There was a time — er, there were times, rather — over the last two decades when the University of Tennessee looked as if it may be positioned to scoop up Mike Gundy. On several occasions, matter of fact, talks between he and the school got serious.
Multiple times he wound up walking back to his alma mater with a raise or contract extension (or both) in hand.
But in an ESPN interview with Chris Low earlier this week, Gundy revisited those times when the Vols made their push and admitted his on-again, off-again talks with Tennessee over the years was more than just a leverage play to get OSU to fork over some extra dough.