For many Alabama football fans hating everything about the Tennessee Vols is a given. If only begrudgingly, it should be acknowledged that Josh Heupel has done a great jog in Knoxville.
How much does it pain this Alabama football fan to say something positive about Tennessee's football team? Immensely! Like other Alabama football fans of a certain age, I hate almost everything about the Tennessee Vols. My hate has two exceptions. One exception is Tennessee head basketball coach, former Alabama basketball assistant, Rick Barnes.