I for one have accepted the current "reality" of the situation, that being UT is a 2nd tier program competing with Kentucky for 4th place in the SEC East. If a recruit has any other SEC offers other than Vandy and Kentucky, they more than likely won't be coming to UT. It is what it is.
I would say that we are still more appealing than arkansas, ole miss, miss st, usclite and probably UGA since we did spank them pretty bad last year.