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  • big john said...

    Cast a wider net, catch more fish. Smart recruiting imo.

    Don't know that I've questioned the effectiveness of the tactic. Just believe that doing things that way strongly devalues a Tennessee offer (or offers from other places as well, such as Ole Miss or MSU - but they weren't considered big time offers anyway).

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  • lol I think you just proved my point. Your competition for three recruits against top powers against our entire recruiting class being recruited by those schools. We have to stack our team top to bottom with top talent to compete. Top talent at the level of top 5 programs. Penn State would be lucky to have 2 players the caliber of what Alabama, Florida, and the rest of the top 8 teams in the SEC recruit.

    I can't name a single player that could start for Tennessee on Penn State's roster with the exception of a linebacker or two. I don't give a crap about the record of State's team btw because your schedule is nothing like what we have gone up against.

    Why do you even care?

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  • Resurgent Vol said...

    lol I think you just proved my point. Your competition for three recruits against top powers against our entire recruiting class being recruited by those schools. We have to stack our team top to bottom with top talent to compete. Top talent at the level of top 5 programs. Penn State would be lucky to have 2 players the caliber of what Alabama, Florida, and the rest of the top 8 teams in the SEC recruit.

    I can't name a single player that could start for Tennessee on Penn State's roster with the exception of a linebacker or two. I don't give a crap about the record of State's team btw because your schedule is nothing like what we have gone up against.

    Why do you even care?

    Was originally just a slight irritation. Didn't expect all the SEC homeboys to start defending Tennessee. Thought this would be an obvious observation.

    Your entire recruiting class? I went halfway down the list, picked two guys and surprise, both only had one other SEC offer (Mississippi State). Yeah, I guess Bama is going after your entire recruiting class, eh? Right.

    lol Nice. Don't really care what you think of PSU. We don't have a lot of top talent, but we do have a number of players who would certainly start for UT.

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  • This nothing more than a worthless flame thread started by a Penn State fan. Penn State fans have zero business smack talking anybody this year.

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  • psubills62 said...

    Was originally just a slight irritation. Didn't expect all the SEC homeboys to start defending Tennessee. Thought this would be an obvious observation.

    Your entire recruiting class? I went halfway down the list, picked two guys and surprise, both only had one other SEC offer (Mississippi State). Yeah, I guess Bama is going after your entire recruiting class, eh? Right.

    lol Nice. Don't really care what you think of PSU. We don't have a lot of top talent, but we do have a number of players who would certainly start for UT.

    I don't have a problem with State. Just thought it was odd that you were picking on us and had to defend my team. Like you would

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  • psubills62 said...

    considered a "big" offer?

    Even if you forget how they're doing on the field, they've offered 247 kids (according to 247sports.com). That's twice as many as most other programs.

    Recently read an article where the writer (not the prospect) mentioned Tennessee as a big-time offer. Sorry, just don't see why being one of 250 kids would make anyone feel special.

    I understand your point completely.

    I will usually just label an offer from a BCS-level school as "major" or "BCS level" and the others "FBS" or "Division I"

    I am not a fan of calling school offers "elite".

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  • psubills62 said...

    Was originally just a slight irritation. Didn't expect all the SEC homeboys to start defending Tennessee.

    seriously? you didnt expect the SEC fans to defend a struggling former powerhouse team? ha

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  • Resurgent Vol said...

    I don't have a problem with State. Just thought it was odd that you were picking on us and had to defend my team. Like you would

    I don't have a problem specifically with Tennessee either. The carpet bomb technique has always bothered me, and you guys aren't the only ones who do it. Just noticed it being mentioned in an article and it bothered me.

    Certainly, I don't begrudge a fan from defending their team. Appreciate the debate, even if it was heated.

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  • JC Shurburtt said...

    I understand your point completely.

    I will usually just label an offer from a BCS-level school as "major" or "BCS level" and the others "FBS" or "Division I"

    I am not a fan of calling school offers "elite".

    Certainly reasonable.

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  • In my opinion fan bases and facilities are what make programs big. With all of the resent failure at Tennessee, if their record is 8-0 in 2013, there will be sell outs, tickets going for 10 times the face value, the Vols will be a top 5 team, and the media would have amnesia about their recent pass. Tenn is a big program.

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