Smokey and the bandit

KNOXVILLE -- Derek Dooley inherited an almost impossible situation nearly three weeks ago.

Relatively speaking, though, Wednesday's national signing day was nearly perfect for Dooley.

The University of Tennessee's new football coach stood behind a podium underneath Neyland Stadium on Wednesday night, and his grin suggested his Volunteers had just won a Southeastern Conference game.

UT, nearly three weeks removed from its second coaching change in 15 months, signed a recruiting class widely considered one of the nation's 10 best.

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kabulvol writes:

Can you imagine what he can do when he has a full year to recruit?!

Orangeblood13 writes:

hope he can coach em, which I think he can and will, gona be interesting for sure!

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