'17' TN ATH Tee Higgins (Clemson commit)

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Orange And Garnet said:
You sure? According to some I thought it did
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UT isn't always the best situation for everyone. With Dormady and Jones having multiple years in the system and Guarantano having one when the 2017 guy arrives, I can understand looking elsewhere. I get the "not afraid of competition" thing. Some situations just set you up better to play sooner. It matters to these guys and it should.
 
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CrunchingTheVolz said:
UT isn't always the best situation for everyone. With Dormady and Jones having multiple years in the system and Guarantano having one when the 2017 guy arrives, I can understand looking elsewhere. I get the "not afraid of competition" thing. Some situations just set you up better to play sooner. It matters to these guys and it should.
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But yet if Butch had changed his mind about taking a 17 QB due to the depth chart, and pulled the scholly, you would be throwing a hissy.
 
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highspeed said:
He would have fit our system just fine, or perhaps more accurately, our system would have been tweaked to fit him. He was a big loss. The only thing that makes me feel a little better about him flipping is Guarantano and how good I think he'll be here.
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That's a good way to put it. I think people down play the loss of him though. He will be a great QB.
 
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JohnMcA60 said:
Whether we like it or not Hunter Johnson is a great QB. He might not have fit our system or whatever other thing we want to say but he will be a great player for Clemson (or wherever he goes).
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Maybe...always a crapshoot. Could be great...could be forgotten. Who will remember if he isn't? :)
 
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CrunchingTheVolz said:
UT isn't always the best situation for everyone. With Dormady and Jones having multiple years in the system and Guarantano having one when the 2017 guy arrives, I can understand looking elsewhere. I get the "not afraid of competition" thing. Some situations just set you up better to play sooner. It matters to these guys and it should.
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You were against us taking Sheriron. Got pretty sanctimonious about it. :wink2:
 
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CrunchingTheVolz said:
UT isn't always the best situation for everyone. With Dormady and Jones having multiple years in the system and Guarantano having one when the 2017 guy arrives, I can understand looking elsewhere. I get the "not afraid of competition" thing. Some situations just set you up better to play sooner. It matters to these guys and it should.
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sonofUT62 said:
But yet if Butch had changed his mind about taking a 17 QB due to the depth chart, and pulled the scholly, you would be throwing a hissy.
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Pulled the scholly after the kid committed to UT? Of course I'd have an issue with it. Pull the scholly of the #1 QB in the country, sounds like a brilliant idea. LOL

Don't take a commitment you're not going to honor. Its a simple concept.
 
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PA Vol said:
I have to agree.

I went to Clemson's homecoming in 2014 and while the tailgating was top notch, the game atmosphere itself was absolutely boring. I don't think a single person around me was even watching the game.

To make matters worse, their famous "Esso bar" closed at midnight because it is a dry county on Sundays...the game ended at about 11:00.

The highlight of the night was when this random Gator fan/girl that was dead behind the eyes and covered in band-aids fell face first down the stairs in front of everyone...I wish I was kidding when I said that was the first time in a quarter anyone in that section stood up.
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You went to their homecoming game. Do you think a Clemson fan would have been impressed with the atmosphere at last year's North Texas game?

The fact is that Clemson and Tennessee are both top 5-10 atmospheres in college football for a big game.

That is not one of the areas we can blow them away.

Conference, competition, tradition, probably resources and a few other things we have an edge on.

They are a valiant competitor and it will be fun competing with them.
 
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CrunchingTheVolz said:
Pulled the scholly after the kid committed to UT? Of course I'd have an issue with it. Pull the scholly of the #1 QB in the country, sounds like a brilliant idea. LOL

Don't take a commitment you're not going to honor. Its a simple concept.
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Simply monotonous...change in screen name and all. :)
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
You went to their homecoming game. Do you think a Clemson fan would have been impressed with the atmosphere at last year's North Texas game?

The fact is that Clemson and Tennessee are both top 5-10 atmospheres in college football for a big game.

That is not one of the areas we can blow them away.

Conference, competition, tradition, probably resources and a few other things we have an edge on.

They are a valiant competitor and it will be fun competing with them.
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We can blow them away in the area of having a city of more than 13k people and more than one gas station in the town.
 
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CrunchingTheVolz said:
Pulled the scholly after the kid committed to UT? Of course I'd have an issue with it. Pull the scholly of the #1 QB in the country, sounds like a brilliant idea. LOL

Don't take a commitment you're not going to honor. Its a simple concept.
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So Johnson had no idea about what the depth chart looked like at UT when he made a commitment to Butch?
 
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sonofUT62 said:
Then why did he make a commitment that he wasn't willing to honor?
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Probably because he was 16-17 years old when he made it. I made tons of commitments I wasn't willing to honor at that age. Luckily, I didn't have swarms of adult men with emotional ties to those commitments.
 
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CrunchingTheVolz said:
While I'd rather see a kid stick to his commitment, he is a kid. Its something I suppose comes with age. Honor a commitment is something all young people should learn.[/QUOTE

I agree completely. I just think it's wrong for you to roast the staff for it when the kids and their parents are playing the game too.
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CrunchingTheVolz said:
While I'd rather see a kid stick to his commitment, he is a kid. Its something I suppose comes with age. Honor a commitment is something all young people should learn.
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So, during your exile? What did you occupy your time with? Landscaping in Hawaii? :)
 
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