The Pruitt Dilemma
Everyone knows Tennessee Volunteers head football coach Jeremy Pruitt is in over his head. But it’s not that easy to move on from him.
Usually when a report comes out that a college football program is investigated by the NCAA, the fan base panics at the impending ruin their favorite team is about to be put in to.
But with the Tennessee Volunteers 3–7, their fan base is actually somewhat excited at the story Trey Wallace broke early in the Vols’ 34–13 loss to Texas A & M on Saturday Tennessee was under investigation by the NCAA and university compliance department for alleged recruiting violations and impermissible benefits.
“Maybe head coach Jeremy Pruitt can be fired for cause,” the Big Orange rooters think. “Then the Vols wouldn’t have to pay his buyout.”
A buyout that, after Pruitt signed a contract extension through 2025 at the start of the season, would cost Tennessee $12.8 million, or roughly $4 million more than they have had to pay former head coach Butch Jones.
On top of what the Vols would pay a new coach. As well as whatever Arkansas State isn’t covering to Jones, who the Red Wolves recently hired to coach their football team and was still due to be paid by the Volunteers through February.
Regardless, when the fan base is excited about the possibility of going on major…
