College football offseason thread

[RedFlash]

Ole Miss hosted him last weekend and as far as I'm concerned y'all can have him. He's a sketchball and judging by the way he F's with reporters (told half he was going to Tenn last weekend and half he was going to Ole Miss) I don't like his character at all.

 

That's fair, OMC, I don't/ddn't like Bobby Massie character (or lack thereof), so you stuck with him.

[da bears]

ugh, effing texas.

[hawkeyecub]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtLWJwLNBic

 

The Hawks are huge in Korea.

[The Voice of Reason]

Recruiting trouble for the Big Ten in their own back yard?

 

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Why-are-the-Midwest-s-best-players-suddenly-shun?urn=ncaaf,216604

 

With one of the top-ranked prospects in Ohio, five-star linebacker Jordan Hicks, opting for Texas over Ohio State Friday morning, my Yahoo colleague Dan Wetzel notes an incredible trend in the Buckeye State: Of the top four recruits in Ohio this year according to Rivals, none are headed to OSU. In fact, between five-star headliners Latwan Anderson (West Virginia), Jordan Hicks (Texas) and Spencer Ware (LSU) and elite running back Braylon Heard (Nebraska), not one of the top four talents in the Midwest's most talent-rich state is even staying in the Big Ten.

 

Looking around the conference, the trend is the same everywhere. Aside from the exodus from Ohio, the best player in Illinois, all-everything receiver Kyle Prater, is already enrolled at USC; Indiana's only top-50 prospect, offensive lineman James Hurst, is going to North Carolina; the only five-star player in Pennsylvania, massive defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, is bound for Florida.

 

You can trot out the old argument that Big Ten states don't produce as many top players as the Sun Belt states, but the issue here is that the conference isn't retaining the players that it does produce. Overall, of 26 five-star players nationally, seven of them hailing from Big Ten states, only one -- Detroit defensive end William Gholston (below), who's headed for Michigan State -- is currently committed to a Big Ten school

 

Part of the answer may be in the gaping hole left at the top of the conference by Michigan's recent descent to the bottom of the league; Iowa and Wisconsin aren't exactly in a position to replace the Wolverines among the recruiting powers in the region, much less the nation. Some of it may be in the hammering the Big Ten has taken in the media over the last three years, thanks to its string of ugly BCS flops (six straight losses, all by double digits) from 2006-08. But if anything, that stigma should have lifted this year, after Ohio State ended the conference's decade-long drought in the Rose Bowl and Penn State and Iowa both won high profile January bowl games over Southern schools to finish in the top 10 of the final polls.

[E.J.]

Michigan has a top 10 (according to Scout) recruiting class after 2 dismal seasons. I'm not worried about their ability to recruit.

[shnsajax]

Michigan has a top 10 (according to Scout) recruiting class after 2 dismal seasons. I'm not worried about their ability to recruit.

 

#20 on espn (only 1 in the espn top 150), and #19 on rivals. But mostly they are lacking in any big name play maker recruits. They have a lot of room to improve in recruiting as they are more at Michigan State's level rather than Ohio State's. I am a little worried about recruiting. They need to make a hard play at Demar Dorsey even though they probably won't land him.

[dew1679666265]

Dan Williams is having a really good Senior Bowl through the first half. As a UT fan, that makes me happy.

 

Also, Markeith Ambles is reportedly visiting Tennessee this weekend. Good job by Dooley and staff to convince him to consider us again, now we'll see if they can bring him in.

[RedFlash]

Dan Williams is having a really good Senior Bowl through the first half. As a UT fan, that makes me happy.

 

Also, Markeith Ambles is reportedly visiting Tennessee this weekend. Good job by Dooley and staff to convince him to consider us again, now we'll see if they can bring him in.

 

Don't be surprise if Ambles doesn't commit to any team on NSD. He's seems to be the type of character who would draw out his recruitment to satisfy his go.

[OleMissCub]

Don't be surprise if Ambles doesn't commit to any team on NSD. He's seems to be the type of character who would draw out his recruitment to satisfy his go.

 

I agree. I'm not a fan of him personally. Seems like a punk.

[dew1679666265]

Dan Williams is having a really good Senior Bowl through the first half. As a UT fan, that makes me happy.

 

Also, Markeith Ambles is reportedly visiting Tennessee this weekend. Good job by Dooley and staff to convince him to consider us again, now we'll see if they can bring him in.

 

Don't be surprise if Ambles doesn't commit to any team on NSD. He's seems to be the type of character who would draw out his recruitment to satisfy his go.

 

Yeah, he's already strongly hinted he'll likely wait til after NSD to make a decision. Says he has a couple more visits to take (one to USC, I believe).

 

He's fantastically talented, but has been a bit of a diva.

[RedFlash]

Dan Williams is having a really good Senior Bowl through the first half. As a UT fan, that makes me happy.

 

Also, Markeith Ambles is reportedly visiting Tennessee this weekend. Good job by Dooley and staff to convince him to consider us again, now we'll see if they can bring him in.

 

Don't be surprise if Ambles doesn't commit to any team on NSD. He's seems to be the type of character who would draw out his recruitment to satisfy his go.

 

Yeah, he's already strongly hinted he'll likely wait til after NSD to make a decision. Says he has a couple more visits to take (one to USC, I believe).

 

He's fantastically talented, but has been a bit of a diva.

 

Utimately I think Ambles will end up at USC (its funny that Carroll pull Ambles scholly offer, and Lane extended it back) because he seems to fit the whole Hollywood scene. But who knows what he will do.

[dew1679666265]

Dan Williams is having a really good Senior Bowl through the first half. As a UT fan, that makes me happy.

 

Also, Markeith Ambles is reportedly visiting Tennessee this weekend. Good job by Dooley and staff to convince him to consider us again, now we'll see if they can bring him in.

 

Don't be surprise if Ambles doesn't commit to any team on NSD. He's seems to be the type of character who would draw out his recruitment to satisfy his go.

 

Yeah, he's already strongly hinted he'll likely wait til after NSD to make a decision. Says he has a couple more visits to take (one to USC, I believe).

 

He's fantastically talented, but has been a bit of a diva.

 

Utimately I think Ambles will end up at USC (its funny that Carroll pull Ambles scholly offer, and Lane extended it back) because he seems to fit the whole Hollywood scene. But who knows what he will do.

 

Yeah, I don't think he'll go to Tennessee, but I am impressed that Dooley was able to get him interested again.

[Guest]

Michigan has a top 10 (according to Scout) recruiting class after 2 dismal seasons. I'm not worried about their ability to recruit.

 

#20 on espn (only 1 in the espn top 150), and #19 on rivals. But mostly they are lacking in any big name play maker recruits. They have a lot of room to improve in recruiting as they are more at Michigan State's level rather than Ohio State's. I am a little worried about recruiting. They need to make a hard play at Demar Dorsey even though they probably won't land him.

 

I can't be the only one who disregards ESPN's ratings. They're pretty bad.

[dew1679666265]

Michigan has a top 10 (according to Scout) recruiting class after 2 dismal seasons. I'm not worried about their ability to recruit.

 

#20 on espn (only 1 in the espn top 150), and #19 on rivals. But mostly they are lacking in any big name play maker recruits. They have a lot of room to improve in recruiting as they are more at Michigan State's level rather than Ohio State's. I am a little worried about recruiting. They need to make a hard play at Demar Dorsey even though they probably won't land him.

 

I can't be the only one who disregards ESPN's ratings. They're pretty bad.

 

I pretty much only look at Rivals. They seem to be the most accurate.

[Guest]

Michigan has a top 10 (according to Scout) recruiting class after 2 dismal seasons. I'm not worried about their ability to recruit.

 

#20 on espn (only 1 in the espn top 150), and #19 on rivals. But mostly they are lacking in any big name play maker recruits. They have a lot of room to improve in recruiting as they are more at Michigan State's level rather than Ohio State's. I am a little worried about recruiting. They need to make a hard play at Demar Dorsey even though they probably won't land him.

 

I can't be the only one who disregards ESPN's ratings. They're pretty bad.

 

I pretty much only look at Rivals. They seem to be the most accurate.

 

I prefer Scout for basketball, Rivals for football. Rivals can be spotty when it comes to football on the west coast, I think.

[Derwood]

Rivals has Penn State with the #9 class right now, but that's on the strength of 12 4-star recruits (but no 5-stars).

[dew1679666265]

Michigan has a top 10 (according to Scout) recruiting class after 2 dismal seasons. I'm not worried about their ability to recruit.

 

#20 on espn (only 1 in the espn top 150), and #19 on rivals. But mostly they are lacking in any big name play maker recruits. They have a lot of room to improve in recruiting as they are more at Michigan State's level rather than Ohio State's. I am a little worried about recruiting. They need to make a hard play at Demar Dorsey even though they probably won't land him.

 

I can't be the only one who disregards ESPN's ratings. They're pretty bad.

 

I pretty much only look at Rivals. They seem to be the most accurate.

 

I prefer Scout for basketball, Rivals for football. Rivals can be spotty when it comes to football on the west coast, I think.

 

I don't follow basketball recruiting anywhere nearly as closely as I follow football recruiting. In basketball I mainly only keep up with the Vols.

[dew1679666265]

Rivals has Penn State with the #9 class right now, but that's on the strength of 12 4-star recruits (but no 5-stars).

 

Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC.

[Derwood]

Rivals has Penn State with the #9 class right now, but that's on the strength of 12 4-star recruits (but no 5-stars).

 

Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC.

 

As of today, Rivals has them 7th (with 5 of the top 7 from the SEC...nuts)

[dew1679666265]

Rivals has Penn State with the #9 class right now, but that's on the strength of 12 4-star recruits (but no 5-stars).

 

Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC.

 

As of today, Rivals has them 7th (with 5 of the top 7 from the SEC...nuts)

 

The commitments of Nash Nance and Rajion Neal must have bumped us up. Unless Rogers, Ambles or James Stone committed today and I missed it.

 

And yeah, the SEC recruiting is pretty silly.

[Derwood]

Rivals has Penn State with the #9 class right now, but that's on the strength of 12 4-star recruits (but no 5-stars).

 

Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC.

 

As of today, Rivals has them 7th (with 5 of the top 7 from the SEC...nuts)

 

The commitments of Nash Nance and Rajion Neal must have bumped us up. Unless Rogers, Ambles or James Stone committed today and I missed it.

 

And yeah, the SEC recruiting is pretty silly.

 

They only have Nance as a 2-star QB, but Neal is 4-stars. The latter 3 you mentioned are still not committed.

[dew1679666265]

Rivals has Penn State with the #9 class right now, but that's on the strength of 12 4-star recruits (but no 5-stars).

 

Tennessee is 10th nationally, I believe, but like 5th in the SEC.

 

As of today, Rivals has them 7th (with 5 of the top 7 from the SEC...nuts)

 

The commitments of Nash Nance and Rajion Neal must have bumped us up. Unless Rogers, Ambles or James Stone committed today and I missed it.

 

And yeah, the SEC recruiting is pretty silly.

 

They only have Nance as a 2-star QB, but Neal is 4-stars. The latter 3 you mentioned are still not committed.

 

Yeah, just went over to check. Earlier in the week we were fringe top 10 (10-12 I think), so I'm not sure what bumped us up a few spots. Unless it was Neal, I guess.

[dew1679666265]

Two more staff hires for the Vols.

 

Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley moved two steps closer to completing his football staff Saturday with the additions of assistant coach Harry Hiestand and football head strength coach Bennie Wylie.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Sean Weatherspoon was all over the place today in the Senior Bowl. Fun to watch.

[OleMissCub]

Sean Weatherspoon was all over the place today in the Senior Bowl. Fun to watch.

 

I've wanted the Saints to draft him for a while. LB is our biggest need.