For a long time, Tennessee football has always had a next man up mentality. Injuries are part of the game, and ever since the Vols took recruiting to a national level in the Johnny Majors era, they have created numerous legends who burst onto the scene replacing other injured stars.
If that national recruiting mentality existed during the Robert Neyland years, the Vols may have won the Rose Bowl at the end of the 1939 season to make sure they remained undefeated, untied and unscored upon beyond the regular season. A George Cafego injury cost them that chance.