#2 ranked OLB commits to Vols!

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Commentator: when Peterson is on the field, he's like a heat seeking missile

Going back to Johnny Majors, I can't ever remember Tennessee having a linebacker being like a heat seeking missile......Peterson is a great get!!
 
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BigSteve09 said:
so much for ESPN's narrative that we ruined our class and it would take us years to come back

ESPN's Campus Conversation 12/21/2017 - Wrapping up the Early Signing Period.

Ivan: "...the lowest ranked teams in the SEC were Tennessee and Arkansas. Tennessee was 44th, which is, you know, the middle of the pack probably tending toward the bottom of the pack in the Power-5. Arkansas was lower. [ESPN] only ranked -- all I saw of what we did was the top 50. But, uh, that to me was surprising, especially given that teams like Kentucky and Vanderbilt were in the mid-30's, which I think is pretty good for them."

Brad: "Yeah, and Tennessee back in October, before it became obvious that Butch Jones was gone -- their class was ranked number five."

Ivan: "Oh, yeah I remember that, wow."

Brad: "and I realize this wasn't a typical coaching transition, this was a complete dumpster fire. But to lose almost everybody. That's hard to do, but I think, you know, if there'd been a little more time for Jeremy Pruitt to just kind of get his ducks in a row, and no one could sign until the first week of February, then I think Tennessee would have been able to salvage something."

Ivan: "That's a good point."

Brad: "As it's most likely gonna turn out, they're not gonna get much out of this signing class at all."

Heather: "I mean, where else did we write more about who didn't get hired than who did get hired this year? Tennessee! Right!"

<group laughter>

Heather: "Tennessee - it's funny you mention that one, because that was the one that I looked up first, Ivan, out of pure curiosity to see where they landed. Because you look at it, and you think -- my first thought when I saw that Tennessee was so low was 'It's gonna take him a loooooong time to get this thing back.'"

Ivan: "Well, and and, yeah. And another year longer just in terms of just this recruiting class, that's a good point."
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ESPN hates us!

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BigSteve09 said:
so much for ESPN's narrative that we ruined our class and it would take us years to come back

ESPN's Campus Conversation 12/21/2017 - Wrapping up the Early Signing Period.

Ivan: "...the lowest ranked teams in the SEC were Tennessee and Arkansas. Tennessee was 44th, which is, you know, the middle of the pack probably tending toward the bottom of the pack in the Power-5. Arkansas was lower. [ESPN] only ranked -- all I saw of what we did was the top 50. But, uh, that to me was surprising, especially given that teams like Kentucky and Vanderbilt were in the mid-30's, which I think is pretty good for them."

Brad: "Yeah, and Tennessee back in October, before it became obvious that Butch Jones was gone -- their class was ranked number five."

Ivan: "Oh, yeah I remember that, wow."

Brad: "and I realize this wasn't a typical coaching transition, this was a complete dumpster fire. But to lose almost everybody. That's hard to do, but I think, you know, if there'd been a little more time for Jeremy Pruitt to just kind of get his ducks in a row, and no one could sign until the first week of February, then I think Tennessee would have been able to salvage something."

Ivan: "That's a good point."

Brad: "As it's most likely gonna turn out, they're not gonna get much out of this signing class at all."

Heather: "I mean, where else did we write more about who didn't get hired than who did get hired this year? Tennessee! Right!"

<group laughter>

Heather: "Tennessee - it's funny you mention that one, because that was the one that I looked up first, Ivan, out of pure curiosity to see where they landed. Because you look at it, and you think -- my first thought when I saw that Tennessee was so low was 'It's gonna take him a loooooong time to get this thing back.'"

Ivan: "Well, and and, yeah. And another year longer just in terms of just this recruiting class, that's a good point."
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Arkansas' recruiting class is currently #78...
 
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MR_VOL said:
Commentator: when Peterson is on the field, he's like a heat seeking missile

Going back to Johnny Majors, I can't ever remember Tennessee having a linebacker being like a heat seeking missile......Peterson is a great get!!
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Really? How about Al Wilson or Leonard Little, Kevin Burnett, Kevin Simon and Jerod Mayo to name a few?

Good grief!

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[twitter]https://twitter.com/jesseresimonton/status/949728680040976385[/twitter]

New Era in Volunteers football.
 
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I suspect that the coaching staff is going to want him to pick up a few pounds of muscle to be able withstand the rigors of a full season.
 
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Outstanding. Gave me goose bumps to see a table with an Bama, Uga, and UT hat on it and it is the UT hat that gets picked up. Especially two days before the NC game!
 
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I was looking at Matt Brown’s ranking of the new coaching hires < Ranking college football's head coaching moves. | Sports on Earth > and he ranks them as follows, with UT 11th. The last number (in parentheses) is each team’s current recruiting ranking (per 247).

1. UCLA -Chip Kelly (38)
2. Nebraska -Scott Frost (41)
3. Texas A&M -Jimbo Fisher (22)
4. Florida -Dan Mullen (17)
5. FSU -Willie Taggart (33)
6. Arkansas -Chad Morris (78)
7. MSU -Joe Moorhead (23)
8. Rice -Mike Bloomgren (124)
9. SMU -Sonny Dykes (74)
10. Oregon -Mario Cristobal (15)
11. UT -Jeremy Pruitt (16)

I don't know where the other guys started but Pruitt came into a dumpster fire (recruiting had gone from a #5 ranking to the mid- to high=40's). I'm becoming more and more excited by this hire and want to offer my thanks once again to Coach Fulmer.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
so much for ESPN's narrative that we ruined our class and it would take us years to come back

ESPN's Campus Conversation 12/21/2017 - Wrapping up the Early Signing Period.

Ivan: "...the lowest ranked teams in the SEC were Tennessee and Arkansas. Tennessee was 44th, which is, you know, the middle of the pack probably tending toward the bottom of the pack in the Power-5. Arkansas was lower. [ESPN] only ranked -- all I saw of what we did was the top 50. But, uh, that to me was surprising, especially given that teams like Kentucky and Vanderbilt were in the mid-30's, which I think is pretty good for them."

Brad: "Yeah, and Tennessee back in October, before it became obvious that Butch Jones was gone -- their class was ranked number five."

Ivan: "Oh, yeah I remember that, wow."

Brad: "and I realize this wasn't a typical coaching transition, this was a complete dumpster fire. But to lose almost everybody. That's hard to do, but I think, you know, if there'd been a little more time for Jeremy Pruitt to just kind of get his ducks in a row, and no one could sign until the first week of February, then I think Tennessee would have been able to salvage something."

Ivan: "That's a good point."

Brad: "As it's most likely gonna turn out, they're not gonna get much out of this signing class at all."

Heather: "I mean, where else did we write more about who didn't get hired than who did get hired this year? Tennessee! Right!"

<group laughter>

Heather: "Tennessee - it's funny you mention that one, because that was the one that I looked up first, Ivan, out of pure curiosity to see where they landed. Because you look at it, and you think -- my first thought when I saw that Tennessee was so low was 'It's gonna take him a loooooong time to get this thing back.'"

Ivan: "Well, and and, yeah. And another year longer just in terms of just this recruiting class, that's a good point."
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All a$$holes
 
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Vols_Baby_Boomer said:
Butch sure was a good recruiter also.
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Pretty good recruiter, definitely what he did “best”.

Dreadful at player development, PR, game management and setting the right tone and culture for the program. Never, ever seen a coach make as many excuses and run, no sprint, as far away from expectations of even modest winning as Lyle did.

Thank GOD he’s gone as we never even would’ve gotten a sniff from JJ Peterson had we not fired his arse and gotten CJP in here.
 
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CroKev said:
I was looking at Matt Brown’s ranking of the new coaching hires < Ranking college football's head coaching moves. | Sports on Earth > and he ranks them as follows, with UT 11th. The last number (in parentheses) is each team’s current recruiting ranking (per 247).

1. UCLA -Chip Kelly (38)
2. Nebraska -Scott Frost (41)
3. Texas A&M -Jimbo Fisher (22)
4. Florida -Dan Mullen (17)
5. FSU -Willie Taggart (33)
6. Arkansas -Chad Morris (78)
7. MSU -Joe Moorhead (23)
8. Rice -Mike Bloomgren (124)
9. SMU -Sonny Dykes (74)
10. Oregon -Mario Cristobal (15)
11. UT -Jeremy Pruitt (~14*)

*Peterson not accounted for yet.

I don't know where the other guys started but Pruitt came into a dumpster fire (recruiting had gone from a #5 ranking to the mid- to high=40's). I'm becoming more and more excited by this hire and want to offer my thanks once again to Coach Fulmer.
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Good post. I gave you a like, but are you sure JJ hasn't been accounted for.
 
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