Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. Tennessee Football hype continues to slowly build More hype is coming for Tennessee Football as the Vols will start the season ranked No. Getting 11 commits in 15 calendar days is almost unheard of outside of the normal signing periods of late December and early February. Does the early recruiting hype match reality for the Volunteers? 5 minutes ago #1. As coronavirus clouds began parting ever so briefly in late April and the Tennessee Valley weather started to heat, so too did the Tennessee football recruiting machine. Take a look at it here. Happens every year, in every class, at every school, in every conference. Your privacy is safe with us. "We’ve got to play with confidence. Create explosive plays. Yes and no. https://allfortennessee.com/2020/04/07/tennessee-football-hype-video-2020 Your privacy is safe with us. As mentioned, even the most ardent and “committed” of these commits can’t sign until December 16, 2020. The 2020 college football season is less than three months away, which means it’s time for pre-season rankings to start filtering out. Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. Though they may have a good coaching staff, how sure are we rivals Kentucky and South Carolina don’t have better players than them? While fairly impressive, let’s not run away with expectations just yet for this 2021 Tennessee recruiting class. And 247Sports’ own Thomas Goldkamp tried to drag me a little for it, but I’m proved right, I think. Tennessee’s strength this year is along the offensive line with Trey Smith and hopefully Cade Mays headlining it. Please sign in or register. 16 in the nation. However, with the cancelation of all winter and spring sports and baseball not underway yet, the countdown has begun much earlier. As currently comprised, and for all the May recruiting chest-thumping that some fans have done, this isn’t a championship class. Pruitt is leading one of the hottest teams in college football. Hey fellow Vol fans, here is a hype video I created for the upcoming football season...I am very optimistic about the team this year. The Vols need to go 6-4, probably 7-3 with an upset victory over one of their three rivals (Alabama, Florida, Georgia) for us to know for sure Pruitt is the answered prayers to the 2010s Rocky Top Horror Show. We made it.IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE! Trey Smith, Tennessee Volunteers. Knoxville News Sentinel. Were it not for a fantastic mid-season turnaround last year, this would be a different article. At the moment, nobody knows when or if sports will return this year. This will be the first time; however, a Jeremy Pruitt-led football team has been ranked in the top-25. The video seems very standard, opening with the question, “Why Tennessee?” It then shows a few highlights and has different unnamed players narrating why they chose the Vols. If Tennessee is finally good again, we’ll either see it or we won’t Saturday night in primetime. [ ?? History shows that there will be some attrition, whether from the side of the school or the player and family. Blake Toppmeyer. They do so as a team looking to leapfrog SEC East favorites Florida and Georgia as they look to win their first division crown since 2007. 25 in the country. News has fluctuated on a week to week basis due to coronavirus. I mean, you can act like Bugs Bunny in that race against the tortoise, if you want, but you’re kind of missing part of the point of that cartoon. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. As Brandon Sanderson wrote in The Way of Kings , “Expectations were like fine pottery. Thread starter cam_holt; Start date 5 minutes ago; 5 minutes ago #1. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.”. Don’t turn the ball over. But that brings us back to the original question: Is this recruiting hype sustainable? Sydney (@SHWrites on Twitter) is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. The May hype is there, but is it sustainable? So, in context, for Tennessee, and the SEC East, it does matter. Yes, 11 recruits in 15 days is impressive and these types of classes will even the talent landscapes in Knoxville and Gainesville. We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like. The prospects for Tennessee football’s 2020 season are extremely bright, and the music behind this video gets fans almost as excited to have coronavirus behind them as they are for the start of the season. Gang tackle. Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on Tennessee Volunteers and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. On Saturday night, after a long offseason, the Tennessee Volunteers will kick off their 2020 season against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Get turnovers. The other two times the Vols were ranked No. We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like.