Not too many people held Jeremy Pruitt accountable for Tennessee football missing out on a bowl game last year. After all, it was his first season on the job, and injuries, his schematic changes and Butch Jones leaving the cupboard bare limited what the Vols could do.
However, in the past, there have been other teams in UT history to miss out on bowl games that had no excuse to do so. These squads dramatically underachieved for whatever reason and frustrated fans.
Tennessee football a notable history of loading up the pros with talent, and they have had NFL prospects all over the field in even some of the years they didn’t qualify for postseason play.