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AL.com All-Access: Sorry, Tennessee, but Bama is the SEC's team of destiny

Tennessee started the season with an improbable five-game win streak, needing overtime to beat Appalachian State and snatching a victory from Georgia with a Hail Mary worthy of a Daniel Moore print.

Cue the storyline that Tennessee is 2016's "team of destiny," a notion that largely died with last week's double-overtime loss to Texas A&M.

Tennessee is starting to feel like a team of destiny...

— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) October 9, 2016

Look, y'all, if you're looking for a team of destiny, look no further than Alabama. How can the defending national champ be a team of destiny?