Tennesssee’s big problem is that they think they’re a football school like the schools to the South. On the other hand, they have a 20,000 seat arena and basketball fan support second only to Kentucky. They need to emphasize basketball over football. And I’m talking real basketball, men’s basketball, not the girls.
Florida, Tennessee, Texas and Nebraska are all suffering from the same problem. Past success has created something toxic, and I can’t even put my finger on it.
Look at Bama, sure they are thriving now under Saban, but it’s easy to forget all they had to go through from the time that Gene Stallings left to when they landed Saban.
Tennessee is the 9th winningest program in college football...