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That sucks, but not completely unexpected.
I hope he likes mediocrity... We can tweet him a picture of our crystal ball next year.
Really? Be above that kinda comment. If it is about Vonn best of luck. Can't blame him for staying home.
Fine....best of luck Vonn.
There's nothing wrong with my comment... UT finished 5-7 last year which is actually below mediocrity... And we have a legit shot at a title next year... Definitely before UT has a shot at a title.
Yea, but at what point do we admit that we F-ing love OSU, and that it's disappointing to see such a good player go to a long rebuilding project.
Urban Warfare
Definitely Bell. but hey, if we can land Clark....icing on a great class!
I will believe it when I see it. Just because a Tennessee fan puts #vonnbell to a photo doesn't mean much to me. Tennessee had a lot of other recruits they were on so it could be anyone.
If this is the case, best of luck to Bell. However, I hope he learns to like getting pounded by Georgia, Florida and Bama.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
And Vandy.
Urban Warfare
UT is in on a few other players too... Tyler Boyd is one of them... I will believe Bell is UT bound when he picks up a hat in the morning.
Obviously, I hope it isn't Bell, but I think it is. Boyd has been a heavy Pitt lean and his coach still says he's signing with Pitt. Maybe that changed tonight, but it would be somewhat of a surprise if he didn't check in with his coach before or after telling Butch Jones of his intent to sign.
And it ain't Malik Brown, apparently. All signs pointing to Bell.
How credible is the source? I know it would be hard to find a picture of anyone at UT looking happy or celebrating rescently so... maybe I can assume. Any chance it's a different recruit?
The pic came originally from Butch Jones, so it is authentic.
There is a *chance* it's about a different recruit, but by process of elimination I think it's Bell.
Its a UT fan. Thats it. He just put #VonnBell with the tweet...just like anyone of us could have done the other day when Pantoni tweeted something like Five Star Friday.
I unfortunately believe in... This whole Bell situation reminds me of Marlon Brown.
Are you kidding me?
This game...wow.
Wrong thread...whoops.
Lol.
Class of 2008
Here is the tweet from Butch Davis. Obviously he can't comment on recruits before they have signed so it doesn't say who like the op tweet that has the #vonnbell in it. It could be Bell or it could be someone else, just thought you'd like to see the tweet directly from Davis:
How did he take a pic from his phone while on his phone? Conspiracy anyone?
uhh, people can send a picture from one phone to another phone. i know it sounds like voodoo magic...
It was sarcasm dude... Chill
"What does my tattoo say?"
"Dude! What does mine say?"
"Sweet! What does mine say?"
"Dude! What does mine say?"
"Sweeeeet-uh! WHAT DOES MINE SAY?"
"DUUUUUDE-UH! WHAT DOES MINE SAY?"
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
Why is the time listed as 3am, it's only 1am ET???
i was wondering the same thing. Maybe Butch Jones is in the middle of a dream about Vonn Bell?
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
Two words.....time warps.
Twitter has apparently been doing that lately...some sort of bug.
You can kill a fly with your slipper or a cannon. Either way, the fly dies. -Ramzy
Kevin Noon had a great tweet about it... Said after keeping his recruitment quiet for so long why would he let his decision out 12 hours prior to his announcement... I don't think it was Bell.
+1 I just went to post this when I saw your post so I'll put it here:
Thanks for embedding... Can't access social media on my work comp.
The only thing that bothers me is that the guy in the background appears to be holding up 7 fingers... But I agree, why let the cat out of the bag now?
actually the other guy ask him, if we score a touchdown and kick the extra how many points did Butch say they'll give us.
Maybe he just saved a lot of money on his car insurance
Now that is funny...good one B25!
Or maybe he just got the test results from his appearance on Maury and he isn't the baby daddy. Who knows?
A kid who played baseball for me just tweeted it was Joe Dobbs (spread QB). Now in no way is he a credible source but that's just what I saw.
You mean Joshua Dobbs, the ASU commit? That would be cool. Tenn apparently did make a late push for him, so maybe your source is correct. That would be great (for us, anyway).
Yes... Josh Dobbs... Thanks for correcting...
Just seen it, great call.
@216...love you man, but, "just seen it" is not proper grammar. "Just saw it" is better in that situation. :)
That's why we lightly poke fun using hilarious memes
I went to high school with Josh Dobbs. Great kid and he led my former high school to it's best season ever this past year. Would be a good get for UT
My sources say he was on the phone with his realtor and he finally sold his house in Cincinnati after skipping town so fast!
"Because I couldn't go for 3"
^^^upvote if I could
To Tommy Tuberville
Doubt it, Tommy left the realtor hangin' at the dinner table.
If that was Josh Dobbs, he'd be a flip from ASU. I can see some excitement for that, especially knowing how Butch Jones' system is predicated on a dual threat QB.
The guys in the background look like the guys from the post-Super Bowl Gronk dance/wrestle video. Less drunk, though.
Whoa.
take visit?..as in urbz making another in-home?
No offense, but that seems like a complete assumption based on something that happened like a month ago.
What does he mean to "take visit with one trip to GA"? Does Urban have an in-home left?
I think he was saying Meyer took one trip to visit Bell and convinced Bell to take an official to OSU.
yes i believe you are right. way back when vonn bell was playing in a championship game and urban was there, and right afterwards bell said he was taking all 3 officials.
I'm viewing this as UFM's one visit to GA got Bell to delay his commitment and take an official visit to OSU. So Derek is saying to never doubt UFM.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
They are talking about the visit a few weeks ago.
Thanks for clarifying, Woodshed. I read that tweet in a different way, but I think you read it correctly. Weird that he would tweet that tonight.
Oh ok... I see what you're saying... This tweet was about Urban's visit at Bell's state title game... Why would he just tweet that now tho?
No idea....
I agree that it seems odd.
He's saying that if Urban has the power to make Bell visit OSU with one trip to GA, he thinks Urban has the power to ultimately snag Bell's signature on NSD.
I read this as: All it took was one visit from Urban to Georgia to convince Bell to delay his decision and that Urban's conviced Bell is a Buckeye.
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
Ding, ding, ding. Correct - he is really saying Urban is a magician & that based on prior powerful performances by said magician, that he believes this young man is coming to OSU.
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
what a downer, ending on a down note
Perhaps Vonn was on his way to committing to Alabama when Urban jumped on his magic carpet and talked to Vonn and his family down in Georgia. Convinced Vonn to visti OSU. That trip may have changed Vonn's whole recruitment, hopefully ending up with a Buckeye commitment.
I wish nothing but the best for him, too bad though he probably would've put us over the top.
The commit was Dobbs. not bell. Vols 247 boards.
Awesome news. Thanks to you. And kudos to BUCKEYE_IN_SEC for calling it correctly.
I don't see anything saying it was Dobbs on the 247 board, can you link me to the thread/post?
I see several threads about the tweet, but nothing declaratively either way. i.e. I want to believe you, just haven't seen the evidence yet.
Sorry, my mistake it wasnt Vols, it was bucknuts. here's the link. http://ohiostate.247sports.com/Board/120/Butch-Jones-just-tweeted-with-p...
Ahhh cool cool, thanks!
Is this link working for anyone?
It was busted for me
Damn, people on this board are way paranoid.
It's National Signing Day Eve, welcome to paranoia.
Love that track Dan
This isn't the place to be if you're into calm and confident. Where's the fun in that?
How about drunk and laughing at pictures of kangaroos?
That seems perfectly normal to me. Are you saying it isn't?
Nah...that was my status update.
How dare you post something non-spazzical!
I don't know about this, but if it is true, I'd be pretty upset at the coach for stealing my five minutes in my ceremony tomorrow. You would think that IF he called Butch and said he was going to commit tomorrow, he would want it quiet so he could ANNOUNCE it himself. Hopefully it was something else... Think Vonn could help make this D elite sooner than later! Hopeful for Bell and Clark while keeping the rest of the class intact!
Yeah, Jones seems to be trying a little too hard here. It's legal because he didn't name names, but you don't see the Urbans and Sabans of the world doing this sort of thing, because they have nothing to prove.
At any rate, this might mean bad news on Bell, or it might mean that Knoxville is getting a Chipotle. We'll know soon enough.
The most "loud mouth, disrespect" poster on 11W.
What else can UT pimp? Their best booster owns the clowns?
C'mon now. Many of us Buckeyes are Browns fans.
Check the link to Bucknuts above... It was Josh Dobbs committing to play QB for UT.
Twitter has turned recruiting from something that was kind of fun to follow in the offseason to something almost intolerable. EVERY FREAKIN TWEET is taken way way way too seriously and it makes people schizophrenic.
The other voice in my head disagrees with your last point.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
So are all these schziophrenic people laughing at pictures of kangaroos?
Next on Law and Order: SVU
Somebody kill this thread please, I'm getting heartburn...
paranoid? not me. going to bed and will sleep like a baby. i will get up whenever tomorrow.
Liar!!!!!
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
Love when McCain said he slept like a baby on election night ... he woke up crying every 2 hours
Less than 10 hrs people......
I literally just signed on and read this entire thread at once...talk about quick mood swings haha
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Here is my theory on the Jones tweet
They either
1) Flipped Joshua Dobbs from ASU or commitment from George Adeosun
2) Family related
3) Farting around to create more NSD drama
I don't think Bell will know his decision until when he wakes up today.
Or, the pizza guy called to say he was out front waiting to be buzzed in.
Did Luke Fickell get that pizza guy transfered all the way to Knoxville?
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
I think Bell knew what his decision was when he went to bed Gene.
But I don't think Butch knew.
Hoping to celebrate with this little ditty in less than 10 hrs.
I just thought about tweeting that I woke up in the middle of the night and all our guys flipped to SCum. The NCAA allowed them 25 more scholarships to keep their coach away from the buffet at the annual rules meetings. Let's all freak out at once now.
I heard Jalin Marshall does not even have a Twitter account. OMG. Can he still enroll?
I say make him a captain, then.
I was so excited when it was rumored that Urbz banned Twitter accounts. Self absorbed bullshit for these kids that dont need their egos blown out of proportion.
I believe he does. I follow him. @JalinMarshall
Found this on Jalin Marshalls Twitter page......it'd be a shame if they didn't get to terrorize defenses together.
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
If he goes to Tenn then he goes, best of luck to him. I have a feeling were going to be just fine with the talent that we have now. Look what we did last season with players that were not technically Urban's...
Man the UT fans on their boards are acting like they will be national title contenders next year if they land Vonn Bell. He's a great football player, but its going to take years of good classes before UT is back to that level. Probably would take longer than what Bell can even be there. If he doesn't commit to the good guys at least he'll go down with guys like James Quick and Stefon Diggs as guys we'll never have to worry about. Maybe UFM will have a dream tonight!!!
people need to calm down about tweets, unless news breaks (with credible sources) that suggest or confirm that a player has committed, there is no sense in getting worked up...many thought we had Quick in the bag after some tweets from Zach Smith...but to illustrate the rollercoaster ride that is recruiting (from a fans perspective), you all should scroll down this comment this, this stuff is incredibly unpredictable eh?
Totally agree. I am also trolling through a NSD forum at 6am looking for news.
No matter how good a class is there is always going to be NSD surprises and disappointments. Diggs? Henderson?
The most important members of this class are already in, Mike Mitchell has superstar written all over him.
We have plenty of "athletes" in this class that can be coached into safeties. Bell would be a nice pickup, but this is already a killer class that any team not Alabama or Florida would love to have.
So, what is the deal here? Is this thread accurate? Or is it just another hastily made thread from a tweet interpretation?
The latter.
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
We will know soon enough, but the consensus is that it is the latter.
Thanks for the actual update. Wasn't too happy to see that headline starting the day. Then trying to decipher the actual goings on. Hope the day isn't one thread after another of those deciding on their own what the news is.
FWIW, the Rivals experts are split 4:4 on OSU vs tennessee for bell. They have EZE staying at tOSU.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1466495
So in other words they'll both end up at Bama. lol
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
This thread has become a distraction. Sorry everyone. Will mark for deletion