KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 22: Smokey the live Tennessee Volunteers mascot on the sidelines during the game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Florida won the game 47-21. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images)
These were the biggest Tennessee football Volunteers stories of the year.
It was a crazy, wild 2020 for Tennessee football. Morale at the end of the year is much lower than it was at the beginning of the year. In fact, amidst all of the outside news that affected the program, the performance of the program itself was largely a downward spiral.