The general consensus about Tennessee football going into the 2017 season is that the Vols can’t be anymore than a nine-win team with Butch Jones at the helm.
What’s the reasoning for that?
Well, the one year they actually had Top 10 expectations, they came up short. Never mind that teams fail to meet expectations every year and every single hall of fame coach ever had underachieving teams.
Coaches are apparently judged by the first year they have expectations.
Anyway, with Jones entering his fifth year as head coach, experts now predict the Vols to be significantly worse.