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The 10 biggest sports stories from an eventful year at Tennessee

Job security for journalists. Stories aplenty. There always are compelling storylines around University of Tennessee athletics.

Somehow, though, at a place that a year ago prematurely forced out a respected athletic director and settled a Title IX lawsuit in 2016, The Hill topped itself in 2017.

From a coaching search initially so bungled it almost – almost – made the Cleveland Browns seem quasi-competent to the return of Phillip Fulmer, but not as football coach, 2017 with the Volunteers was one of drama and intrigue, and it was short on warm-and-fuzzy memories.

DARRELL TAYLOR MAKES THE STOP ON GEORGIA TECH’S TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT, by John David Mercer/USA Today Sports

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