With a 9-4 season wrapped up and a lot of offseason excitement steaming off a six-game winning streak capped by a 45-6 drubbing of Northwestern to end the season, the Tennessee football team appears poised to make noise next year.
But the Volunteers have some questions they must resolve before the 2016.
Some of those are subjective steps that must develop between the ears before they can occur between the white lines. Others will come in the form of personnel issues that need to be resolved in order for the Vols to take the next step forward into championship contention.