Well, if the state of Tennessee football could be measured in the form of an overall stock market, the value would still be low but would have shot up over the weekend. That’s what comes with such a critical SEC win against a solid SEC West opponent.
Beating the Mississippi State Bulldogs gave them their first win over an FBS school on the season, and the fact that it was a conference win against a Power Five school with a winning record only made it sweeter for Rocky Top. So even at 2-4 and 1-2 in the SEC, the value of the Vols may have quadrupled over the weekend.