Oklahoma staffer adds fuel to upcoming Tennessee game, subtweets Vols following flurry of elite commitments
Will Johnson appears to be upset.
If you don’t know who that is, he’s a former Sooner defensive back that now works as a defensive graduate assistant under Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma.
Following Tennessee’s huge week in recruiting, several fans from rivals schools and even Georgia’s official Twitter account, have taken notice of the recruiting success of Jeremy Pruitt’s program as the Vols have landed commitments from two five-star prospects, two four-star prospects and the nation’s No. 1 junior college running back this week on the recruiting trail.
It’s not just rival Southeastern Conference programs that have taken notice, however, as Johnson displayed on Thursday evening.
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Check out these two tweets from the Oklahoma staffer, including one featuring a photo from the Sooners’ comeback win over Tennessee in Neyland Stadium back in 2015.
Before sharing the photo, Johnson commented, “Don’t fall for the hype … it’s not real,” on his Twitter feed:
This comment is even better when you consider Tennessee is scheduled to travel to Oklahoma on Saturday, Sept. 12 during the second weekend of the upcoming season.
Tennessee is currently listed as an underdog in that game, various sportsbooks list the Vols anywhere from an 8- to 10-point underdog against the Sooners in Norman, but landing a win on the road against Oklahoma would be the perfect response from Pruitt’s program to prove the hype is very much real.
UT’s team will be playing in Norman with a strong OL, improved D, and capable backs. This team profile is very similar to K State last year, who had that playoff team on the ropes for 3 qtrs in their house. OU is rightly favored but OU doesn’t cover at 8 to 10. Definitely the weakest of the four strongest opponents on the schedule.
You could’ve chose any team yet you compared us to k state last year. The team who choked in the 4th. Lol
No-I couldn’t have chosen any team as the profiles aren’t similar. This year’s team isn’t going to put up the points a team like Baylor would. Bullying around a conference leader, even in an away blown loss, isn’t something to be ashamed of. I think we’ll have a solid program, but we still have to consistently beat the lower ranked SEC teams and then win a few against the better teams.
WGWTFA
Gonna miss D Taylor
the laters wont be as good as they were when they beat us in 2015 and we wont have the detriment of clown jones to snatch defeat out of the hands of victory. I wont predict a win. A nice recruiting run this week wont make any difference in that game. we will still be challenged heavily to pull out the “W” but I like our chances and some payback would be really nice. I assume Pru will tack this up in the various meeting rooms and locker room, along with the uga crap. These guys should be even more fired up to play these games.
While I am cautiously optimistic this year, and firmly believe we are fielding the best team in Coach Pruitt’s tenure, we still have a BIG question mark at QB. Does G keep the job? If so, do we get bad G or good G? Bad will lose us games, good will win. If the quarterback situation is firmed up, then we certainly have a chance to win there. I am not saying we will, but we will have a good chance.
DV I have to believe G is the starter. However I also believe there will be little latitude for “bad G”. I think Maurer and Shrout will be pushing hard. I think Bailey would be right there too with a spring and summer but just not sure he will be ready by then. he could be though. Shoot there maybe another guy ready to roll as well. I personally hope G is prepped and puts all the roller coaster performances behind him. “Good G” all the time. he deserves it. But if not im afraid its time to move on. Either way I think we are in good shape in the QB room. Better than we have been in a very long time.
This will be the first time in JG’s career he’s been in the same offense in consecutive years. Think about that! I expect to see an improved JG in 2020. How much improved? That’s the question.
Agreed. Tough to go thru so much transition. I think we will see improvement just not sure if it will be enough for him to keep the job by end of the year.
Doesn’t matter who the OC is, it’s JG’s inconsistent play that is the problem. It will be his fifth year in the program, and I don’t see him being much different this year.
The fact that nobody knew who the staffer was until you told us tells me it’s just another comment from the peanut gallery, means nothing.
This game shapes up to be a good one ! Tennessee’s Defense vs. Oklahoma’s Explosive Offense. The Wild-Card in this game seems to be the Quarterback position for the Vols…not real sure about Guarantano at the position…based upon past games. I believe that it will be closer than the spread indicates & should go into the 4th Quarter close, then somebody wins it. It is a Road Game…so Vols keep it close toward the end and maybe a hard-earned Victory !
We don’t know yet how explosive of an offense OU will have. They lost their QB and their top 4 WR’s from last year (due to draft and one injury). Plus other offensive players.
Will be interesting game for sure.
I believe they can beat OK…we don’t need the top tier teams in our conference to beat them.
I’ll say it for the Tennessee fans that won’t! The Vols shock OU in Norman! GB VL4LIFE RCKYTP
UT is recruiting at a very high level lately, not sure why so many future opponents feel compelled to bring up past victories over them. Those games in the past have nothing to do with this season neither does all the recent recruiting success. It’s as if people are surprised Pruitt can recruit so well at Tennessee. I don’t get it
Have to appreciate a general remark and not another attempt to just bash us from another teams fan. I agree with your statement. I think it’s just surprising because we have been down for so long and now we are finally getting recruits attention again. Jones had a few good years but nothing like this in my opinion.
It’s really only the UGA fans. The Bammers, Barners, Gators, and Tigers (both kinds) have been nearly all classy.
Not like Oklahoma waltzed all over Tennessee in that last game. Took a late comeback and OT in a hard fought game from both sides. Plus, we were handicapped, Butch Jones was the head coach…
They outplayed Oklahoma for three quarters…but you have to give them credit for coming back like that at Neyland. That place was really rocking that night..one of the few times in several years it was really loud like it can be. I remember some OU players saying it was the loudest place they’d ever played, they say they couldn’t hear anything on offense..that’s why the comeback was impressive.
Jones finished the game playing not to lose instead of playing to win.
Several games like this
On Game Days…do you think ole Butch actually knew he was in a Football Stadium ? He was way over-his-head the second he stepped off the plane in Knoxville. Game-Day-Coach=not ever.
It’s still a bit early to expect the Vols to upset Oklahoma this year. But in a couple of years,they will be able to play with any team. Are you listening, Georgia.
Oklahoma has a losing streak vs the SEC. Don’t change that Tennessee.
JG will have the stud season we been waiting on it will be a huge comeback story. Chaney is finally a familiar face for him at OC,Chandler and Grey will make it easy on him running for huge yards this year.
There’s never been a better time in history to schedule anyone from the Big 8 plus 4 equals 12, minus 4 equals 8 again, plus 2 equals 10
They just aren’t used to Tennessee having this much good fortune recruiting wise. This kind of success and recognition is old hat for programs like Bama, Ohio State and Georgia. Time will tell how it all pans out. No one who knows football is saying “We’re back!” yet. Still a few years away from that.