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As of September First, the Chimera is Awake

GOOOOOD MORNING, HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS!!!

GOOOOOD MORNING, HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS!!!

September First is not exactly a normal day in the week leading up to the first football games of the 2009 season.  The First (which I will capitalize throughout for soon-to-be obvious reasons) is the day in which coaches can get in contact with recruits again; the First is also the first day that the recruiting class of 2011 can be contacted by colleges, including offers.  Despite having to make preparations for Western Kentucky in the very first game of the Kiffin era, the Recruiting Chimera beat the sun to the punch and opened the day with phone calls.

Lots of phone calls.

According to Scout, eighteen high school juniors now hold offers from the Chimera.  Two juniors have already offered verbal commitments to Tennessee:  tight end Eric MacLain from Fayetteville, North Carolina and defensive tackle Anthony Johnson from New Orleans, Louisiana.  Five quarterbacks hold offers from Tennessee, all of whom list UT as a school of interest; this includes Teddy Bridgewater, who has been consistenly in the recruiting news for some time and may very well be the top recruit out of the 2010 class.

As if that wasn't enough, the Chimera was also busy calling up recruits from the 2010 class.  Scout ran a feature story on linebacker Christian Jones, a four-star who has not yet declared a favorite.  I don't know about the rest of you, but by the time Tennessee had made most of their calls, I was lucky to be coherent enough to safely drive on the roads.  By the time I got to campus and began my work for the day, the Chimera had been in contact with over 30 high school recruits (as best as I can estimate, at least).  And that was just the start.

They still had an entire day of preparation for Saturday.

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you take the dog for a walk...

and come back to casually check RTT and blammo

Love it Hooper! Thanks!

Having read Meat Market, it does not surprise me at all that they were raging red bulls this am in knoxville.

by guilded on Sep 2, 2009 11:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Would we expect anything less?

I really hope we can keep this staff intact for a few years….

Tennessee WILL beat Georgia on the way to 9+ wins in '09!!!
Eric Berry For Heisman!!!

by VolBrian on Sep 2, 2009 12:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The Early Bird Catches the......

Well, you know the rest…..

This is great news. The coaches have one foot firmly planted on the ground (W. Ky.) but they are, at the same time, looking always to the future.

Our coaching staff epitomizes the phrase, “No rest for the weary.” But I think they LOVE IT.

by azvol on Sep 2, 2009 12:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dietrich Riley sez

UT was the first staff to call him at 12:01 AM Sept 1.

by rblakeh on Sep 2, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is where talking out of both sides of your mouth would be a great skill.

You have two hands to hold two phones.

Two ears to listen to two conversations.

One mouth…

The chokepoint is obvious. Being able to double your talking would instantly convert a staff of 10 to a recruiting hotline of 20.

by Hooper on Sep 2, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

/rolls eyes

lol. just lol.

by Hooper on Sep 2, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want us

To recruit a 6 star!!

Kirk Herbstreit: And this years Heisman Trophy goes to .. TIM TEBOW, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA!!!
[ Begin music]
Jim Ross: My.. My god, is that Eric Berry's music??!!
Kirk: I hope not ...

by bobo_the_vol on Sep 2, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, I picked up NCAA 10 today.

Can’t play it till the weekend, but I’m going to play out each game (hopefully) before the game is played and post what I was able to do in ’em.

I play on All-American difficulty, but haven’t played much defense since Super Sim came in play — though I did play a Campus Legend as EB.

We’ll see what I can do — I think even I can make our offense amazing. J Crompton will win the Heisman if I’m still as good as I was ;o

Kirk Herbstreit: And this years Heisman Trophy goes to .. TIM TEBOW, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA!!!
[ Begin music]
Jim Ross: My.. My god, is that Eric Berry's music??!!
Kirk: I hope not ...

by bobo_the_vol on Sep 2, 2009 3:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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