5-at-10: UT fires back at the NCAA, Caitlin Clark dominates, golf in the NIL era, Rushmore of Super Bowl moments

FILE - University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman speaks during a press conference in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Plowman told the NCAA president that allegations Tennessee violated rules overseeing name, image and likeness are “factually untrue and procedurally flawed," in a letter released Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, by the university. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File) FILE - University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman speaks during a press conference in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Plowman told the NCAA president that allegations Tennessee violated rules overseeing name, image and likeness are “factually untrue and procedurally flawed," in a letter released Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, by the university. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File)

By Jay Greeson February 1, 2024 7 min read

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Tennessee has already been in the crosshairs of the NCAA. Jeremy Pruitt and his MickeyD’s bags of cash were viewed as sinful.

While that feels like it was SMU in the 1980s, it was like four years ago.

It was also as archaic in terms of perspective for Bruce Pearl getting a multi-year “show-cause” penalty for lying about a cookout at his house in Knoxville.