We need one of those students standing outside the war room underneath the tent to do some eavesdropping and post what they hear. Ear to the glass if necessary.
 
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BleedorangeinGA said:
Way to many happy faces in the war room smiling ear to ear and shaking hands for Kongbo to have decided Ole Miss IMO.

Butch looks like he just was told some good news, very happy ear to ear smile on his face.
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I am way too old
Blood pressure too high
We really need King in this class.
Plus, one of my neighbors went to Ole Miss.
Please make this so. Come on, Kongbo...come to the orange light and bask in its warmth.
 
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