A triple down the Memphis line

[sechamp2012]

Didn’t realize that miss state ole miss and Alabama are all closer than Knoxville to Memphis. So they must have done a Heck of a job recruiting

I've got relatives that live in a town about 1/2 way between Ole Miss & MSU. Their assumption is when you are going to the big city everybody there knows you mean Memphis.
I assume when Elvis left Tupelo for the big city it was the same destination in his day.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

It is indeed.

Things that are closer to Memphis than Knoxville:
- The entire state of Mississippi
- The entire state of Arkansas
- Just about the entire state of Alabama
- The vast majority of Missouri
- Atlanta (though just by half a mile)
- Eight (over half) of the SEC campuses


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Though Memphis is certainly part of this great state, it's not a given for young folks who live there to want to go to Knoxville over the closer alternatives.

This is an awesome power play by Pruitt & Co., pulling in these three young men. Hopefully a basis for more to come from our Mississippi Delta city in the future.

Go Vols!

Hopefully Rick Barnes will be able to follow Jeremy Pruitt and his staff's example and start raiding in Memphis also

 

[sechamp2012]

Also years ago we always played the Ole Miss game in Memphis. Thought this was good for recruiting that area but not so good for season ticket holders.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Also years ago we always played the Ole Miss game in Memphis. Thought this was good for recruiting that area but not so good for season ticket holders.

I hope Tennessee can play Memphis again in the Future that would help a lot

 

[Alto1]

We just got 3 big commitments McDonald, French, Eason from 3 of 4 big time Memphis players, now if we can get Whitehead we homer breaking thru in west Tennessee with a walk off .

THIS IS HUGE!!

 

[vol1981]

Its more like 1859 they still have gun fights in the streets every night in Memphis. Seems like I have even heard of them shooting at police.

Sure glad Knoxville doesn't have any crime like that.

 

[ReelfootVol]

It is indeed.

Things that are closer to Memphis than Knoxville:
- The entire state of Mississippi
- The entire state of Arkansas
- The vast majority of Alabama
- Three-quarters of Missouri
- More than half of Louisiana
- Atlanta, Louisville, St Louis, Nashville, Shreveport, Mobile, and a host of other cities
- Perhaps most significantly in this thread, eight (over half) of the SEC campuses


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Though Memphis is certainly part of this great state, it's not a given for young folks who live there to want to go to Knoxville over the closer alternatives.

This is an awesome power play by Pruitt & Co., pulling in these three young men. Hopefully a basis for more to come from our Mississippi Delta city in the future.

Go Vols!

This picture left out the State of Kentucky............25 minutes from my house at Reelfoot Lake.

 

[RollerVol]

nice...about time we started working Mempho really hard...dadgummit...all the years that Miss St, Arky, Ole Miss, Bama, etc., were stealing guys from West Tenn...hopefully, this is just the beginning and not the end of dominance in all of Tennessee...period...

GO BIG ORANGE...BEAT THE GAMECOCKS!

 

[tennesseepride84]

Those 3 LBs all play at the same school, i watched them live a few weeks ago at the game Pruitt was there to see. All 3 are fast, physical, and love to attack along the line of scrimmage as well as sideline to sideline... Huge get.

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Those 3 LBs all play at the same school, i watched them live a few weeks ago at the game Pruitt was there to see. All 3 are fast, physical, and love to attack along the line of scrimmage as well as sideline to sideline... Huge get.

Do you live in Memphis?

 

[tennesseepride84]

Do you live in Memphis?

Yes sirree

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Yes sirree

Cool I am in Midtown.

 

[NCFisher]

BRING ME ALL YOUR LINEBACKERS

 

[savannahfan]

West Tenn is coming through for the Big Orange................Go Vols !!!!! Thank God for Jeremy Pruitt. We have been losing all our great(not good) players from Memphis to the likes of Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss State and close schools to the Memphis area. West Tenn players have not even hardly been considering the Vols. I hope Pruitt now has a solid connection with the Memphis players !!! We have got to start keeping our 4 star players (in state) at home !!!!!

By the way, there are more really good west Tn. players in places in other Memphis......

 

[savannahfan]

Didn’t realize that miss state ole miss and Alabama are all closer than Knoxville to Memphis. So they must have done a Heck of a job recruiting

Been trying to tell you "foreigners" this fact for a long time, any chance I get. Knoxville is a looong way from anywhere as it relates to us westerners. Oh yeah,,, add Vandy to your list.

 

[savannahfan]

To all Vol fans in the Knoxville area........Memphis is from the extreme western part of the State of Tenn all the way to the extreme eastern part of the state. It takes me literally all day to get from Reelfoot Lake (Lake County Tenn) to Knoxville. This is why all the players from West Tenn go to Ole Miss, Memphis, Arkansas, Alabama, Miss State..............they are all closer to West Tenn than is Knoxville !!!! ............For example, I can be in the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, and nearly Alabama within 45min. to an hour from my home at Reelfoot Lake. I am literally 30 mins. from Kentucky. Missouri, as a crow flies, right across the Mississippi River about 30 mins to cross the river. So........yall have an idea why we lose players to other schools. I can be in Starkville Miss much quicker than I can be in Knoxville Tenn. Ole Miss and Miss State are in Memphis Tenn backyard. As a matter of fact one would never know when he leaves Memphis Tenn and enters Southaven Miss. or Memphis Tenn and enters West Memphis Arkansas , which is literally across a bridge.

My experience with our brothers from the east is that they really don't give a damn where we are or what we think. Same for many of our west brothers towards our east brothers. Really, it's two difference worlds. The east has always been very progressive. We, on the other hand get up every morning and wonder how high the river is and will it rain today.

 

[savannahfan]

Its more like 1859 they still have gun fights in the streets every night in Memphis. Seems like I have even heard of them shooting at police.

If you really want to know where this "difference" between west and east stems from, go back to the time before and during the "war between the states" ( more to the point, "the war between Tennessee")....

 

[Volfan93]

Who do y’all think is the best vol to come out of the Memphis area?

 

[sjt18]

If Memphis can stop being like the other side of the planet for UT.... we'll be in business.

 

[savannahfan]

I hope Tennessee can play Memphis again in the Future that would help a lot

But not right know.....Could be a disaster from the results of the teams over the last few years...

 

[VFL-82-JP]

My experience with our brothers from the east is that they really don't give a damn where we are or what we think. Same for many of our west brothers towards our east brothers. Really, it's two difference worlds. The east has always been very progressive. We, on the other hand get up every morning and wonder how high the river is and will it rain today.

Meh, maybe it's because I'm from middle Tennessee, but I've never thought of the three parts of our state as strangers to each other.

Different, yes. Hunting up in the mountains certainly feels different from hunting on the floodplain of the Mississippi. And the weather is certainly different. The farms are bigger out west, more subsistance in the hills.

But at its root, there's a whole lot more about us that's the same than different. Tennesseeans are volunteers; we help people. Especially when it gives us an excuse to get into a good fight, heh. We're ornery and a bit stubborn, from one corner of the state to the opposite one. We're pretty straight-forward, even when we think we're clever (which we often do). We don't get California, and we don't understand New York. Heck, we can't even fully understand Florida, even though a lot of us like to go there for vacation.

We're too red-white-and-blue for parts of the country, too eager and sincere. At the same time, we're too well brought up and nuanced for other parts (yes, I'm looking at you, almost the entire state of Alabama minus Huntsville and Mobile).

Put it this way: I've spent significant time in and around Knoxville, and I'm 100% at home there. I've also spent enough time in Memphis (thanks to family members including one daughter going to school there) to know it feels like home, too. Yes, even if it is a little more gangster than the rest of the state.

The only other place I've ever felt at home that way was North Carolina. But then again, Tennessee was born from NC; she's where we come from.

So no, Savannah, I can't entirely agree with you. I think we're a lot more alike than you're giving us credit for. One great state with three unique parts, but all truly Tennessee.

Go Vols!

 

[DaddyChad]

Who is Whitehead?

Who is Whitehead?

LBer out of GA. Not happening there from what I’ve heard. I think Carolina probably gets him.

It will be interesting to see what Omari Thomas does coming out of this weekend. That would be a huge commitment and we have to feel good about our chances there.

 

[Vol_in_Japan]

As they say, Bristol is closer to Canada than to Memphis...

It's a geographical oddity.

I learned something today.

Bet it was also two weeks from everywhere back in the day.

 

[05_never_again]

As a former volunteer HS asst. coach in Memphis area, I know many of the coaches in the Memphis area and each of them say that Pruitt has been more active in Memphis than any UT coach in their lifetimes and it appears to be paying off. I had heard that opposite from some Nashville area coaches this time last year but that tune has changed as well...

Pruitt I'm sure is acutely aware of the talent there, being a Bammer himself.

 

[savannahfan]

Meh, maybe it's because I'm from middle Tennessee, but I've never thought of the three parts of our state as strangers to each other.

Different, yes. Hunting up in the mountains certainly feels different from hunting on the floodplain of the Mississippi. And the weather is certainly different. The farms are bigger out west, more subsistance in the hills.

But at its root, there's a whole lot more about us that's the same than different. Tennesseeans are volunteers; we help people. Especially when it gives us an excuse to get into a good fight, heh. We're ornery and a bit stubborn, from one corner of the state to the opposite one. We're pretty straight-forward, even when we think we're clever (which we often do). We don't get California, and we don't understand New York. Heck, we can't even fully understand Florida, even though a lot of us like to go there for vacation.

We're too red-white-and-blue for parts of the country, too eager and sincere. At the same time, we're too well brought up and nuanced for other parts (yes, I'm looking at you, almost the entire state of Alabama minus Huntsville and Mobile).

Put it this way: I've spent significant time in and around Knoxville, and I'm 100% at home there. I've also spent enough time in Memphis (thanks to family members including one daughter going to school there) to know it feels like home, too. Yes, even if it is a little more gangster than the rest of the state.

The only other place I've ever felt at home that way was North Carolina. But then again, Tennessee was born from NC; she's where we come from.

So no, Savannah, I can't entirely agree with you. I think we're a lot more alike than you're giving us credit for. One great state with three unique parts, but all truly Tennessee.

Go Vols!

I am not saying we are not alike in the ways you point out. We are just different. Like Easterners and Westerners and Midders across this great country ( just like east, west, and mid Tennesseans) I like you, love being in Tennessee, and feel at home anywhere in the state. But we are different and I love it. The business I spent my younger life in gave me the opportunity to study these differences. I delighted in them!! (by the way,I really am in middle Tennessee look me up.