I think about those 2015 and 2016 seasons a lot. If you’re a Tennessee fan, I’m not sure how you don’t.
Those two seasons — 2016 in particular — were supposed to mark the moment that Tennessee arrived back on the national college football stage. Instead, it was just more of the same. It was more disappointment, and it gave us some clues as to who Butch Jones was as a coach.
Looking back at how things played out with Jones, it becomes more and more apparent how valuable Joshua Dobbs was to the Tennessee offense during that span.