Neyland Law Vol
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We've heard this before. Last summer, Tennessee was a trendy SEC Championship pick and plenty of sportswriters considered them a threat to make the College Football Playoff. For those who have forgotten what happened last fall, let me remind you.
The Vols blew leads in four of their first seven games, including excruciating last-minute losses against Florida and Alabama. Tennessee's only quality win came at home over Georgia, when the Bulldogs' star running back was injured on the first play. And as I'm sure you Gamecock fans all remember, the Vols were one Jerell Adams fumble away from trailing against South Carolina late in the fourth quarter at Neyland Stadium.
I get it. Tennessee returns nearly its entire starting lineup. But let's not forget that it's the same lineup that blew those four leads last season while failing to meet expectations again.
Everyone likes to make bold predictions, and maybe that's why teams like Tennessee and USC are consistently ranked high in the preseason before their mediocre play drops them out of the rankings. The Vols have talent; they really do. But to expect a team that was so bad at holding leads last season to overcome somewhat of a lack of an offensive identity and make it through the gantlet in October to finish as a top 10 team is just absurd.
It's time to stop doing this every year.
Column: Tennessee is overrated again | The Daily Gamecock
LOL their Mods deleted a couple of my posts where I tried to tell them this was a false narrative.