Favorite recruiting class of all time?

#26
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cgbtn said:
Mine is the 1927 class which included Dodd, McEver, and Hackman. Freshmen were not eligible to play at that time. They became the Flaming Sophomores of 1928. They lost only one game in the 3 years they were eligible to play.
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Holy cow man. I hope you had to research this and are being sarcastic. That was almost 100 years ago
 
#28
#28
1927. The class that put Tennessee football on the map.

http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n1a.pdf

The “Flaming Sophomores” had burnt up the competition in 1928 and built a solid foundation for football success in the years to come. Seven sophomores had starting roles on the 1928 version of the Vols during a time when a player played both offense and defense. Dodd later said Neyland recruited more good athletes in this class than he ever did again.
Dodd and McEver both went on to become members of the College Football Hall of Fame, and Neyland, also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, became one of the greatest coaches in college football history. Neyland later said “The ‘28 team probably was not the greatest team but it was the most colorful. And it gave me more thrills than any of the others that I have ever coached.” Former Tennessee Athletic Director Bob Woodruff said McEver’s return of the opening kickoff against Alabama in 1928 was the first step on Tennessee’s road to prominence. The sophomore class of 1928 would lose only one game during its three years of competition, and the “Flaming Sophomores” got it all started in 1928 as Tennessee moved into the elite of college football.
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cgbtn said:
Mine is the 1927 class which included Dodd, McEver, and Hackman. Freshmen were not eligible to play at that time. They became the Flaming Sophomores of 1928. They lost only one game in the 3 years they were eligible to play.
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Ah, yes, I remember like it was yesterday...not!
Damn, way to go big fella. I would loved to have seen that. Good luck and hang in there.:salute:
GO VOLS!
 
#33
#33
This class across the board is the best I've seen Tennessee land. It is definitely up there with the 94 and 97 classes. Yes I know there isn't an Elite QB in it but this class is very good at just about every position. The DL, LB and DB classes are all outstanding. The TE and WR units are outstanding and you cant go wrong with a 5-star RB either. The OL class isn't one of the better ones I've seen Tennessee land but it is solid and next year they should have a monster class on the OL with Jones, Stewart and guys they are already in good shape with like Austin Clark and Drew Richmond.
 
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butchna said:
Wasn't that the class that was loaded with Tennessee high school linemen?...Lenoir and Mays?...if so it's the first year I started financing preseason magazines...recruiting was in my blood...I remember preinternet that there was a lot of negative rumblings about the relative lack of skill players to big uglies...that class was big...like you said...in reestablishing physicality in the TVA years
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There were some lineman like Charles McRae and Antoine Davis who were first round draft picks but there guys like Reggie Cobb, Anthony Miller, Alvin Harper, Greg Amsler, Tracy Hayworth, Vince Moore, and Tony Thompson too.
 
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