It was the streak that made no sense. Tennessee football could justify a losing record to Steve Spurrier and going winless against Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer when they led the Florida Gators. But going 0-7 against Will Muschamp made no sense.
And it wasn’t just that they went winless. The Vols invented ways to lose to him, such as blowing their 9-0 lead against Florida in 2014. They just could not beat him, and the curse against him was as strong as the curse against UF.
Muschamp’s win over the Vols in 2016 propelled his team to a bowl game, eliminated the SEC East hopes for Butch Jones’s best team and really started the downward spiral that Jones suffered on Rocky Top.