1. Tennessee is the only team in the FBS to not return any starters on offensive or defensive lines.
2. Tennessee playing over 20 freshman this year with multiple starters. Old maxim is you will lose 1 game for each 1 freshman starter.
3. Tennessee starts true freshman at defensive end for first time in history of the school.
4. Tennesee OL has two true freshman and no real OT that is SEC caliber. Dooley.
5. Tennessee had a top 5 recruiting class in 2014.
6. Tennessee has another top 5 recruiting class in 2015.
7. Tennessee lost close games to Georgia and Florida by a combined four points.
8. Tennessee got blown out last night by the number 3 team in the country during an away game.
The sky is not falling. I have friends who are alumni of other SEC schools that are coming to me and telling me the obvious: that we have a great coach in place and that they know Tennessee is coming back. Rome wasn't built in a day and CBJ has got a really young team. Please be patient and recognize the pendulum is swinging back. Don't say stupid things like the coaching staff is inept or should be fired. That only reflects pure ignorance.
Things are improving and although we're basically mediocre this year, we'll hopefully qualify for a bowl game, and the building blocks are in place for our team to compete for the SEC Championship potentially as early as next year and definitely the year after.
GBO.