Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXXI

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Bassmaster_Vol said:
I don't know about all of this other food ya'll are talking about, but I do know this: Take a whole chicken, paint it with olive oil, cover it in this: Plowboys BBQ 14 oz. Yardbird Rub | Academy
Lift up the skin on the breast and slide some rub underneath the skin as well and pour some rub inside of the chicken also. Heat your smoker to 225 and throw on some hickory and Pecan wood at a 50:50 mix. Cook for 3 hours or until it hits 165. You're welcome.
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I need to find someplace around Knoxville that serves good catfish. I went to a holiday buffet at Calhouns in Lenoir City and the catfish was stupid good, big white flaky chunks. Then I go to a different Calhouns and order the catfish because I think it is going to be good and it sucked, thin greasy mushy. There is no in between on catfish.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
I don't know about all of this other food ya'll are talking about, but I do know this: Take a whole chicken, paint it with olive oil, cover it in this: Plowboys BBQ 14 oz. Yardbird Rub | Academy
Lift up the skin on the breast and slide some rub underneath the skin as well and pour some rub inside of the chicken also. Heat your smoker to 225 and throw on some hickory and Pecan wood at a 50:50 mix. Cook for 3 hours or until it hits 165. You're welcome.
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
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I looked over my shoulder to see if anybody was watching me read that filth and drool at the same time.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
Don't they have a Jack Brown's or two near you now? I live near the original JB in Harrisonburg, VA. Their burgers are great and their craft beer selection is even better. The Elvis is one of their burgers, it has PB and Bacon. They use Wagyu beef. Highly recommend.
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bignewt said:
I need to find someplace around Knoxville that serves good catfish. I went to a holiday buffet at Calhouns in Lenoir City and the catfish was stupid good, big white flaky chunks. Then I go to a different Calhouns and order the catfish because I think it is going to be good and it sucked, thin greasy mushy. There is no in between on catfish.
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Cheddars has good catfish.
 
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JCP201 said:
Cheddars has good catfish.
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I grew up in East Tennessee and there are no good catfish places. For the last 27 years I have lived in Memphis, Alabama, and Arkansas. Until you leave ET you will never know good catfish.
You may like Cheddars and you have that right, but I am telling you all you haven't had good catfish until you have had some in the Mississippi River Delta.
 
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Ace said:
I grew up in East Tennessee and there are no good catfish places. For the last 27 years I have lived in Memphis, Alabama, and Arkansas. Until you leave ET you will never know good catfish.
You may like Cheddars and you have that right, but I am telling you all you haven't had good catfish until you have had some in the Mississippi River Delta.
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Yeah when I lived in West Tennessee it was easy to find. Oh well.
 
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Ace said:
I grew up in East Tennessee and there are no good catfish places. For the last 27 years I have lived in Memphis, Alabama, and Arkansas. Until you leave ET you will never know good catfish.
You may like Cheddars and you have that right, but I am telling you all you haven't had good catfish until you have had some in the Mississippi River Delta.
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Cheddars if fluffy white and doesn't have that muddy flavor, but yeah, I don't doubt there is better.
 
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Travis Haney,

Are you proud of a story written bashing CBJ's self-esteem? Is that the level of journalism you aspire to? I don't care if sources said it, I don't care if it is indeed true or not. I think it is bush league and TMZ/US Magazine type "reporting" to write an article in which you denigrate Butch Jones' self-esteem. Do you have any plans to uncover the personal demons of other power 5 head coaches?
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Haney's response:

I asked a question: "What's your view of Tennessee football right now?" This is what people said. Good, bad - or anything in between - I was going to write that response.

I was thinking about this last night: I really cannot name another coach at a top-25 job who is considered by many to be in over his head. I'd seriously be interested in suggestions for this. It's a unique storyline at Tennessee. This is legitimately how people feel about Butch. I suppose it's up to him to prove those people wrong.
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My question:

Travis, considering the response that your article has received here, do you think it's wise to be making other comments in other forums / articles that seem to be piling on UT? Specifically tweeting about aside from the Purdue jokes, there could be Tennessee jokes too because of two QB transfers having success after coaching / personnel issues at UT. It seems from this perspective that you've developed a bias against UT or someone specific at UT and it makes us not trust your reporting to be objective. While it's one thing to report facts, it's another to frame it in a "joke." What we get is UT has a culture disaster, and UT is a joke. What say ye about your objectivity?
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Haney's response:

Riley Ferguson was playing in the only CFB game going last night, so I thought it was an appropriate time to note that Ferguson (and Nate Peterman at Pitt) had nice seasons. When I met earlier in the year with the staffs at Pitt/Memphis, they were highly complimentary of both players -- and those coaches thought the QBs were mischaracterized as "jokes" after leaving Tennessee. In both cases, the Pitt/Memphis coaching staffs thought a weak surrounding cast led to assumptions about the QBs. In Peterman's case, they thought coaching played a role, as well.

I was surprised to see those two tweets were somehow taken to be an attack on Tennessee; that wasn't the intention at all. It was to echo what those coaching staffs had said about those players - and to note that they had been proven correct based on their play.

It's my job to comment about Tennessee and every other national program. It's not as if I even thought about my 2-week-old UT story when tweeting about those QBs. It was relevant, and that's why I brought it up.
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To piggyback on this, how does what you heard from the Pitt and Memphis staffs "seem correct" about those QB's? Honestly, that snide little comment makes you look foolish and makes me wonder just how closely you follow the sport.

Also, Bama had 3 QB's transfer this year. A&M had 3 transfer in 12 months a little while ago. Would you say the same things about them?
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Haney's response:

"Seems correct" was related to what the Pitt/Memphis coaches told me -- that those QBs had been undervalued upon leaving Tennessee. That's the extent of it. No subtext involved. It's an 140-character medium; not really the place for a full explication, I guess. I hate that that was somehow taken differently than it was intended. Was meant to be praise of the QBs, despite how they were viewed at one point in time.
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Travis, in all candidness, what has Butch or this staff/admin done directly to you or 247 to spark this barrage of negative attention that appears to Vol fans as a clear agenda, given we're targeted and other programs in similar distress hasn't been? Is this simply a click campaign, or has something happened we're unaware of? Your candor is appreciated.
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Haney's response:

I wouldn't say I know Butch all that well, but we've had pleasant interactions in the 4 years that he has been on the job. I imagine he isn't pleased with this story -- I don't blame him -- but it was what came from the question I asked: "What's the state of things at Tennessee?" As I've said before, I was surprised by some of the responses when I posed that question.

One thing I do not believe has been discussed/noticed enough: The entire last section of the story provides a path for hope. There were harsh things said about Butch's aptitude for the job, but I made the point that those same people thought he was a good person with good intentions. Daniel Hood certainly had good things to say and thought critics were off base. But there's doubt about Butch at this point. These voices indicated that exists internally, as well.

Ask anyone who knows me. I'm not a bitter person. I don't carry about burdens. I have nothing against any subject or coach in America, Butch included. It was an uncomfortable story, admittedly, but I truly believe it best represents how things actually are right now for UT football. It isn't the rosiest picture, but it's real.
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