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Editor's Note: This story was originally published last year. Watch "The Great Heisman Race of 1997" from ESPN films following the 2023 Heisman Trophy ceremony.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- On the back wall of Gus' Good Times Deli, an iconic eatery on the University of Tennessee campus, hangs an oversized banner that has been in place for at least two decades and serves as a stark reminder to the rest of the college football world.
And while the distinct Tennessee orange shade of the banner might have faded slightly over time, the anger behind the sentiment has not.