Football games certainly aren't always logical, but there are sound reasons to believe Tennessee should be favored to win over South Carolina this year.
I don't know whether it's me still trying to rid myself of the lawyer stink or what, but when I should have been writing objective, fact-based opponent previews for this year's magazine, I found myself instead making arguments about why the Vols should or could win each game instead. I reined myself in with my editor hat on in the second and third drafts, but there remains a certain amount of argumentative residue in each article.