This is the fourth year we've done this exercise in the preseason, the fourth year (and beyond) the Vols have faced a difficult schedule, and the fourth year there's still one obvious choice for the season's most important game.
In 2012 we knew the date with Florida would have the loudest and set the tone for the possibly final word on Derek Dooley, and it did just that. In 2013 we believed Vanderbilt was the most important game in Butch Jones' first season; the date with James Franklin's final team ended up costing Tennessee bowl eligibility.