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Back to the Future Day: If the 1985 Tennessee Vols Traveled to Today

It’s Oct. 26, 1985. You are a hardcore Tennessee Vols fan. Your team has a night game at home scheduled on ESPN against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets that day.

But first you evaluate the state of the program.

Head coach Johnny Majors is in his ninth season on the job, and quite honestly, he has been a disappointment so far.

Majors has had no Top 25 finishes, two losing seasons, three non-winning seasons overall, and no championships. Your team hasn’t had an SEC Championship since 1969, 16 years.

But this year was different. After tying No.