... game and orange-blooded, orange-clad, orange-obsessed Tennessee football fanatics still pass through the turnstiles at Neyland Stadium at the same rate they always have.

So, outwardly at least, it would appear that the fan's love affair with Tennessee football is alive and well.

But, cynicism is always lurking in the background.

The patient, level-headed Tennessee fan is realistic about the 2009-10 season and has been since the change in leadership during the offseason. With a new regime in place, there's no National Championship game or BCS bowl coming in January and that's okay. 

The Volunteers' latest National Championship is now 11 years in our collective rear-view mirrors, so Year One of the Kiffin era had to...

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