Tennessee thanks God for new coach

Tennessee thanks God for new coach

Published Aug. 31, 2013 1:00 a.m. ET

The first thing you have to know is, there's a pregame prayer over the public address system at Tennessee's Neyland Stadium. If you've ever heard a prayer said in front of a crowd, you can imagine what that typically sounds like.

Be with us today, Jesus, as we honor you with this student-athlete endeavor, and bless the officials, Lord, that they might not screw over the Vols.

Something like that, anyway.

Saturday, however, was a little different.

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Tennessee ran off Derek Dooley after he went 15-21 from 2010-12, and replaced him with Butch Jones, who is a gift from above.

 

 

That was met with a round of amens from the congregation.

 

 

And so there you have it. Butch Jones: God's gift to Tennessee. No pressure.

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