After a 2-3 start and Butch Jones starting to feel the pressure of the hot seat for the first time in three years, the Tennessee Vols appear to have gotten on a roll by winning two of their last three and taking the Alabama Crimson Tide down to the wire.
Now, they enter the final third of the schedule, and at 4-4 through playing the toughest schedule in the country to this point, this is a perfect opportunity for them to have a very strong finish to the year.
Following a 52-21 dominating victory over the Kentucky Wildcats, that path to a strong finish continues with the South Carolina Gamecocks visiting Neyland Stadium this weekend.