The very basic narrative for Tennessee is, well, basic and well-known. After suffering through the worst series of seasons in program history (much to the enjoyment of everyone else in the SEC), Butch Jones took over for Derek Dooley and signed a couple of Houston Nutt-sized and top-rated recruiting classes. They finally began to turn the corner on the field late last season and squeak their way into a bowl game, where they blew out Iowa, claimed a 7-6 record, and - the checkerboard-clad hope - set the stage for a return to national relevance in 2015.
As has been much-discussed, the similarities to Arkansas' narrative are not exactly subtle.