... he signed players from 11 different states, big surprise. Tennessee has never been known as a font of in-state talent and after looking at the 2011 juniors I don't expect that to change, at least not this season.

One thing that "He who must not be named" did was set the recruiting bar a lot higher for the Vols.

During recent seasons Fulmer spent much of his time picking up mediocre, low-hanging fruit from a well that had already run dry; the bumper crop of talent that he was use to reaping was running out the back door for LSU, Virginia Tech, Clemson, and any other place except Knoxville.

Flash forward, and Coach Dooley is drawing from familiar territory again and a few new places. There is legitimate talent that Dooley'...

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