@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman I don’t disagree with you, but certain schools do regularly turn out all pro Pro bowl players and first round draft picks more than others.
@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman What did it do for him though? In terms of NFL prospects. He led the SEC in rushing and he still ended up being a fourth round draft pick
@Blue2Bongo@Michigander1212@BluePrintJay I’m not saying I blame either him or Michigan for it. I’m just saying that it does happen in recruiting when schools literally gave a half ass effort towards recruiting a guy. Because there was somebody else that they had in mind.
@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman That’s literally the opposite of development. He took a guy who if he was at a legit program probably would’ve been a first round pick and got him drafted in the fourth round.
@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman I don’t push narratives over here. I push reality if he wants to go seven and five and play in the music city bowl he will go to Tennessee if he wants to be a national champion a first round draft pick be highly successful. He’s gonna go to Ohio State.
@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman Now, if we really wanted to talk about development, we could talk about the fact that a running back was at Tennessee who led the SEC in rushing got drafted lower than an Ohio State backup in 2024 and is now quite literally his back up in the league
@Michigander1212@Blue2Bongo@BluePrintJay CJ car is literally quoted as saying I felt like they just assumed I would go there because of my family, but I never felt like they ever actually wanted me
@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman Cool story bro… i’m not using this argument to take anything away from the player even in good development cases it’s always the player.
@Michigander1212@Blue2Bongo@BluePrintJay No, we just didn’t try for him not with genuine effort. The same way how you guys didn’t really try for CJ car or didn’t really try for Dante Moore.
@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman Jeremiah Smith was wide receiver, number one, literally from the jump… Bo Jackson was not Bo Jackson was also a four star recruit. The #6 ranked rb and not even a top 200 player per 247
@bigmarcusbbq@BearCFB@WhiteVolman Why are you arguing semantics? He clearly wasn’t a starter from week one which was my original point which shows the development.
@Michigander1212@Blue2Bongo@BluePrintJay They didn’t put real effort into recruiting him. Just because the school doesn’t official visit and gives an offer doesn’t mean it’s legitimate effort. Everything around the program was saying like yeah if we get him cool but ddg is in the next class
@bigmarcusbbq@WhiteVolman It really doesn’t, though he was not the number one running back in Last years class. When he got to Ohio State, he wasn’t regarded as that he was actually if I remember correctly, running back number three entering the year.
@SullenSerf There is zero argument to Tennessee developing running backs better. Our backup running back in 2024 got drafted higher than your starting running back in 2024 and now backs up that same running back. If this doesn’t tell you what you need to know about development than nothing
@bigmarcusbbq@WhiteVolman Development isn’t just a year a year why don’t you look at how those freshmen did for Ohio State compared to how the ones did for Tennessee. We can talk about running back development too. Bo Jackson was a true freshman btw