Gonna take awhile for us to get competitive when our main opponents are Top 5 in recruiting year after year. Do the Vols beat Saban at all before he retires? That is a tough question to speculate on. Plus now UGa is out recruiting Bama. Ain't that just great. What is the over/under for how long before the Vols win the East. That should be this programs first goal.
"Gonna take awhile", but at least it's starting to look like a good start. Our talent on hand is not the best in the SEC, or anywhere near it, but it's also not the MTSU-level that Dooley left us with. I would say our current talent inherted from Jones + 1 year of Pruitt is at least in the top half the SEC. At least 8th, perhaps even 6th, 5th might be ambitious.
In other words, not a terrible starting position if Jeremy does start putting together back to back top 5 classes.
As for beating satan...it can't come too soon! Good news though...we did beat him at LSU in 2001, so I take some solace that we at least beat the SOB once. Vols have never beaten the Urban Crier, which rankles me to this day.
Over/under on winning the East is "Should have done it in 2015-16". But I'll say 3 years, if restricted to forward-moving time only. 2020.