If you've turned on sports news at all during 2016, it's been impossible to avoid information about Tennessee. Unfortunately for the Volunteers, a lot of that has shed a negative light on Rocky Top.
No matter how much UT fans want to forget about the Title IX lawsuit looming, it's still there and has been very much a part of multiple news cycles since early February. While it hasn't completely dampened the excitement over the on-field hopes in Knoxville, it does leave a bit of a rain cloud.
Now that spring practice has kicked off, most of the attention has shifted back between the lines, and everybody at UT—including head coach Butch Jones—is grateful.