I've got to say, seeing Gruden sporting the Orange has given me an ASMR tingle all weekend.
Does Gruden though have some Machiavellian / Tywin Lannister plot? He's been watching the Vols on planes; he's in Knoxville again - a lot. He's just going through the motions on MNF.
Butch is killing it in almost every way (except leaving some Ws on the field last year. All and everything is forgiven in Year One of a process). For so long we never needed hope, but Butch has finally brought hope back to Knoxville.
Will Butch be even better if Gruden is hanging out on Cumberland Avenue keeping a watchful eye? With Gruden possibly waiting in the wings - could this kind of pressure make Butch even better?