Rebuilding the Tennessee Volunteers (NCAA 14)

[orlegend0208]

HUGE Recruiting Weekend For Tennessee

The Vols may have had the best recruiting weekend in College Football history. This past weekend Tennessee had four 5 star players visit... And all of them committed to Tennessee on their visit.

Week 5 Tennessee Commitments Recruiting - 2017
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Ashton Green	#6 ATH	HS	University Park, TX	6'4	225
Mike Nixon	#1 QB	HS	Mountain Park, GA	6'4	225
Mark Osborn	#1 DE	HS	Columbia, TN	6'4	235
Joe McLaughlin	#16 ATH	HS	Baton Rouge, LA	6'2	197

This is already one of the highest rated recruiting classes in College Football history... and we're not even halfway through the season.

Here is a look at all the Vols commitments to date...

Tennessee Volunteers Recruiting - 2017
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Ashton Green	#6 ATH	HS	University Park, TX	6'4	225
Dave Stewart	#7 ATH	HS	Covington, TN	6'0	205
Mike Nixon	#1 QB	HS	Mountain Park, GA	6'4	225
Mark Osborn	#1 DE	HS	Columbia, TN	6'4	235
Joe McLaughlin	#16 ATH	HS	Baton Rouge, LA	6'2	197
Erik Smith	#3 C	HS	Rockingham, NC	6'4	292
Erick Bailey	#21 OLB	HS	Van Wert, OH	6'2	238
Jake Atkinson	#32 G	HS	Harrison, TN	6'2	303

[Knickerbocker91]

Tennessee is definitely not screwing around. Seems like Orange is about the rhyme with Championship

[orlegend0208]

Week 6 Overview

Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Bulldogs
Oct 1, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#4 Tennessee Volunteers (5-0)	3	10	7	15	35
Georgia Bulldogs (3-3)	7	10	7	7	31

Team Stats Comparison
	TENN	UGA
Total Offense	510	390
Rushing Yards	238	163
Passing Yards	272	227
First Downs	25	20
Punt Return Yards	24	7
Kick Return Yards	101	103
Total Yards	635	500
Turnovers	3	4
3rd Down Converstion	12-16 (75%)	3-9 (33%)
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-1
2-Point Conversion	1-1	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-3-1 (66%)	5-4-1 (100%)
Penalties	6-70	5-40
Posession Time	32:07	27:42

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TENN	UGA
5:11	(TENN) FG: C. Golden, 26 yard FG	3	0
1:51	(UGA) TD: C. Lucas, 13 yard pass from B. Ramsey	3	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TENN	UGA
12:49	(TENN) FG: C. Golden, 42 yard FG	6	7
9:22	(UGA) FG: S. Gay, 33 yard FG	6	10
6:19	(TENN) TD: T. Shaw, 2 yard run	13	10
2:24	(UGA) TD: B. Ramsey, 4 yard run	13	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TENN	UGA
3:38	(UGA) TD: R. Davis, 6 yard pass from B. Ramsey	13	24
0:25	(TENN) TD: T. Shaw, 4 yard run	20	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TENN	UGA
11:34	(UGA) TD: A. Turman, 3 yard run	20	31
9:01	(TENN) TD: B. Shaw, 66 yard pass from J. Dobbs (2-Pt)	28	31
1:14	(TENN) TD: J. Fleming, 4 yard pass from J. Dobbs	35	31

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 3, 2016
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Texas A&M (36)	4	0	1500
2	2	Ohio State (23)	4	0	1456
3	4	Tennessee (1)	5	0	1370
4	5	Michigan (1)	4	0	1286
5	8	Georgia Tech	4	0	1161
6	12	Oklahoma	4	0	1100
7	9	Rutgers	3	0	1069
8	6	Alabama	4	1	1021
9	3	Miami	3	1	825
10	13	Virginia Tech	4	1	759
11	14	Notre Dame	4	2	700
12	7	Texas	3	2	698
13	23	Clemson	4	0	670
14	15	Kansas State	2	1	662
15	16	LSU	4	2	659
16	24	Nebraska	3	0	633
17	18	Auburn	4	1	573
18	19	Mississippi State	4	1	536
19	21	Marshall	4	0	487
20	20	Stanford	3	2	486
21	11	Michigan State	3	2	479
22	10	Oklahoma State	2	1	470
23	-	Illinois	4	0	339
24	-	Connecticut	3	0	219
25	-	USF	2	1	170

Week 7 Preview: #3 Tennessee vs. #17 Auburn

Matchup Preview *|* October 8, 2016
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#3 Tennessee Volunteers (5-0, 2-0 Away)		#17 Auburn Tigers (4-1, 1-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 36.4 (#22) Points Per Game 32.2 (#42) 431.4 (#32) Total Offensive Yards 445.2 (#18) 155.6 (#95) Rushing Yards 237.2 (#16) 275.8 (#9) Passing Yards 208.0 (#66) Defensive Stats Comparison 293.6 (#6) Total Yards Allowed 283.0 (#3) 65.2 (#1) Rushing Yards Allowed 168.4 (#48) 228.4 (#93) Passing Yards Allowed 114.6 (#2) Game Notes Kirk Herbstreit predicts the Vols will win.

[the red c]

Glad to see you were able to get back in it in the 4th quarter against the Bulldogs.

[DeltaTiger]

Tennessee is looking good both on the field as well as with recruiting. Looking forward to the next update.

[orlegend0208]

Week 7 Overview: Tennessee Loss

Tennessee Volunteers at Auburn Tigers
Oct 8, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#4 Tennessee Volunteers (5-1)	7	14	0	0	21
#17 Auburn Tigers (5-1)	14	3	10	12	39

Team Stats Comparison
	TENN	AUB
Total Offense	297	511
Rushing Yards	151	227
Passing Yards	146	284
First Downs	15	23
Punt Return Yards	18	35
Kick Return Yards	128	116
Total Yards	443	662
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Converstion	4-12 (33%)	6-15 (40%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	3-3
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-3-0 (100%)	4-2-1 (75%)
Penalties	6-49	6-57
Posession Time	26:24	33:36

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TENN	AUB
11:28	(TENN) TD: B. Jones, 12 yard pass from J. Dobbs	7	0
9:18	(AUB) TD: J. Carter, 27 yard run	7	7
3:32	(AUB) TD: T. Stevens, 34 yard pass from J. Wallace	7	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TENN	AUB
13:57	(AUB) FG: C. Hale, 40 yard FG	7	17
9:37	(TENN) TD: J. Croom, 7 yard pass from J. Dobbs	14	17
4:34	(TENN) TD: T. Franklin, 5 yard run	21	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TENN	AUB
14:16	(AUB) TD: C. Nelson, 60 yard pass from J. Wallace	21	24
7:52	(AUB) TD: C. Hale, 21 yard FG	21	27
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TENN	AUB
13:04	(AUB) TD: J. Carter, 12 yard run (2-Pt failed)	21	33
7:22	(AUB) TD: J. Carter, 1 yard run	21	39

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 10, 2016
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Texas A&M (37)	5	0	1501
2	6	Oklahoma (22)	5	0	1311
3	4	Michigan (1)	5	0	1292
4	7	Rutgers (1)	4	0	1096
5	13	Clemson	5	0	969
6	2	Ohio State	4	1	930
7	10	Virginia Tech	5	1	878
8	16	Nebraska	4	0	859
9	3	Tennessee	5	1	854
10	11	Notre Dame	5	2	822
11	12	Texas	3	2	777
12	17	Auburn	5	1	716
13	8	Alabama	4	2	714
14	15	LSU	4	2	674
15	19	Marshall	5	0	589
16	18	Mississippi State	5	1	579
17	5	Georgia Tech	4	1	565
18	9	Miami	3	2	526
19	20	Stanford	4	2	507
20	24	Connecticut	4	0	481
21	21	Michigan State	4	2	465
22	22	Oklahoma State	3	1	431
23	14	Kansas State	2	2	334
24	-	Arizona State	5	1	297
25	-	Florida State	4	2	259

Vols Get 2 Commitments After Loss

Week 7 Recruiting - 2017
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Dustin Bradshaw	#10 ATH	HS	Mundelein, IL	6`0	185
Ben Holmes	#22 DT	HS	Russellville, AL	6'5	247

With these 2 commitments it gives the Vols recruiting class a total of 10 commitments. Their class breaksdown like this:
5 Stars: 6
4 Stars: 1
3 Stars: 3

Week 8 Preview: #9 Tennessee vs. South Carolina

Matchup Preview *|* October 1, 2016
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#9 Tennessee Volunteers (5-1, 2-1 Away)		South Carolina Gamecocks (4-2, 4-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 33.8 (#30) Points Per Game 28.2 (#67) 409.0 (#50) Total Offensive Yards 434.7 (#28) 154.8 (#93) Rushing Yards 179.8 (#68) 254.2 (#21) Passing Yards 254.8 (#20) Defensive Stats Comparison 329.8 (#19) Total Yards Allowed 364.7 (#47) 92.2 (#1) Rushing Yards Allowed 186.8 (#80) 237.7 (#98) Passing Yards Allowed 177.8 (#38) Game Notes Kirk Herbstreit predicts the Vols will win.

[orlegend0208]

Quote: Originally Posted by the red c

Glad to see you were able to get back in it in the 4th quarter against the Bulldogs.

Yeah, that was a close one. I honestly thought we would have a bigger margin of victory, but a win is a win, so I'll definitely take it!!

[orlegend0208]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeltaTiger

Tennessee is looking good both on the field as well as with recruiting. Looking forward to the next update.

Saldy, we didn't put up much of a fight vs. Auburn. Hopefully we'll bounce back in a big way vs. South Carolina.

I am stunned at the commitment of Dustin Bradshaw... I've only had more 5 star commitments one other time and that was with a 6 star prestige team builder school coming off a National Championship the previous year. Tennessee is still a 5 star prestige school in the game as of now... O_o

I really appreciate the support though!! Thanks for following!