Tenn literally is the PSU of the SEC. Solid history, not a blue blood, titles from yesteryear. They are delusional if they think they are significantly better than this 10 wins. It's not the 90s anymore. Tenn vs Bama is quite literally PSU vs. OSU (osu vs psu is even more lopsided in the past 25 years)
Other SEC programs that historically were once not at Tenn's level usurped them (LSU & UGA, and UF for the 2000s), 2000s UF, and then the Bama resurgence basically buried them, UGA as a top 5 program was the nail in the coffin.
Heupel should NOT be fired....if so they'll be back to the 6-7 type of seasons.
IU being #2 in the country in NOVEMBER has programs TWEAKING b/c IU is NOT supposed to be doing this, so everyone thinks: "If IU can do it, so can we...just need a new coach"