Football Program Under Investigation [merged]

[PG1]

If we are paying players we are getting them off the clearance rack!

 

[DaddyChad]

Hmm. Right after ESD maybe the AD does get rid of Pruitt.

 

[KCVolLaw]

If this is true there is zero chance Freeze gets hired for all those hoping he is the coach in waiting. No way we follow up a cheating staff with a previously busted cheating coach. Just saying.

Exactly. No chance Freeze is the next hire now.

 

[OrangeWave2]

You are moving a little too fast based on the information which is currently publicly available about this (very little). It is something to keep an eye on this week. If Pruitt is fired? Then there is likely something to this.

Smoke, there's fire. Even if postseason is steep, a half dozen scholarships could go out the window. Then again, if enrollment is down across the board, Vols might make out like bandits on this.

My biggest concern is Fulmer. What was his role in this? Complicit? Damage control?

 

[Myrtleturtle]

Wouldn’t that be the perfect ending to his illustrations career.

Leave him alone. He tried his best. The coach continued to play him. He is not playing anymore. You're just mean.

 

[BowlBrother85]

It would be a very Tennessee thing for us to be busted for cheating and only winning 3 games as result.

Not really. Whenever Tennessee football has been under investigation in the past, it's always been when we were at least mediocre - the Jack Sells situation in 1990, "Tutorgate" in 1999 and Kiffin's "Orange Pride" girls in 2009. This would be a new low... Someone compared it to getting caught cheating on a test you flunked anyway. Yeah, that's about right.

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

If a move is made. You gotta get Matt Campbell

 

[BowlBrother85]

Smoke, there's fire. Even if postseason is steep, a half dozen scholarships could go out the window. Then again, if enrollment is down across the board, Vols might make out like bandits on this.

My biggest concern is Fulmer. What was his role in this? Complicit? Damage control?

There isn't any smoke yet. You are getting way ahead of yourself on this.

 

[Volador]

Well, if we have to drop football, I bet we could get big crowds to watch the Men's UT Ping Pong Team on Shields Watkins Field.

 

[TommyJoe]

I got as far as unseen pics from 2000 and kind of wondered away.

 

[CAVPUT]

Exactly. No chance Freeze is the next hire now.

Not necessarily. Wouldn't let the fear of NCAA keep us from hiring a coach. We did that with Pearl and he's doing his thing with an SEC rival. Pruitt's problem is that he still thinks he's at Bama where they always look the other way. We hire Freeze and he's going to know eyes are upon him and his efforts. He's well aware of how to swim in those waters. I'd hire him in a nano second. Same for Kiffin. I'm not looking for a saint. I want a damned football coach.

 

[rdk4121]

There's no saying if Gray and Maurer are actually the ones that took benefits. They could've missed today because of COVID for all we know. Obviously that is the assumption, but nieds was clearly the one that was mentioned and he wasn't even listed as a recruiter for either one. Doesn't mean he couldn't have done it, and maybe it was the defensive recruits this year.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Probably good news honestly. Gives more of a reason to let Pruitt go, and I seriously doubt it'll turn into anything drastic

Two words "For Cause"

 

[1vol8]

Why in the world would you cheat to get Maurer? That makes zero sense. Gray I understand.

. Well...... let’s start with Elite 11 standout, strong arm, accurate, 4.5 speed, ability to throw on the run and off platform, quick release and an infectious natural leader.

 

[lilesrt]

Geez, if you're gonna cheat, have the results to back it up. A 3-6 record isn't cheat or even investigation worthy. It's not like there's any kind of return on that "investment."

Meanwhile, the major violations being committed across college athletes that truly benefit programs will continue to occur without penalty.

We’re not even good at cheating.

 

[beamerman]

If we are this bad while cheating then we need to just burn it down to the ground and never resurrect it

My thoughts exactly. Need to hire Bama compliance people, they seem to have mastered salary cap issues.

 

[Bleed-Orange]

That's Fan Nation. Still isn't a big deal IMO

Or maybe we aren't that big of a deal, especially on championship weekend?

 

[PNW Huskie]

Fire Beldar for cause!

 

[sona]

Self-impose a post season ban for this year and work like heck to right the ship? I hope we clean house, starting with the AD.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Freeze is 100% out as a candidate if a move is made. Can't bring a guy with his history in here with an investigation taking place.

 

[FranklinVFL]

For the 10th time. Pruitts name wasn’t even mentioned in the article. We are stuck with him for another year

He has oversight of the football program and his coaches.

 

[DNBVOL]

For what? Being the worst team in football?

 

[volfannbama]

Of course they are

 

[FranklinVFL]

Tennessee may get post game ban for a few seasons and a couple scholarships taken away. If they do, no coach will want to go somewhere with a postseason ban.

Why don't we go ahead and do a 1-year bowl ban effective this year like LSU did?

 

[BowlBrother85]

Freeze is 100% out as a candidate if a move is made. Can't bring a guy with his history in here with an investigation taking place.

Probably right.