Tennessee forgot rule #1 in the SEC: DO NOT **** BAMA OFF
Early in the recruiting season, Tenn was landing 5-stars left & right & even had a top 3 class going into Sep-October.
They learned the hard way, you not allowed to unseat the Hierarchical order of the SEC, Bama gets theirs first, then UGA, then LSU, then TAMU, UF & Auburn get to eat, you try to cut in line, you get that Ole Miss/Miss St treatment & Emmert sends his NCAA Investigoons to shake you down & your program gets hit with sanctions.