He lost the Egg bowl for the 3rd time in 4 years, finished 8-4 and .500 or worse in his last 3 years in the conference. And he's probably gonna get an extension and a bump after the fact.
Im not a Gruden believer at all (i.e., dont think hes coming).
But hed be a grand slam homer run. There is no denying that. Wed be the talk of college football and hes land top 5 classes every year. No doubt in my mind.
Don't think it matters really. I think most logical people know he has a really good team coming back and he has the support of AD and fans there no matter what he does.
Would be fun! This hire to me though is about what perception of Tennessee wins. Ours? The national medias?
It seems we are all in on a home run hire so we are trying. Its only a question of what these elite coaches think of us. They want to go somewhere they can win at an elite level. Do they think they can do that Tennessee?