SB Nation User Blog: volman

TENNESSEE GETS GEORGIA PEACH

volman — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:23:26 -0000

Tennessee got another commitment Friday, Nigel Mitchell-Thornton from Stone Mountain Georgia. Thornton is a 6'-2" 225lb. Middle linebacker, Thornton rated a 3* player by Scout.Com. is from Stepheson High School.

Burke Hayes of scout.com reports that Thornton is rated as one of the top Linebackers in the state of Georgia. He has very good size, is aggressive and plays hard. He has put on some weight, but still has range, so he should stay at line backer. Runs well and is not a match - up liability Very poised and plays through adversity.

Thornton had 106 tackles, 6 sacks, and 12 tackles for loss last season. Thornton picked Tennessee over Michigan, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Miss St., Marshall, North Carolina State, and Oklahoma State. Welcome to Tennessee Nigel. More News To Come, Go Vols !! Old Smokey

ALABAMA PLAYER PICKS ORANGE !!!

volman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:29:53 -0000

Austin High School player D.T. Shackelford from Decatur Alabama committed to Coach Phil Fulmer today. Shackelford picked ORANGE over Crimson. Shackelford is a 6'-2" 235 lb. Linebacker and as a junior he led his team with 102 tackles, He also had 7.5 sacks, and with a nose for the football He had five fumble recoveries. Shackelford is a hard hitter and is rated a 3 * player by Scout..com. Alabamas loss will be Tennessee's gain.

Shackelford picked Tennessee over Auburn, Mississippi, Miss St.,South Carolina,Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Alabama. Welcome to Big Orange Country. Go Vols !! More News To Come, Old Smokey

Hooray Vols Get Defensive Tackle

volman — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:46:40 -0000

Tennessee picked up a verbal commitment from San Francisco city Junior College Edwin Herbert. Tennessee needs Defensive Tackles and it looks like they got a good one . I hope we have more to come. Go Vols !!!! More News To Come, Old Smokey P.S. this is all the news I can pick up on Mr. Herbert right now but I will be turning over more rocks to find out all I can. Herbert commited on Saturday along with wide receiver Sach Rogers. I will also try to find more info on Rogers also. So yall stay tuned in. Later, Old Smokey

FAMILY TRADITION

volman — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:21:24 -0000

Zach Rogers the younger brother of Tennessee wide receiver Austin Rogers will join his brother as a Volunteer. This is great news, Zach told Coach Fulmer he will play in the next level at Tennessee. Welcome aboard Zach.. I feel that Zach will be a great addition to the Vols Football team, Zach has great speed and great hands to catch the football with. With Sachs older brother Austin being at UT , should make it better to adjust to college life and help him threw the ropes of the Football team.. Go Vols !!! More News To Come, Old Smokey

VOLS HIT DAILY DOUBLE !!!!

volman — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:57:34 -0000

The Tennessee football picked up two Football recruits Wednesday with Defensive back D.J. Hunter and Defensive Tackle Antonio Foster.

D.J Hunter D.B. 6' 190 lbs runs a 4.32 40 yd. dash and rated a 4* player from Middleton Ohio chose to be a Vol Wednesday. Hunter picked Tennessee over Indiana,Kentucky,Maryland,Michigan, Michigan State,Ohio State and Wake Forest .
Antonio Foster 6'-4" 290 lbs Defensive Tackle who runs a 5.0 40 yd dash from Valdosta Georgia chose to be a Vol also on Wednesday. Foster chose Tennessee over South Florida,Miami, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Indiana, Michigan State and Oak.State.
It's looking better every day, More News to Come, Old Smokey GO VOLS !!!!!

PEARL OFFERS FOUR STAR PLAYER SCHOLARSHIP

volman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:06 -0000

4* player Josh Selby 6'-2" 180 lb Shooting Guard from Baltimore Md. who attended this past weekend University Elite Camp was offered a Scholarship from Coach Bruce Pearl. Selby who attends DeMatha High School will be in the class of 2010, Selby who can play different positions on the team is very strong and can score. Hoops.com reports Selby should be one of the top players in the Nation in his class.

More News To Come Old Smokey

VOLS STRIKE CALIFORNIA GOLD

volman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:01:31 -0000

Coach Clawson Hit Paydirt yesterday when Four Star Quaterback Josh Nunes said he would be a Volunteer. Nunes 6'-4" 205 lbs. with 4.85 a 40 yd time, is from Upland California, Upland High School.

Scout.Com says: Nunes has all the right measurables, good size 6'-4", tremendous arm strength, pocket presence, toughness and leadership, needs to continue to refine his release and work on making it more fluid.

Biography: Nunes is coming off a strong junior year in 2007 in which he threw for 2,105 yards, 14 touchdowns, and only five interceptions on 124-of 216 passing. a (57.4 precent). He earned co-mvp honers of the Baseline League. He earned all-state underclass sophomore team honers after starting QB for Upland H.S in 2006, threw 1,388 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 7 touchdowns.

Nunes has a 4.5 GPA and a 1900 SAT score.

Josh picked Tennessee over Arizona State, BYU, Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Stanford. Welcome to Tennessee Josh, GO VOLS !!!!!

NEWS FROM SMOKEYS DAWG HOUSE

volman — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:49:42 -0000

Coach Bruce Pearl keeps on bringing top players into the fold. Today Emmanuel Negedu a 6'-6" power forward from Brewster N.H. picked Tennessee to play for. Negedu is the 13th ranked power forward in the Nation, rated by Rivals.com. Negedu picked Tennessee over Indiana,Georgia Tech, and Memphis.

" I've decided to go to the University of Tennessee", "I really like Bruce Pearl and all the players get along so well". "It was hard to pick a school " , said Negedu, "But I liked Knoxville, the people are very nice, Tennessee is a great School academically and Basketball- wise"., Negedu averaged 18 points, 12 rebounds and nearly four blocks per game. Negedu stressed he wanted to go to a program where he can win a Championship.

Well Welcome to Tennessee Emmanuel, way to go Coach Pearl.

More News to Come,, Old Smokey, GO VOLS !!!!!!!

FIVE RECRUITS SAY YES TO TENNESSEE !!!!!

volman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:42:54 -0000

Well I go on vacation for a week and look what happens. Why not Tennessee? Well why not, Five recruits say yes to Tennessee.

Aubrey Phillips 6'-6" lineman from Olive Branch Miss. Chose Tennessee over Florida St., Duke, Penn St., Arkansas, and Alabama

Nyshier Oliver 5'-11" athlete from St. Peters Prep. In New Jersey City N.J. . Oliver

chose Tennessee over Mich., Ohio St. ,Boston College,Georgia, Alabama, Virginia,and North Carolina.

JeQuari Schofield, 6'-6" 298 lb. OT from South Aiken H.S. Aiken S.C. Schofield cose Tennessee over Gardner Webb, Charleston Southern.

Jarvis Giles 6'-1" 180 Lb. Tailback, runs a 4.5 40 yard dash. Giles is from Gaither H.S. in Tampa Fla. He is one of states top prospects, He rushed for 1,378 yds. and 19 TDS as a junior. Giles chose Tennessee over Florida, Florida State,Miami, South Flordia.

Kevin Revis 6'-4" OG, from Rhea County H.S. in Evinsville,Tn. Revis chose Tennessee over Clemson,Duke,Kentucky, Purdue,South Carolina,and Vanderbilt.

Looks like there are some Recruits out there who do Like Tennessee.

More news to come, Old Smokey Go Vols !!!!!!!

WHY NOT TENNESSEE ?

volman — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:15:23 -0000

[Note by Joel, 06/11/08 4:34 PM EDT ] This is an older FanPost, but it's attracted some extra attention today, so I'm bumping it front, center, and top. GetOffMyVols' line about it being a mistake to " confuse passion and pride with priority" is a terrific articulation of something that's been on the periphery of my mind for awhile.

-- Joel

Why not Tennessee ? I was just siting here on the porch thinking if I was a football recruit why would I want to go to Tennessee? What do they have to offer ? Well going back in time say forty years when I was a young pup, I played football, and Tennessee was the place I would have liked to gone , but now days things have changed.

I see these young players pick other schools that don't have more or better to offer than Tennessee, and I wonder why they pick other schools. Tennessee has one of the largest stadiums,Neyland Stadium to play in. Why would a player not want to play in front of 107,000 people every home game ? I think that would be great, and Tennessee fans are one of the best group of fans in the south. The campus is one of the most beautiful in the SEC. Located just 30 mins from the great Smokey Mountians. Also the chance of going to next level the NFL are a lot better than a lot of other schools, just look at the number of Tennessee players in the NFL. So why would a recruit not want to go to Tennessee, I don't know. I know I would, go figure. GO VOLS !!!!