Guys, you should take it easy on the Vols. Their athletic department really is kind of sad these days. Realistically, they have no chance to ever win another championship in any college sport that people actually watch.
In football, they're essentially a slightly better version of Kentucky at this point. They haven't been to a big time bowl in 10 years, won the SEC East in 12 years, or the conference in 21 years. I mean Bill Clinton was suffering through the Lewinsky scandal during that time. The last time they beat their biggest rival Alabama, Phil Fulmer outdueled Mike Shula in 2006. Plus, they've had like 5 coaches in the last decade. Demographics and the nature of the SEC pretty much guarantees they will never consistently beat Alabama, Georgia, Florida, or LSU. Since 2007. they're a combined 5-37 against those 4 programs. Ouch!
Meanwhile, on the hardwood, they have 1 Elite 8 and 4 other Sweet 16s in their program's HISTORY. Even within the SEC, they haven't won a conference tournament since the Jimmy Carter administration. By comparison in the last 5 seasons alone, UK has 4 Sweet 16s, 3 Elite 8s, 2 Final Fours, and 4 SEC Tournament titles.
Sadly, their once vaunted women's team hasn't been to the Final Four in over a decade or even won the SEC Tournament in 5 years. This year they finished 8th out of 14 teams with a 7-9 conference record.
The UT baseball team hasn't made the NCAA Tournament since 2005 or won the SEC since Bill Clinton's first term. Last season, they finished in last place in the SEC East division.
Go easy on the Tennessee fans. It's hard being a UT Vol.