The OFFICIAL 2017 College football RANDOM THOUGHTS thread
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Opening up the dealership is part of the recruitingThis mf needs to stop opening up car dealerships and start recruiting
TUA TAGOVAILOA
Superstar
U dumb af if u think he giving players cars from his own dealership. He gettin ready to retire to the lake to watch the ducks shyt in the yardOpening up the dealership is part of the recruiting
KRiLL (+)
Yo! Ho! Ho!
This mf needs to stop opening up car dealerships and start recruiting
too many facts here...Opening up the dealership is part of the recruiting
RammerJammer
#RollTide #TSC #RiseUp #BullsNation #RIPKobe
Tide Run This
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Can't wait to read the daily camp reports FSU got so much on the line at WR,CB and in the return game. Hope our WRs can stay healthy we need some playmakers to step up outside of Noonie and Tate. Jimbo gonna go RBBC early in season I'm assuming we got too RBs not to.
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We'll see they've just been a big ass letdown UCLA was right there going into 2015 I'm not falling for the okey doke until further notice. That A&M/UCLA has potential to be very fun game and is probably the 3rd biggest game of the weekend as far as impact on season for both schools.
Emmons gonna be Alvin Kamara 2.0. According to someone close to him who posts on a Vols fan website, he's went JUCO cause he wanna sign with Tennessee. We were one of his favorites early on last year before Saban came calling. He grew up a Tennessee fan in rural North Carolina cause of his father.
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FSU has 5 NFL RBs 5 NFL WRs and we have 10 NFL DL along with 9 NFL DBs
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What day do the official preseason rankings drop from the AP and the Amway Coaches Poll?
Nashville/Middle Tennessee is actually one of the fast growing metro areas in the country right now. Been blowing up in population over the last 10-15 years. And Tennessee Football's recent rise in terms of becoming a power in recruiting is directly tied into that. Tennessee has another top 5 class this year thanks in large part to the in-state recruiting base. More than half their recruits are from the state of Tennessee including most of their highest ranked player. And that is with 2 of the top 5 recruits in the state being committed to Ohio State and Alabama.
Tennessee's in-state recruiting base has become one of the best in the country. After Florida, Texas, Georgia, and California (the big 4), the state of Tennessee is right there with states like Louisiana and Ohio in terms of the number of elite college football recruits it is now producing. In 2017, there were 3 composite 5-star recruits from the state of Tennessee (OT Trey Smith, WR Tee Higgins, and DB JaCoby Stevens). That's pretty impressive considered only 32 players overall are made composite 5-stars by 247 in any given year.
And as great as 2017 was in terms of top-end talent, the 2018 class in the state of Tennessee is even better because its deeper (more 4-star recruits). That depth is a major reason Tennessee has a top 5 class right now. With that said, the early reports are that the 2019 in-state class should be even better than the 2018 class. So the state of Tennessee is actually become a big time force in recruiting now. If Butch Jones can hold onto these guys like he's done so far in the 2018 class, then he'll have the ability to turn Tennessee into a consist power in the SEC like LSU thanks in large part to the in-state recruiting base.
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I think the real polls will look like this when they drop.
These aren't my rankings just the way I see the media voting
Alabama
Ohio State
USC
Florida State
Penn State
Clemson
Oklahoma
Washington
LSU
Michigan
These aren't my rankings just the way I see the media voting
Alabama
Ohio State
USC
Florida State
Penn State
Clemson
Oklahoma
Washington
LSU
Michigan
Yup. You know this cause ya'll signed 2 of our highest ranked prospects last year (5-star DB JaCoby Stevens and 5-star LB Jacob Phillips). Clemson signed/stole 5-star WR Tee Higgins (who will be a SUPERSTAR). We were really only able to hang onto 5-star OT Trey Smith (ESPN's #1 ranked player in the country) when it comes to the 5-stars prospects from the state. That was one of the main reasons our 2017 recruiting class was ranked so low compared to previous years (like 2014 and 2015) when we landed top 5 classes. Our in-state recruiting base was raided.
This year we have done a much better job hanging onto the top players from the state of Tennessee and that has resulted in a top 5 class right now. 2019 in-state recruiting base should be even better. So as long as Butch Jones can find a way to keep Tennessee kids from leaving the state for programs like LSU, Clemson, Ohio State, Florida State, and Alabama, we should be a perennial top 10 team in recruiting. The in-state recruiting base in the state of Tennessee has EXPLODED lately. A good argument could be made that after Florida, Georgia, Texas, and California, that Tennessee is right there with Louisiana and Ohio in that very next tier of states that produce the most division 1 football talent.
I think FSU will be #3. USC #4.