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2010 Volunteer Football Commit: Jacques Smith
Jacques may very well be the M.V.P. of recruiting season for the Vols. The first commit of the 2010 class, Smith has been hard at work on the recruiting trail all year long. He's sold the Orange and White as hard as anybody on either coaching staff; when the coaching change did occur, he very...
Jets coach says Chuck Smith is headed to Tennessee
Talking Points for 1/26/10: Football Although there's still nothing officially official, that Chuck Smith is on his way to coach at Tennessee is certainly official-ish. According to Wes Rucker, "Jets coach Rex Ryan included Smith’s name in his list today of five assistants who...
Recruiting Tuesday: The Tipping Point
What a wild month of recruiting! In July, we had the following events: Chase Rettig committed to the Boston College Eagles on the 13th. Jesse Scroggins committed to the USC Trojans on the 23rd. Nick Lamaison committed to the Tennessee Volunteers on the 24th. Markeith Ambles committed to Tennessee...
Talking Points: Tennessee still desperately seeking Scroggins
Tennessee That "story-edit" up there? Yeah, I don't know, either. Bug. Will be squashed soon. You know I wish that I had Jesse's word. Eleven days and counting until Jesse Scroggins announces his choice between Tennessee, Southern Cal, and Florida. The fact that a 5-7 Tennessee team is in such...
Recruiting Recruiters: Can UT Go Ahead And Get This Guy A Cell Phone?
At the rate he's going, Jacques Smith may be one of UT's best recruiters this year. That's saying something, considering the list of all-star recruiters that Lane Kiffin has culled from schools around the SEC and the country. It's a point that Dave Hooker noted a while back, but it bears another...
Coach O Takes Care Of Himself: Tennessee Gets Another D-Line Commitment
UPDATE: Upon comments that this isn't necessarily a done deal, I checked and Scout has pulled the story and the "commit" tag. He's still listed as a "High" interest for UT only, so we'll see what's brewing. Meanwhile, take it with the usual grain of Scout salt. (GVX still reports it as done.)...
Talking points: CRUNKOVER edition
Tennessee Talking Points was scrapped yesterday due to CRUNK. In honor of Crunkday, I am blogging shirtless this morning. By the way, for all of you bloggers of other teams telling us we should be embarrassed, I direct you to Ooltewah defensive end Jacques Smith, who has this to say: I was at...
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