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Recruiting Insider: Weekend preview

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4 months ago

http://tennessee.247sports.com/Article/Recruiting-Insider-Tennessee-Vols-weekend-preview-110873
UT will host a number of official visitors — and at least one unofficial visitor — this weekend during its first major recruiting weekend since the hiring of new coach Butch Jones.

This post was edited by Ryan Callahan on 1/11/2013 at 10:29 AM
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4 months ago

Thanks for the update! I hope CBJ can start reeling in some solid talent to round out this class!
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4 months ago

Huge weekend...hopefully they can get a few to commit before they leave campus.....great job Ryan
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4 months ago

Reel 'em in, Butch!
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4 months ago

these are the types of weekends where the staff earns their pay..if we can firm up Carr's commitment, get North and flip either Morris or Ford, or both, that would be an outstanding weekend. At this point, i would settle for just removing the "soft" from Carr's verbal..
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4 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Ryan when do you think those guys will be done visiting and we'll know more about their opinions on us? (when will you be able to write your stories about the visits?) lol
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Go get them Butch! What an important weekend.
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4 months ago

is derrick green gonna be making a visit before nsd?
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gosh it would be nice to i think he is a necessity in this class
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4 months ago

Wow. With all of these big time prospects on campus over the next 2 weeks, there is the potential for something big happening in Knoxville on NSD. Our Blue Collar Recruiting Tour will not fail for lack of hard work. Something good will reward their commitment. GO VOLS!
BUTCH IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. GO VOLS!
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I know there are questions by some about Ferguson's fit with this new scheme, but I have so much respect for this kid for the way he's stood by us and never wavered. I really like the kid and think he could be a good QB for us.
GO VOLS!!
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#RiseToTheTop #RoadTo7 "Give him six"
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4 months ago

Whatever happend to the 4* lineman from Hawaii we were recruting? I have not heard much about him lately.
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4 months ago

Nice to see the VOLS relevant agian in the recruiting game. Go Butch.
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I hope north sees what he needs to see to forget about UNC . (Didn't mean for it to rhyme)
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4 months ago

I am impressed by Ford's film. He's a double-whammy: a good player and a steal from Vandy. I would really like to see him commit. Not really as concerned about Ferguson's "fit" or other QB recruits at this point. I hope to see that Worley has improved and that Peterman is as good as people were saying in preseason last year. Peterman has four more years to play four. I know we need depth, and Ferguson seems to provide some quality there, but I think the next three and four years are in Worley's and Peterman's hands. Vols!!
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And I would jump for joy is we get North to commit this weekend. I know, he's scheduled to visit NC next weekend, but I am holding the vision. Green and North would be prizes! Vols!!
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4 months ago

Green will not sign with Tennessee. I have accepted that fact. I would like to see us lure Ford away from Vandy and hand him over to Graham. Coach could take most good three star backs and turn them into All-SEC. Look what just one year with Graham has done for Lane and Neal. We don't need 25 DBs and we should not be desperate for a big name pain in the arse. Henry was out best shot and the things we say in frustration on these boards helped send him to Bama. I would have loved to have gotten Kamara both for his talent as a back and the pipeline it would help grease.
And, guys and gals, next weekend is also a blockbuster and we don't have that many spots left.
Out of this visit I would be overjoyed if we could get North and Morris and solidify Carr.
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clrstory said...
Green will not sign with Tennessee. I have accepted that fact. I would like to see us lure Ford away from Vandy and hand him over to Graham. Coach could take most good three star backs and turn them into All-SEC.

Johnathan Ford is a four-star, Top247 prospect in 247Sports' rankings, not a three-star.
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kdvol said...
Nice to see the VOLS relevant agian in the recruiting game. Go Butch.

Thanks for posting, kd. See you had no trouble finding the emoticons either!
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