Tennessee has been in a non traditional football state for a century. Most schools run the wing T here. Our All Americans usually come from surrounding states. They’re the second most successful team in their conference because of good coaching from the likes of Neyland, Majors, Fulmer and others. Tennessee’s boosters have money. Like own their own NFL franchise level money. Yes Texas and TAMU have money but they also have heavily meddling boosters that get in the way. Tennessee has the facilities, fanbase and finances to compete with anyone in the country. Coaching is what they’ve lacked. Same with TAMU. Same with Texas. If the only thing that mattered in CFB was money, Clemson wouldn’t have national titles because despite their recent success, they operate at about 60% of what the Texas, Bamas and others of the CFB do.