Are we recruting any full backs??

[Brave Volunteer]

I mention this because I see a lot of depth charts and at FB I see Fugate as the lone name on the list? Who is backing him up and are we pursuing anyone else for that role? We seem awfully thin at the position of the depth chart is correct.

 

[Incipient]

I think Dooley wants to move away from using fullbacks and add tight ends instead. But we'll keep using the fullback as long as Fugate is hear because of him being awesome.

 

[justingroves]

Ben Bartholomew would be Fugate's back up

 

[Brave Volunteer]

I think Dooley wants to move away from using fullbacks and add tight ends instead. But we'll keep using the fullback as long as Fugate is hear because of him being awesome.

Aw man that sucks! I like the FB position. I like the idea of having someone plowing the field for our RB's.

 

[VolunteerVandiver]

You can't deny Fugate's awesomeness.

 

[Sabanocchio]

I don't know if that's true. Dooley recruited Fugate, didn't he? I think we will look to move a RB or a ATH to FB possibly. Just get them here and see how it shakes out.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

We just need to find Greg Amsler Version 2.0 and we will be ok.

 

[UTVOL02]

I don't know if that's true. Dooley recruited Fugate, didn't he? I think we will look to move a RB or a ATH to FB possibly. Just get them here and see how it shakes out.

I thought he was an EE?

 

[justingroves]

I don't know if that's true. Dooley recruited Fugate, didn't he? I think we will look to move a RB or a ATH to FB possibly. Just get them here and see how it shakes out.

I thought he had already committed to Kiffin when Dooley got here.

 

[Sabanocchio]

I may be misremembering then. I was thinking Dooley kept him.

 

[justingroves]

I may be misremembering then. I was thinking Dooley kept him.

He was an EE.

 

[chavisut]

Fugate was an EE recruited by Kiffin. He went through bowl practices IIRC.

 

[Sabanocchio]

He was an EE.

Then that settles it. Dooely sure does use him a lot for us to be moving away from using a FB though.

 

[chavisut]

Then that settles it. Dooely sure does use him a lot for us to be moving away from using a FB though.

Probably because he was better than the second and third options at TE.

 

[Sabanocchio]

Probably because he was better than the second and third options at TE.

He may be better than our starting TE now. I don't agree with your reasoning.

Besides, we used plenty of two TE sets last year. I think versatility is an asset.

Definitely some recruits on our board that would make excellent fullbacks. Beniquez Brown springs to mind.

 

[chavisut]

He may be better than our starting TE now. I don't agree with your reasoning.

I was talking about last year.

 

[Sabanocchio]

I was talking about last year.

Really?

 

[chavisut]

Really?

He did what it is he does as good as it's ever been done.

 

[Voldemonium]

I'd love for UT to employ a Mike Alstott type bruiser. LSU used Jacob Hester a few years ago with pretty good results.

 

[justingroves]

He did what it is he does as good as it's ever been done.

Makes Shawn Bryson look slow imo

 

[Sabanocchio]

Yeah, I mean Fugate is good. Never said he wasn't. Hence my comment about him being better than Rivera.

 

[HilltopperVol89]

Nothing like a good ole' Kentucky boy wearing orange ... I love Fugate (no homo!).

 

[Hostess_Chaser]

Seems to me, the fullback role is almost always filled from a position change or a walk-on.

Fullback is a fading position in football with formation shifts and the emergence of the H-back. You see it in the NFL all the time. A two-TE set can easily be manipulated in to the I-formation.

 

[Sleegro]

I think maybe depth at every other position is more important right now, maybe next year.

 

[YorkVol]

after the "lack of color" thread I read the title with an "l" in the last word. . .