“This is the year,” they thought. “After nine years of defeats to the Crimson Tide in the game known as Third Saturday in October, this would surely be the year that the Vols snap that string.” The Vols felt it. Their fans felt it. SaturdayDownSouth.com sure felt it. Jalen Hurts and his cohorts felt otherwise. Alabama’s true freshman quarterback has shot to stardom, but none more so than the show he put on against the Volunteers.
Tennessee entered the game 5-1 and ranked No. 9 in the nation. Three weeks earlier, they had broken Florida’s 11-year stranglehold over them and followed it with a win in Athens over then No.