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dduncan4163 said:
We just beat a top 20 team tonight. We have no depth and we are a few plays from having a 9-3 team. I thought 6-6 was our absolute ceiling but I honestly thought 5-7 would be our record. Josh is the guy that will make us a power again. Not ready to say he will win us a Natty down the road but I won't be shocked if it happens. We got a long way to go but what he's been able to do with this roster is amazing. Imagine what he can do once he has his recruits. We actually have a coach that knows how to coach. Feels kind of weird.
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dduncan4163 said:
We just beat a top 20 team tonight. We have no depth and we are a few plays from having a 9-3 team. I thought 6-6 was our absolute ceiling but I honestly thought 5-7 would be our record. Josh is the guy that will make us a power again. Not ready to say he will win us a Natty down the road but I won't be shocked if it happens. We got a long way to go but what he's been able to do with this roster is amazing. Imagine what he can do once he has his recruits. We actually have a coach that knows how to coach. Feels kind of weird.
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Little more interested in Banks getting some defensive recruits. O is doing plenty to win games atm
 
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Too early to tell if Josh gets it done here honestly but I already like him way more than I did Pruitt at this point. You just see the development and the coaching. The past three staffs we had, didn't see a whole lot of that.
 
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Pruitt was the most miserable p***k to ever grace the sidelines for the Vols and his teams followed his lead.

Heupel is proving to be one of the more likeable ever and his team is a lot of fun to watch.

Defense is scary but no one can complain much about this offense .
 
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dduncan4163 said:
We just beat a top 20 team tonight. We have no depth and we are a few plays from having a 9-3 team. I thought 6-6 was our absolute ceiling but I honestly thought 5-7 would be our record. Josh is the guy that will make us a power again. Not ready to say he will win us a Natty down the road but I won't be shocked if it happens. We got a long way to go but what he's been able to do with this roster is amazing. Imagine what he can do once he has his recruits. We actually have a coach that knows how to coach. Feels kind of weird.
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Not to rain on the parade here, but this team still makes too many mistakes to bank future wins. It’s probable, but not certain.
 
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VolnGermany said:
Not only did we win, we scored on our very first play. Our style of play is exciting and fun to watch. This should attract a lot of positive attention= good for recruiting.
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You'd think so, but the recruiting says otherwise. If it's the investigation, it'll never pick up because it'll probably be years before the NCAA gets their fingers out of their asses
 
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Very excited about this season and what Heup is doing but we gotta get some recruits coming in currently ranked 32 behind Kentucky, Miss. st and Ole Miss we are ahead of Auburn though
 
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It's just nice to still be excited about this week's game this late in the season.
We may not have much of a chance but there's a glimmer of hope.
We haven't felt this way in a long time.
 
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Panthro said:
I had Joey Kent on the HOUSE OF SPORT podcast to talk about homecoming week and some of his favorite memories while at UT. He talked about this play.
I also had Swain on this particular episode. it drops early tmw morning. Please check it out!
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Joey is great on the air. Heard him several times Nashville on 104'5 the Zone.
 
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Yep. Haven't been able to out scheme anyone since Cut was here, and frankly IMHO CJH is in another league.
 
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VolForLife83 said:
You'd think so, but the recruiting says otherwise. If it's the investigation, it'll never pick up because it'll probably be years before the NCAA gets their fingers out of their asses
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I'm not in love with the recruiting at the moment - who would be - but I think that it's a tough spot for them to be in for several reasons.

1. The investigation is absolutely being used against them on the trail. Now that the internal investigation is over, and no self-imposed bowl ban has been handed down, they can at least partially ease parents' minds that they aren't facing the Sword of Damocles from the NCAA.

2. The school has been self-imposing recruiting restrictions. For instance, no official visitors for the Pitt game. This has been quiet, but has definitely occurred already.

3. The staff was always going to have to sell their production on the field, and during the season they have not been able to actually go in-home with recruits. The early signing period hurts us in this class in that regard, because while the results on the field have been good, they haven't been able to fully capitalize off of them due to the season keeping them in Knoxville to coach the team.

4. They just don't have longstanding relationships with the kids they are recruiting. Aside from Garner, virtually none (and maybe actually none) of these coaches were recruiting kids in the SEC footprint - or at least not the same caliber of kids. So, they are behind the eight ball from a relationship standpoint, and recruiting is the relationship business.

All told, I think we will see dividends in the 2023 and 2024 classes that are a by-product of this year's on-field success, but there may not be enough time to make significant headway before early signing day. It sucks, but the portal and the JUCO ranks may just have to be our friend for a year. We have had good success there with Tiyon, Javonta, and Tremblay (to an extent), as well as McGrath to lesser degree. We just have to find the stop gaps while also building relationships with underclassmen.
 
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