Recent content by Mr. Orange

Yep, this is worse. Unlike those games, this one wasn’t even close.

Career best game for Rattler.

I like the orange helmets a lot more than I thought I would, but it does look a lot like Clemson.

Baylor would have won if they'd snapped the ball on 4th down with too many TCU players on the field. They could've just run out the clock after that.

Tennessee played 4 road games against top 10 teams but I agree A&M's schedule is probably more difficult

Has there been a more difficult schedule than Tennessee's in 2005? UAB at #6 Florida at #4 LSU Mississippi #5 Georgia at #5 Alabama South Carolina at #8 Notre Dame Memphis Vanderbilt at Kentucky

Prior to 2019, Tennessee had won 33 consecutive regular season games against unranked non-conference teams. Since the win against Cal in 2006, Tennessee has lost 6 consecutive regular season games against ranked non-conference teams.

Kentucky has won the last 4 vs. Missouri, Georgia has won the last 2 vs. Florida, and Missouri has won the last 2 vs. Florida (21 point win last year and 29 point win in 2017). Georgia plays at Auburn and both are currently ranked in the top 10, and Texas A&M at UGA will be the first SEC matchup...

Since 1995, 17 teams have finished the season undefeated. 3 of those teams won all of their regular season games by a margin of victory greater than 7 points, including Nebraska as the only team to accomplish that feat in both every regular season game and championship game. The 2 teams left...

2018 College Football Team Talent Composite 2017 College Football Team Talent Composite 2016 College Football Team Talent Composite 2015 College Football Team Talent Composite Top 15 every year

UT has 34 players on the current roster who were 4* or 5* recruits. Georgia State and BYU combined probably have less than 5.

Here is an average recruiting ranking from 2009-2018 using data from rivals.com. The list includes: The top teams (average rank of 20th or higher) All SEC teams (in bold) Teams that ranked lower than 20th in average recruiting but finished in the top 10 of the AP Poll more than twice...

The examples I used weren't the worst 10 year records for either school. The focus was on Alabama using the 3 criteria given by the OP and how their and Tennessee's records were similar in the decade prior to their resurgence.

The comparison did not include 2016-2018 because that would have been a 10-year comparison vs. a 13-year comparison and the OP asked for examples of a decade. It just highlights how the 2 programs had similar 10-year stretches and how quickly Alabama was able to return to greatness after hiring...

Tennessee has lost its first two games at home several times.