The NEXT: Reasons To Worry About Tennessee

They could lose David Oku, despite paying top-dollar for assistants.

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"C'mon Oku, I'll give ya McFadden's digits. Oh, you have 'em? Well..."

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Meet David Oku, the top all-purpose RB in the recruiting class of 2009. He "soft verbal'ed" to Tennessee, but is now making visits to Syracuse and Auburn. Ummm. This is going down in the same fortnight that Lane Kiffin gave over half-a-million to Ed Orgeron, who some consider the best recruiter in America. (Should be noted: Lane's dad, Monte, is making over a million in Knoxville too.) Can Tennessee afford a start to the Kiffin era like this? (Link we feel like including!) Before you hate on us as Vol-bashers, one thing: our aunt and uncle live in Knoxville, hit all the home games, and our aunt used to work at UT. We like the program. We don't want to be worried!

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