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I haven't heard from him since we got Pearson and he switched, including tonight. I'm not sure if asu keeps their stats up on their website but I can't find that the guy has a single game statistic in 2 years. Looks like butch made the right call.
 
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True. One thing I'm uncertain of however, is if that WR Brandon Powell (the receiver who tore our secondary up) from Florida is that WR we had committed last year or in the 14 class.

If so, we definitely could have used him at UT.
 
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IndianaVolunteer said:
True. One thing I'm uncertain of however, is if that WR Brandon Powell (the receiver who tore our secondary up) from Florida is that WR we had committed last year or in the 14 class.

If so, we definitely could have used him at UT.
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I don't remember him ever being committed to us, but if he was I will be upset. He is a baller.
 
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IndianaVolunteer said:
True. One thing I'm uncertain of however, is if that WR Brandon Powell (the receiver who tore our secondary up) from Florida is that WR we had committed last year or in the 14 class.

If so, we definitely could have used him at UT.
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Yes that's him.
 
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KBVol said:
Yes, he committed to UT, then decommittdd & went to UF
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Yep they didn't know what position he was going to play like a dervin or pig when they first got here. He got a skill set I don't think the coaches know how to use yet
 
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IndianaVolunteer said:
True. One thing I'm uncertain of however, is if that WR Brandon Powell (the receiver who tore our secondary up) from Florida is that WR we had committed last year or in the 14 class.

If so, we definitely could have used him at UT.
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I agree that you want as much talent as possible, but UT has a stable of 4*/5* receivers and hasn't used them to their fullest potential b/c of a porous OL and QB arm strength. My fear is that unless recruits see more of Dormady, they may go elsewhere thinking our WR core are severely under-utilized/under-developed.
 
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I may be wrong, but I was under the impression we lost some interest in brandon powell, and then he committed to Miami first
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
I don't remember him ever being committed to us, but if he was I will be upset. He is a baller.
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He was definitely committed as a WR the summer prior to his senior year. Powell was then dropped by the staff. He later popped up as a running back after playing his senior season.
 
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Speaking of former commits --- I didn't want to start a whole thread on it, but if anyone remembers former UT commit Jerome Dews, it's starting to become clear why our coaches might've have quietly rescinded an offer to him. Initially, many people thought this was a shady move by our coaches; pulling an offer just because we had "recruited over" him. Now that things have played out, however, I don't think that's what happened at all.

A week ago, I got to wondering what happened with Dews. After his offer from UT was pulled, he accepted an offer from Marshall. He was quietly kicked off the team for unspecified disciplinary reasons this year. After getting booted from Marshall, he want to a Junior College in NYC. He was then arrested for armed robbery. Meanwhile, his entire Twitter feed is riddled with thuggish prima donna like posts.

After reading all that, I'm thinking that our staff must've noticed an increasing number of red flags on Dews somewhere along the way. That's the real reason his offer was quietly pulled.
 
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I believe Powell was committed to auburn before Tennessee also. He bounced around a lot in his recruitment.
 
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utvols74 said:
I agree that you want as much talent as possible, but UT has a stable of 4*/5* receivers and hasn't used them to their fullest potential b/c of a porous OL and QB arm strength. My fear is that unless recruits see more of Dormady, they may go elsewhere thinking our WR core are severely under-utilized/under-developed.
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Arm strength? Dobbs has plenty of arm, he lacks touch. He lacks the ability to sell a safety that he's going to one side and then hitting his prime read. Arm strength isn't the issue unless you're talking about Worley last year, and his arm was pretty decent.

If you go to UT you probably have enough arm talent. Rick Clausen couldn't throw it farther than 45 yards and he did pretty well.
 
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DL916 said:
Arm strength? Dobbs has plenty of arm, he lacks touch. He lacks the ability to sell a safety that he's going to one side and then hitting his prime read. Arm strength isn't the issue unless you're talking about Worley last year, and his arm was pretty decent.

If you go to UT you probably have enough arm talent. Rick Clausen couldn't throw it farther than 45 yards and he did pretty well.
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By the Georgia game that year, teams had figured that out about Clausen. Georgia kept the receivers in front of them and he couldn't make them pay over the top. Before that, you're right. LSU and the Cotton Bowl against A&M he surgically carved them to pieces. Just didn't have even a mediocre arm. Dobbs has a stronger arm than that...it just seems to lose accuracy over 30 yards.
 
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DiderotsGhost said:
Speaking of former commits --- I didn't want to start a whole thread on it, but if anyone remembers former UT commit Jerome Dews, it's starting to become clear why our coaches might've have quietly rescinded an offer to him. Initially, many people thought this was a shady move by our coaches; pulling an offer just because we had "recruited over" him. Now that things have played out, however, I don't think that's what happened at all.

A week ago, I got to wondering what happened with Dews. After his offer from UT was pulled, he accepted an offer from Marshall. He was quietly kicked off the team for unspecified disciplinary reasons this year. After getting booted from Marshall, he want to a Junior College in NYC. He was then arrested for armed robbery. Meanwhile, his entire Twitter feed is riddled with thuggish prima donna like posts.

After reading all that, I'm thinking that our staff must've noticed an increasing number of red flags on Dews somewhere along the way. That's the real reason his offer was quietly pulled.
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Not so fast, our main concern with Dews was size and strength and I do believe we are still in contact with him as a year in a prison S&C program could do wonders for him as he already possesses elite speed. Glad he has finally got his priorities straight and is setting aside some time to bulk up.
 
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butchna said:
By the Georgia game that year, teams had figured that out about Clausen. Georgia kept the receivers in front of them and he couldn't make them pay over the top. Before that, you're right. LSU and the Cotton Bowl against A&M he surgically carved them to pieces. Just didn't have even a mediocre arm. Dobbs has a stronger arm than that...it just seems to lose accuracy over 30 yards.
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Yeah Dobbs isn't accurate throwing line drives down the field. It looks like he's still throwing a baseball, loft under it.
 
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DL916 said:
Arm strength? Dobbs has plenty of arm, he lacks touch. He lacks the ability to sell a safety that he's going to one side and then hitting his prime read. Arm strength isn't the issue unless you're talking about Worley last year, and his arm was pretty decent.

If you go to UT you probably have enough arm talent. Rick Clausen couldn't throw it farther than 45 yards and he did pretty well.
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Dobb's for some reason throw's most of the time to his first read, it look's like he has his mind made up and throw's the ball to the first player he see's instead of looking them of and going down field, he could have 4 picked of the other day, bama just dropped the ball the week before bama took 3 back for TD's, he will look like all SEC the rest of the way because the defense's won't be as strong, for some reason he just can't throw out of the pocket he misses wide open receiver's play after play.
 
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BleedingButch said:
Not so fast, our main concern with Dews was size and strength and I do believe we are still in contact with him as a year in a prison S&C program could do wonders for him as he already possesses elite speed. Glad he has finally got his priorities straight and is setting aside some time to bulk up.
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Couldn't agree more. I don't know what it is with most kids these days but I think they need to look at Mr. Dews as the definition of dedicated. Crossfit is for sissies. Banging out burpies in the yard after a long day in the laundry is what is going to get this kid to the combine. And grappling with Ray Ray and Big Steve over phone time is strengthens the resolve and quickens the hands.

Dews gets it.
 
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DiderotsGhost said:
Speaking of former commits --- I didn't want to start a whole thread on it, but if anyone remembers former UT commit Jerome Dews, it's starting to become clear why our coaches might've have quietly rescinded an offer to him. Initially, many people thought this was a shady move by our coaches; pulling an offer just because we had "recruited over" him. Now that things have played out, however, I don't think that's what happened at all.

A week ago, I got to wondering what happened with Dews. After his offer from UT was pulled, he accepted an offer from Marshall. He was quietly kicked off the team for unspecified disciplinary reasons this year. After getting booted from Marshall, he want to a Junior College in NYC. He was then arrested for armed robbery. Meanwhile, his entire Twitter feed is riddled with thuggish prima donna like posts.

After reading all that, I'm thinking that our staff must've noticed an increasing number of red flags on Dews somewhere along the way. That's the real reason his offer was quietly pulled.
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I hope MDObserver is putting the fear of God into this kid so he doesn't end up in the pen the rest of his life
 
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