Knoxville is ready to combust.
I know this because I live in Knoxville. I went to grad school at the University of Tennessee in the mid-90s and moved back to town in 2001. I’ve covered the Tennessee Volunteers in some capacity for the past 17 seasons.
And I’ve never seen anything like this.
The majority of Tennessee fans want so desperately for Jon Gruden to be the next head coach that they are flooding the message boards and social media channels with Gruden rumors and Gruden sightings.
The FlightAware website has become a must stop as Tennessee fans look for the flight tail numbers of planes connected to the university or prominent boosters.