Tennessee looks to be a program on the up and up. Since the end of the 2017 season they've displayed spasms of being a good team. I think in 3 years the Vols will challenge Georgia and Florida for supremacy in the East.

This year they catch LSU at a good time-- a bye-week advantage, while LSU has a bruising game at Auburn during Tennessee's bye week.

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Posted by RightWingTiger

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Posted on 8/10/22 at 3:38 pm to tarzana

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I think in 3 years the Vols will challenge Georgia and Florida for supremacy in the East.

I dont think Tennessee will ever be the elite program they were back in the day.

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Posted by Alt26

Member since Mar 2010

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Posted on 8/10/22 at 3:51 pm to tarzana

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Tennessee looks to be a program on the up and up

Is this 2009?
Or 2015?
Or 2019?

For over a decade Tennessee has managed to have a good year or two here and there, before quickly plummeting back to a losing team. The reason is simple. Tennessee doesn't have the natural recruiting base that school like Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida, etc have. Thus, for Tennessee to be successful they MUST get several great players from outside the state. That's difficult when Georgia and Alabama are rolling, and every other school is better a pillaging places like Florida, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

When Tennessee was at their best they were routinely getting great players from Georgia and Florida, as well as places like Louisiana, and California. Once that out of state recruiting started to dry up...so did the wins.

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