Recruiting Forum Football Talk XIX

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Ericvol2096 said:
Yup been the plan for a week. A few hrs earlier than I thought but I like the just stand alone tweet bomb they decided on!

Booooooom! Feels like this team will be like the 1989 squad.
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Bigtime news for sure. It's nice to have something like this go our way for once.
 
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I bet this is what the team is like right now. I know I am! BOOM!!!!! :)

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OGbabyaviVol said:
I am, too! Can to wait! May end up going to Neyland the following week for Oklahoma game.
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I've been thinking for the last month that I was going to be in South Carolina for the BG game.

I've been extra helpful since the baby was born........this morning my wife told me I didn't have to go with her.

I'm so excited! I only live 20 minutes from downtown, but I'm thinking I may sleep in a box by the river now, just to wake up closer to the stadium on game day. :rock:
 
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Next time this happens, vol fans need to organize and assign numbers between 0001 and 9999. Whenever a call to action is made, you dial (865) 974 and your number. You explain your complaint to the university employee who answers the phone, and call back every day until the problem is fixed.

If we get 5 or 6 people assigned to each number, I imagine they'll cave to our demands.

Blue font, but I bet it would work.
 
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From the ESPN article:

The separation of church and football -- not to mention church and public education -- blurred at Tennessee, Foster says. Coaches, led by head coach Phil Fulmer, scheduled trips to Sunday church services as team-building exercises. Foster asked to be excused. He was denied. (The school confirmed that these team-building exercises to churches took place.) Word spread: Foster was arrogant, selfish, difficult to coach. "They just thought I was being a rebel and didn't want to participate in the team activities," Foster says.

"I was like, 'No, that's not it. Church doesn't do anything for me. I'm not a Christian.' I said, 'We can do other team-bonding activities and I'll gladly go, but this doesn't do anything for me.'

"So I went, probably five times. I don't want to bring race into it, but we never went to any predominantly black churches. We went to a lot of those upper-middle-class white churches, which I always found interesting because the majority of the team was black, so I thought the majority of the team would relate to a black church. I would rather go to a black church, honestly, because the music is better to me. If the majority of your team is black, why wouldn't they try to make them as comfortable as possible? But I guess when you're dealing with religion, color shouldn't matter."
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Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God

I wish the guy would just shut his freaking hole about UT. Geez.
 
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BaldBiker said:
I'm waiting on this too. You can't talk about Foster without putting in the quotes.
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He basically said UT treated him unfairly because he was an atheist, and he played the "I'm such a victim, it's so hard to be an atheist in the NFL and at UT, you're treated poorly.." Card.

Another chance for him to take a shot at UT while glorifying himself.

I've never been one to say much about foster, but he's such a whiner.
 
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orangeblood79 said:
Bump.

WTH did Foster say?
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Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God


The separation of church and football -- not to mention church and public education -- blurred at Tennessee, Foster says. Coaches, led by head coach Phil Fulmer, scheduled trips to Sunday church services as team-building exercises. Foster asked to be excused. He was denied. (The school confirmed that these team-building exercises to churches took place.) Word spread: Foster was arrogant, selfish, difficult to coach. "They just thought I was being a rebel and didn't want to participate in the team activities," Foster says.

"I was like, 'No, that's not it. Church doesn't do anything for me. I'm not a Christian.' I said, 'We can do other team-bonding activities and I'll gladly go, but this doesn't do anything for me.'

"So I went, probably five times. I don't want to bring race into it, but we never went to any predominantly black churches. We went to a lot of those upper-middle-class white churches, which I always found interesting because the majority of the team was black, so I thought the majority of the team would relate to a black church. I would rather go to a black church, honestly, because the music is better to me. If the majority of your team is black, why wouldn't they try to make them as comfortable as possible? But I guess when you're dealing with religion, color shouldn't matter."
 
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triadvolfan said:
Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God


The separation of church and football -- not to mention church and public education -- blurred at Tennessee, Foster says. Coaches, led by head coach Phil Fulmer, scheduled trips to Sunday church services as team-building exercises. Foster asked to be excused. He was denied. (The school confirmed that these team-building exercises to churches took place.) Word spread: Foster was arrogant, selfish, difficult to coach. "They just thought I was being a rebel and didn't want to participate in the team activities," Foster says.

"I was like, 'No, that's not it. Church doesn't do anything for me. I'm not a Christian.' I said, 'We can do other team-bonding activities and I'll gladly go, but this doesn't do anything for me.'

"So I went, probably five times. I don't want to bring race into it, but we never went to any predominantly black churches. We went to a lot of those upper-middle-class white churches, which I always found interesting because the majority of the team was black, so I thought the majority of the team would relate to a black church. I would rather go to a black church, honestly, because the music is better to me. If the majority of your team is black, why wouldn't they try to make them as comfortable as possible? But I guess when you're dealing with religion, color shouldn't matter."
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I understand his frustration

Don't think he need to shouting from the mountain tops, but I understand
 
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sigchig said:
ummmm I would be upset about this particular situation as well. Making a non-religious person go to church is like forcing a vegetarian to eat meat against their will. Except it's worse. Granted, I don't want to hear about any of it from his mouth but I can at least see this point of view. :hi:
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This isn't a "religious" issue. This is a "shut the hell up about UT" issue.
 
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I was opposed to wind sprints when I played football but my coach forced me to do them.

Plenty of stuff you do as a MEMBER of a team.

Arian Foster loved the spotlight.

I've told my story about knowing his dad while he was @UT. He wasn't broke. Dad made big bucks and went to Knoxville every week.

He's a liar
 
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Mike4Vols said:
From the ESPN article:



Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God

I wish the guy would just shut his freaking hole about UT. Geez.
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I agree that I wish he'd give it a rest, but honestly he's not wrong as far as these comments go. There's no point in mandating church attendance for a person who is not - and is not open to becoming - Christian.

It does amuse me that he says "I don't want to bring race into it" and then immediately brings race into it.
 
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Mike4Vols said:
This isn't a "religious" issue. This is a "shut the hell up about UT" issue.
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That apparently WAS the issue with him though. I wish he would shut up as well. Just saying I understand his point of view concerning being forced to go to church as non-christian. :hi:
 
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