best WR receiver corps

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VegasVol said:
Only uninformed Tennessee fans thought that then, or now.

Which roster had more all-SEC players?
Which roster had the higher recruited players?
Which roster had more NFL starters?
Which roster had more NFL players?

Answer? LSU. LSU. LSU. LSU.
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Good Lord, I have read it all. Sorry Bro but this means absolutely nothing. I havent checked so i dont know, but who LSU could have had 10 guys who were freshman that didnt play very much become NFL starters but didnt factor much into the UT?LSU game. So it truely means nothing.
 
#28
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VegasVol said:
Only uninformed Tennessee fans thought that then, or now.

Which roster had more all-SEC players?
Which roster had the higher recruited players?
Which roster had more NFL starters?
Which roster had more NFL players?

Answer? LSU. LSU. LSU. LSU.
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Ah, yes, they were freakishly talented. That's why Florida beat them 44-15 at Tiger Stadium. And why they didn't beat any ranked teams in the regular season.
 
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VegasVol said:
Only uninformed Tennessee fans thought that then, or now.

Which roster had more all-SEC players?
Which roster had the higher recruited players?
Which roster had more NFL starters?
Which roster had more NFL players?

Answer? LSU. LSU. LSU. LSU.
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Which recruiting service are you using, and can you list the starters/players signed from 2001 rosters for both teams.
 
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Incipient said:
Ah, yes, they were freakishly talented. That's why Florida beat them 44-15 at Tiger Stadium. And why they didn't beat any ranked teams in the regular season.
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Lets not forget the fact that we annihilated them earlier in the season. It's an attempt to prop up his lover. Anyone that's not brain dead could of told you we had the better team that year.
 
#32
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VolNC2316 said:
I found a website (fanbase.com) Not really sure how reliable it is but these were the receivers listed on the 90 squad...

Vincent Moore, Charlie Longmire, Jason Julian (also listed as a safety), Alvin Harper, Harlan Davis, Tommy Campbell (TE), Mark Adams (TE), J.J. McCleskey, Anthony Morgan, Cory Fleming, Mark Rapien (TE), Carl Pickens, Craig Faulkner....

Dale Carter was also on that team...Didn't he two-platoon a little at WR ??...
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Pickens Played some DB, I'm not sure if Carter went in at WR
 
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SandoVOL said:
Pickens Played some DB, I'm not sure if Carter went in at WR
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Pickens played safety to put a playmaker back there and had a few pick, iirc. Carter didn't play offense, but was a dangerous kick returner.
Morgan, Harper, Pickens and a UT high jumper that could almost touch the top of the backboard had an intramural basketball team called the Lakers. They could have given the Vols hoops team a good game.
 
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'98 and '01 were both stacked.....with '01 probably just edging out '98 as the best I've seen
 
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vol4eva said:
Lets not forget the fact that we annihilated them earlier in the season. It's an attempt to prop up his lover. Anyone that's not brain dead could of told you we had the better team that year.
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It's hard to bring that up as an annihilation when we only won by 8, but the game was never in doubt, and they had no answer for Kelley Washington.
 
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#37
I haven't seen Willie Gaunt name on these lists. I know he was a great track start. But he could sure stretch the field and put some fear in the corner backs head. He also made a number of great catches when I saw him play. I ran on the track when he was practicing sprints and he was the smooth’s runner I have ever seen.
 
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pl3 said:
Pickens played safety to put a playmaker back there and had a few pick, iirc. Carter didn't play offense, but was a dangerous kick returner.
Morgan, Harper, Pickens and a UT high jumper that could almost touch the top of the backboard had an intramural basketball team called the Lakers. They could have given the Vols hoops team a good game.
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Carter did not play WR but he was a fearless KR. I was at the UT/UF game at Neyland in '90 (?) and we were up 7-3 at halftime. UF kicked off and Carter took it to the house by bouncing off a pile of humanity and coming out of nowhere. That started an avalanche and we pounded them 45-3.

On another note, I can remember only Peerless Price's KR TD against bama since then. My memory is not too good but still sad that our returners have been so poor since then.
 
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1Big_Orange_Fan said:
Carter did not play WR but he was a fearless KR. I was at the UT/UF game at Neyland in '90 (?) and we were up 7-3 at halftime. UF kicked off and Carter took it to the house by bouncing off a pile of humanity and coming out of nowhere. That started an avalanche and we pounded them 45-3.

On another note, I can remember only Peerless Price's KR TD against bama since then. My memory is not too good but stillsad that our returners have been so poor
since then.
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Then you will remember Von Reeves-my above post. He had a big play in that game. GBO!!!
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volstopfan14 said:
If I remember correctly, Banks was kicked off the team before the 2004 season. Also, CJ Fayton and Chris Hannon made an impact that year.
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I could be wrong, but I think Tinsley was a senior in 2003. It seems like he came in in 2000. Did he redshirt at some point? I think 2003 was pretty thin at WR. Didn't we have to move Mark Jones?
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Miavol said:
I haven't seen Willie Gaunt name on these lists. I know he was a great track start. But he could sure stretch the field and put some fear in the corner backs head. He also made a number of great catches when I saw him play. I ran on the track when he was practicing sprints and he was the smooth’s runner I have ever seen.
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Good point. When Johnny Majors recruited guys like Willie ... GAULT!! (as John Ward used to say) and Anthony Hancock, our speed was second to none.
 
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#44
And I gotta put in a plug for the Old School guys ...

long about '66 when we had sure-handed Johnny Mills from Elizabethton, track man Richmond Flowers and tough TE Austin Denney, that made for a pretty good receiving corps. I'm not saying they were as universally athletic as some of the later Vol crews mentioned above, but in their day, they were excellent with guys like Dewey Warren throwing to them. :salute:
 
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jasonvol18 said:
Well we will have to agree to disagree. We were outcoached by a lesser talented team. Now based over 4 years of each teams players they may or may not have been more talented, I truely dont have the time to go evaluate what every single player did, nor will I. But that year we had the better talent. LSU caught us at the right time and it was a terrible job of coaching by Fulmer. And I doubt Saban has ever been accused of bad coaching with a talented team. Just dont see it happening, and I cant stand him.
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Absolutely right. Tennessee had the better talent, the better record, the better score going into the half, the better *everything*. Fulmer and the coordinators simply could not adapt to the changes made by LSU over the course of the game. I recall there being a few admissions by LSU staff over the intervening years professing their shock that the quarterback sneak kept on producing yards in the second half ... but there it was. First and goal, throw the ball three times in the row, so on, so forth. UT simply didn't have even half the energy or competitiveness they showed in winning that huge road game at Florida. Aside from Cutcliffe coming back to breath life into the offense for two seasons, it's never been the same since.
 
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#47
a lot of healthy discussion on this board. i like it!
yes, whoever brought up the point of willie gaunt being left off was right. i forgot about him, he was a freak athlete. also, i did leave out eric parker. it seems he has had a better NFL career than college career.
 
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#49
VegasVol said:
Only uninformed Tennessee fans thought that then, or now.

Which roster had more all-SEC players?
Which roster had the higher recruited players?
Which roster had more NFL starters?
Which roster had more NFL players?

Answer? LSU. LSU. LSU. LSU.
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This is :crazy:

tvols75 said:
Which recruiting service are you using, and can you list the starters/players signed from 2001 rosters for both teams.
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If you mean players from drafted into the NFL from each team, it isn't even close.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
Your exactly right. I made that exact point in another thread. Fulmer was a fantasic recruiter, but wasnt the best Coach. All the talent he had and only 1 NC was ridiculous. We definately should have had atleast 3 and possibly more. No way we shouldnt have had atleast 1 under Peyton.
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If Spurrier had been the coach, we would not have had Peyton at QB.
 
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