Wiedmer: Is there more wrong with UT football than two losses?

Tennessee Athletics photo by Andrew Ferguson / Tennessee receiver Brandon Johnson, left, tries to get past Kentucky defensive back Yusuf Corker during Saturday's matchup of SEC East rivals at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. Johnson was the Vols' leading receiver with four catches for 37 yards in the 34-7 loss. Tennessee Athletics photo by Andrew Ferguson / Tennessee receiver Brandon Johnson, left, tries to get past Kentucky defensive back Yusuf Corker during Saturday's matchup of SEC East rivals at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. Johnson was the Vols' leading receiver with four catches for 37 yards in the 34-7 loss.

By Mark Wiedmer October 17, 2020 5 min read

If you’re a member of the Big Orange Nation and you expected to see what happened to your University of Tennessee Volunteers on a spectacular Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, raise your hand.

Didn’t think so.

Kentucky 34, UT 7?

Inside Neyland Stadium? The Vols had whipped the Wildcats 17 straight times there dating to 1986, which just happened to be the longest home winning streak in the country for one Football Bowl Subdivision program over another.

Talk about rocky times on Rocky Top.