They just fired the coach, lost two recruits, and stud LT transferred to OU. Aren't the Haslam's deeply involved with this team?

That program has been a mess .. and it’s getting worse

No wonder fulmer retired... hasn't been the same since 98...

LOl....it's Haslams fault.

I believe they're boosters.

We get a heavy dose of what's going on with the Vols down here. It is a huge mess. I think a lot of this goes on in college sports around the country. There's just too much money involved in it for there not to be.

Ha, Tennessee was handing cash out to recruits in McDonalds sacks. I'm hearing Georgia may next in line. Fat PHil gonna bring down the SEC.

Tennessee goes with Josh Heupel for HC. Good luck Josh.

ehhh, not inspiring for either side lol

With them being under investigation and with sanctions likely coming, I expected the talent pool at HC to be limited.

Could be, but they got a very good AD IMO, so maybe sanctions won't be killer.

I don't see how they won't be. I mean Tennessee is in the SEC and have done terrible the last few years. If they're not what one would consider already dead they're certainly on life support. At this point there's not much left to do but nail down the lid to the coffin and I'm pretty sure sanctions would accomplish that.

As a UCF fan, losing our AD definitely hurt a lot more than the coach.

Teams survive. None hit harder by sanctions than SMU took them like 2 decades to get their act together. And Tennessee has little competition in their state. NCAA has to be careful not to cripple an entire State.

Jmho

It wouldn't cripple the whole state. The Vols are big in the state, but so are a lot of other teams. Tennessee is a unique state. It shares a border with 8 other states. Add in that it is a narrow state north to south, a person, no matter where in the state they live doesn't have to drive over maybe 50 miles to be in at least one of those other states. Here in Chattanooga, the local TV stations are considered the local stations in cities in N. Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.

The Death Penalty. I don't see how Tennessee isn't in the same class as SMU, but whatever. A ban from bowl AND TV appearances is also a crippler, but I don't expect that either. It will boil down to schollies.