re: Why do Tennessee fans think beating Northwestern was such a big deal?

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Tennessee has reached unreal levels, and some of us are scratching our heads to try to figure out the root of it.

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Is it really different than putting LSU at 5 after folding against the best teams they played last season? Or having a 7-6 Washington team at 14? UGA at 18 with QB questions and 2 RBs that are not guaranteed %100, not to mention an entirely new coaching staff? Its a preseason poll, we know we have a complete team with some great weapons on it (we haven't had this many players on preseason lists since I can remember). We have had recruiting classes in the past few years which put our talent level on par with the level we need to be to compete for the SEC. We have depth and experience at every position. The talent is there, we just have to finish, so maybe the hype is a little unwarranted. But the same can be said for many highly ranked teams, especially when no games have been played. The example I go back to is OU 2014, they lost a few close games to good teams, returned a lot of people, and then went to the CFP next season. The hype is there, we don't know if its real or not until about 4-5 weeks from now.