Everything leading up to this point with Heupel has gone differently than the pattern of the past ~15 years. Last Saturday was the first thing that fit that pattern, but I'm optimistic the response to it will be different. If this team and program learns and grows from Saturday, it may have been the best thing to happen to Tennessee football in a long time. Better to learn that lesson when you have 6-6 talent versus when you've spent 4-5 years stacking recruiting classes and slowly building hope. We'll see.