Probably a top 3 RB (Hurd) and a top 15 Receiver (Malone) are just up the road in Sumner County.  These guys are big time players.  I know we will not get outworked but getting one or both of them can only grow the area's fan base.  I was hoping Jalen Ramsey would have stayed home but it just didn't happen.  Every school which finished in the Top 25 of recruiting yesterday will be making a pilgrimage to Sumner County many times in the next 365 days.

alwaysvu wrote: 104.5 said there all ready uTs. All of the tennessee kids will want to go there now with BJ as coach.LOL!!!!!

pinheiros wrote:

alwaysvu wrote: 104.5 said there all ready uTs. All of the tennessee kids will want to go there now with BJ as coach.LOL!!!!!

I don't know about the Malone kid, but I understand that at this time Hurd's top 3 are Ohio State, Florida, and Georgia--not necessarily in that order. VU is in the top 10 and will be in serious contention. I haven't heard that UT is in the mix, for what it's worth.

1975grad wrote:

pinheiros wrote:

alwaysvu wrote: 104.5 said there all ready uTs. All of the tennessee kids will want to go there now with BJ as coach.LOL!!!!!

I don't know about the Malone kid, but I understand that at this time Hurd's top 3 are Ohio State, Florida, and Georgia--not necessarily in that order. VU is in the top 10 and will be in serious contention. I haven't heard that UT is in the mix, for what it's worth.

But UT fans think they are in the mix for every 5* seeing what a great HISTORY the program has.  Jalen Hurd was a toddler the last time UT was even remotely important in football.  I suppose they are hoping these top recruits totally overlook what UT has done in the past 5 years.

Most importantly, don't forget...you can't spell BUTtCHugger without UT and Butch!

on Jalen Hurd's doorstep.  This is a program changer recruit and he's right in your backyard, and you need running backs.  CJF won't let this kid get out of middle Tennessee without a fight.  I'm not an expert, but I expect Vandy to be a player with Hurd.

SumnerCountyDore wrote: He has the grades, just not the interest in VU. That could change, but we wouldn't be a player right now. Unfortunately I think he would join the chuggers if he had to make the decision today.

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Malone doesn't have the grades or the interest?

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VUStan wrote: They tied for the east 6 years ago when they were ranked #14 with #2 ranked UGA and then UT fired Fulmer the next year. They did not win the east 5 years ago.

madmaxvol wrote:

VUStan wrote: They tied for the east 6 years ago when they were ranked #14 with #2 ranked UGA and then UT fired Fulmer the next year. They did not win the east 5 years ago.

Who played in the SEC CG at the end of the 2007 season?  Regardless of whether they won the East or were co-champions....the statement was a response to the post "Hurd was a toddler the last time UT was even remotely important in football." 

So that leads us to two questons:
1) If you go to the SEC CG (and finish in the top 15), are you "remotely important in football";
2) If so, was Jalen Hurd a toddler at the end of the 2007 football season?

Man, you would go right out of your mind if Ole Miss took Hurd right out of your home county....and became the 17th running back on our roster.....wouldn't you?

NJReb wrote:

Man, you would go right out of your mind if Ole Miss took Hurd right out of your home county....and became the 17th running back on our roster.....wouldn't you?