I certainly think we'll be better than last year, hard to get much worse. But, like many others, I'm in a "show me" state of mind. It's just hard for me to shake that the last time we saw the Vols on the field, they dropped that huge, steaming, stinking turd in Lexington.
That may turn out to be a good thing, because it finally robbed Dooley and the team of any generalizations or excuses. At the end of last season, we suxed, period. Last year's team was the worst I have ever seen, and I have followed the Vols since 1982, so that includes 1988 and 2008. Dooley can't talk about how inexperienced they are anymore, we have 19 starters coming back. It's put up or shut up.
I am as skeptical as anyone. On paper we should have a pretty good season, but I will believe it when I see it.