Hypothesis: he knows he's done (or close to done) and just wants to go scorched earth with media. Sure! Why not.
I can't get over him calling the media "fake news." Amazing.
Even if you go end-of-year top ten, UT still just 1-9 (2013 South Carolina) under CBJ, 1-22 since 2008. Pre-2013 SoCar, last top ten/five win was 2007 UGA.
It's indeed a dumb stat, but point remains that UT hasn't beaten a top-ten team at the time of the game since 2006 UGA. Last top five win was 2005 LSU.
If a coach at Tennessee went 8-0 in the SEC three times in five years, he'd be given a lifetime contract. That means you're in the playoff 60% of the time. What a dumb argument.
Based on where UT currently lies in talent (15th on the 247 Team Talent Composite), their expectation should be about 8.75-3.25, or 9-3 *on average* every season. If you want to remove the G5 teams and go straight P5, it's still 8.5-3.5 not counting bowl performance. Butch Jones has yet to...