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Tennessee football had no official team during last pandemic

Masked doctors and nurses treat flu patients lying on cots and in outdoor tents at a hospital camp during the influenza epidemic of 1918. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

There’s no historical precedent for how the Tennessee football Volunteers could handle coronavirus.

Amidst a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in many states, the questions about college football happening have returned. Tennessee football fans once again now have to worry if there is going to be a season.

ESPN’s Laura Rutledge reported that players are concerned about the pandemic, and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says the fate of the season won’t be known until July.