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KNOXVILLE – Derek Dooley has a law degree and routinely references historic events in news conferences.
But when it comes to football, the second-year University of Tennessee coach believes the past is irrelevant.
“I’ve said it all along: You can’t be held hostage to the past,” Dooley said of UT’s current six-game losing streak against Florida. “That stuff doesn’t matter unless you make it matter.”
What matters for the Vols fans everywhere is how Dooley’s team fares today in the Swamp – the nickname of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, which has been a house of horrors for UT for the better part of the last two decades. The Vols are aiming for their first win over a ranked opponent since beating then-No. 21 South Carolina in 2009.