2015 couldn't have started off any better for the Tennessee Volunteers.
A dominant win over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the TaxSlayer Bowl in front of a crowd almost exclusively decked out in orange and white showed that better times are ahead for the Vols.
But while Tennessee easily dismantled its Big 10 opponent, next season's slate of games won't be so easy. All the usual suspects are there: Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Missouri. All of those teams hold multiyear win streaks over the Vols and want nothing more than to keep those streaks alive for another season.
The Vols will be an improved team in 2015 for sure, as they return 18 total starters, including 10 on offense.
But many of those starters are true freshmen who will still only be true sophomores in a league dominated by fourth- and fifth-year players.
Make no mistake—there is still a lot of work to be done for Tennessee to finally turn the corner and go from hoping for bowl eligibility in late November to having its eyes set on an SEC crown.
Accomplishing these five New Year's resolutions will go a long way toward proving that Tennessee's winning season was no fluke and that the Vols are truly on the up and up.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1A95Bb5
via IFTTT January 03, 2015 at 08:50PM
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