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Tennessee football opening 2025 vs. Syracuse in Atlanta will end one trend

Sep 4, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; The old leather helmet is shown after the Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports

There are good omens and bad omens with Tennessee football. Whenever the Vols play in Atlanta, at least this century, it’s a bad omen. They either lose that game or have a bad season. However, historically, playing Syracuse is a good omen.

Well, the best way to break those trends is for the Vols to play Syracuse in Atlanta, and that’s exactly what they are about to do in 2025.