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Tennessee does recruit the the top talent in Tennessee. There just aren't that many top level players in state. Tennessee did recruit Carl Stewart. They wanted him to play LB like Westmoreland, Moore and Al Wilson so he chose to go to Auburn where he is buried on the depth chart at RB. They were late on Moore because of his off field trouble.They are not interested in Thompson because of the two freshman they have plus the commitment from Crompton. They did not recruit Pennington for the same reason no big school did. He was a 175 lb wing-T QB in high school. He was a late bloomer. Besides Tennessee did pretty well with Manning and Martin during that time period. Sometimes the in state players UT does recruit choose to go elsewhere. Although, there are not too many examples of in state kids that go on to great success at other schools. Most of the guys in the NFL from Tennessee high schools played at UT. Take a look at all 12 SEC rosters. There will be fewer kids from Tennessee than any other southeastern state. UT has to recruit nationally to have a chance to compete in the SEC. It's ridiculus to say Fulmer doesn't know what he is doing. He's won 80% of his games. UT does have high ranked recruiting classes. They also put more guys in the NFL than most programs.

Carmel High School , Indiana is very nice. Carmel Athletic Facilities

The numbers I used in determining the bottom ten in 2A came from the TSSAA website for the 2001-2004 classification. Evidentlly according to other posts in this thread, some of those schools have grown considerably. Is there a place where we can see the numbers as of Jan. 2004?

Union City will likely stay 2A in football. The multiplier will send approximately 10 privates to 2A. In theory the bottom 10 in 2A would fall to 1A. Based on the current classification numbers those schools would be Rockwood,Mitchell,Tyner,Dresden,Manassas,Alcoa,Adamsville,Troudale County,Houston County, and Huntingdon. The current 1A's may have been better off playing the privates. Tyner,Trousdale,Alcoa, and Huntingdon will dominate 1A if they get bumped down.

Favorites on Paper (alphabetical): Boyd-Buchanan - Loses several key players off their great defense. Most of the offense returns including Peardon. They have the young talent to fill their holes from graduation. CPA - The threesome of Pollock(QB), Landers(TB), Sykes(WR) return. All three could be Mr. Football Candidates. They will have to develop several young linemen and adjust to a new coaching staff. Fisher(SS) will lead the defense. DCA - They return nine starters on both sides of the ball plus three or four key back ups. Wooden returns at tailback. Thompson is a Div. 1 prospect at OT. They also have three or four talented young kids that were primarily JV players last year that will make a difference this year. I'm sure there will be several others in the mix as well. Those three just look the best on paper.