We’ve said it before, but we might as well stress it again. Tennessee football was the worst team in the SEC last year after their first winless conference season and their first eight-loss season. Following that was the circus that involved their coaching search which ended with Phillip Fulmer as athletic director and Jeremy Pruitt as head coach.
The drama generated offseason buzz among fans and even analysts. It carried over to last Saturday, when some national media members like Kirk Herbstreit picked the Vols in an upset, and a consensus grew to take them on the points spread.