1998 Tennessee

It's Thursday, and I'm going to try and so something rare for me during a season, get away from football for a couple of days. Trust me, it's a lot harder to do than you think.

But since Tennessee's season is essentially on the line Saturday against Florida, a Vols picture seems appropriate today. I was actually at the 1998 national championship game, the Fiesta Bowl, against Florida State, and like many other people thought going in that the previous team with Peyton Manning was better. Oops

Although the Volunteers were ranked No. 10 in the preseason, Phillip Fulmer’s team survived both the SEC regular season and SEC Championship game unscathed, and defeated the Seminoles 23-16. Photo courtesy of the Southeastern Conference.