COLUMBIA, MO. • The Barry Odom Turnaround Tour stormed through another SEC East opponent on Saturday, after which Tennessee officially entered the head-coaching market, according to multiple reports. Remarkably, Butch Jones becomes the second straight Volunteers head coach fired directly after losing to Missouri. Gary Pinkel played the role of Grim Reaper five years ago as Derek Dooley was fired the day after losing to the Tigers in quadruple overtime.
We’ll get to some more takeaways from Saturday’s 50-17 victory over the Vols, but first these two incredible statistics:
• This marks the first time in the program’s modern era the Tigers have scored 45 points in four consecutive games: 68 (Idaho), 52 (UConn) 45 (Florida), 50 (Tennessee).