The annual circus of quotes and craziness known as SEC media days is over, and it came and went without much earth-shattering news from the Tennessee Volunteers.

But that doesn't mean the appearance in Hoover, Alabama, for coach Butch Jones and three of his players—A.J. Johnson, Curt Maggitt and Mack Crowder—was devoid of newsworthy nuggets and sound bites.

It's likely going to be yet another rebuilding season for UT, but the message conveyed by the four Vols on hand in Hoover was one of guarded optimism.

Unlike recent years, the evidence that accompanies the hopeful words about the program's direction makes them sta...

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