Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream” is a dramatic tale about happiness gained and happiness lost. Dramatic though it may be, folks in Knoxville will likely find Tuesday’s tilt between the Tennessee Volunteers and Texas Longhorns much more dramatic.
Tennessee’s first foray with elimination came earlier than we hoped, but perhaps later than we expected. Coming into their Sunday afternoon game against the Virginia Cavaliers, the odds-on-favorite were those Vols, the ones who’d managed to win 50 games during their 2021 campaign.
Slowly, and then all at once, the hopes of a surgical-like victory passed with each inning.