What actually happens on official visits at Tennessee?

[David Ubben]

The dead period is over, and players can start making visits to campus. But what actually happens from the time players arrive until the time they leave?

We used open records and interviews to reconstruct a crucial recruiting weekend down to the hour. Future Tennessee commits Omari Thomas and Key Lawrence were there. So was Jay Hardy, Jimmy Calloway, Tee Hodge and Jabari Small. There's more food than anyone could ask for, a yacht, a photoshoot, a loose 1 a.m. curfew and Sunday morning breakfast at Jeremy Pruitt's house.

"You want to have fun, but at the same time, it's a business trip."

Inside a crucial 36 hours for the future of Tennessee's program.

 

[SmokeyDaBear]

Aww man I was excited about this but just click bait for subscriptions.

 

[swampfoxfan]

'KEY' lawrence

 

[David Ubben]

Aww man I was excited about this but just click bait for subscriptions.

Hey Smokey! Sorry you were disappointed, but we make a point at The Athletic to produce high-quality, in-depth work that our subscribers feel is worth paying for. Our business model is a bit different than most media outlets, and that allows our work to be different, too. Here's why we charge for access, and more about us.

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[Boca Vol]

Post existence of Social Media...not so much happens other than pics in unis, etc.

Pre- Social Media....Oh man!

 

[EconVol92]

Aww man I was excited about this but just click bait for subscriptions.

I hear you, but I have to admit that I did subscribe back in October and I have really enjoyed it and Mr. Ubben writes some quality articles.

 

[savannahfan]

Hey Smokey! Sorry you were disappointed, but we make a point at The Athletic to produce high-quality, in-depth work that our subscribers feel is worth paying for. Our business model is a bit different than most media outlets, and that allows our work to be different, too. Here's why we charge for access, and more about us.

If you're interested in giving us a shot, we do also offer free trials.

So this is nothing more than an advertisement. For me this puts you in the same category as "Coach".

 

[allvol17]

Hey Smokey! Sorry you were disappointed, but we make a point at The Athletic to produce high-quality, in-depth work that our subscribers feel is worth paying for. Our business model is a bit different than most media outlets, and that allows our work to be different, too. Here's why we charge for access, and more about us.

If you're interested in giving us a shot, we do also offer free trials.

Using one man’s free site maintained on a shoestring budget and because he loves the Vols to pander your pay wall is not cool bro....

You could have just waited and one of our brethren unaffiliated with you would have found it and posted most likely.

I know you need to make a living, but still not cool.

Thank you Freak.

 

[Vol49er]

Using one man’s free site maintained on a shoestring budget and because he loves the Vols to pander your pay wall is not cool bro....

You could have just waited and one of our brethren unaffiliated with you would have found it and posted most likely.

I know you need to make a living, but still not cool.

Thank you Freak.

I mean it’s not like it’s doing any damage to this site. It’s not competition, one is a message board and one is a sports journalism thing. Don’t even slightly understand why it would be unethical, if you don’t want to pay, don’t

 

[Hacksaw]

I don't subscribe to anything, because in my experience anything worth knowing will be public knowledge within about 15 minutes of its release anywhere. But I see nothing wrong with this post. And ultimately, it's Freak's call.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Using one man’s free site maintained on a shoestring budget and because he loves the Vols to pander your pay wall is not cool bro....

You could have just waited and one of our brethren unaffiliated with you would have found it and posted most likely.

I know you need to make a living, but still not cool.

Thank you Freak.

If you think Freak is struggling with money for the site, why don’t you go to his Amazon link and utilize it when purchasing items so that the site gets a little revenue at no expense to you?

 

[stevenrich2003]

I get what " theathletic " is doing. Personally, I just can not pay for it. They appear to have some really good info that I would probably enjoy reading.

 

[GlockVol]

Where's the part about the babes and the drunken debauchery?

 

[CragrockVol]

The dead period is over, and players can start making visits to campus. But what actually happens from the time players arrive until the time they leave?

We used open records and interviews to reconstruct a crucial recruiting weekend down to the hour. Future Tennessee commits Omari Thomas and Key Lawrence were there. So was Jay Hardy, Jimmy Calloway, Tee Hodge and Jabari Small. There's more food than anyone could ask for, a yacht, a photoshoot, a loose 1 a.m. curfew and Sunday morning breakfast at Jeremy Pruitt's house.

"You want to have fun, but at the same time, it's a business trip."

Inside a crucial 36 hours for the future of Tennessee's program.

Click bait advertisement.

 

[VFL1953]

Hey Smokey! Sorry you were disappointed, but we make a point at The Athletic to produce high-quality, in-depth work that our subscribers feel is worth paying for. Our business model is a bit different than most media outlets, and that allows our work to be different, too. Here's why we charge for access, and more about us.

If you're interested in giving us a shot, we do also offer free trials.

Yup. I subscribed last year. You, Dave O'Brien and Schultz are worth the price of subscription for me. And.......

"The Athletic Doesn't Hate Us."

 

[allvol17]

I mean it’s not like it’s doing any damage to this site. It’s not competition, one is a message board and one is a sports journalism thing. Don’t even slightly understand why it would be unethical, if you don’t want to pay, don’t

I never said anything was unethical so I don't know where that's coming from. And no it's not doing anything to the site. But I find it to be boorish behavior. Hence the opinion.

 

[allvol17]

If you think Freak is struggling with money for the site, why don’t you go to his Amazon link and utilize it when purchasing items so that the site gets a little revenue at no expense to you?

What makes you think I don't?

 

[HooahVol]

A huge sinkhole just opened up on campus near the Science and engineering building:

For some reason that reminds me of this thread.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Where's the part about the babes and the drunken debauchery?

That's tomorrow - Super Tuesday.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

A huge sinkhole just opened up on campus near the Science and engineering building:

For some reason that reminds me of this thread.

Probably due to some nefarious machine shop illegally dumping misdrilled and out of tolerance holes.

 

[Smokeyone]

Where's the part about the babes and the drunken debauchery?

That only impresses the debate team. Football players really live like monks.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

 

[Volgrad98]

A huge sinkhole just opened up on campus near the Science and engineering building:

For some reason that reminds me of this thread.

Elijah Simmons decided to do some power cleans outside. Worth it IYAM.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

What makes you think I don't?

Never said you didn’t. But Freak isn’t hurting and if I had to guess, I would assume The Athletic gives Freak a small kickback for allowing them to advertise on his site.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Elijah Simmons decided to do some power cleans outside. Worth it IYAM.

About to be a lot of foam pumped into that hole lol