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By BETH RUCKER
AP Sports Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Coach Derek Dooley knows from experience
that the process of rebuilding a program requires patience during
the rocky times, perhaps more patience than the Volunteers are used
to needing.
Two months into Dooley's first season at Tennessee, the Vols
(2-6) are dangerously close to tying or surpassing seven losses,
the most any Big Orange team has ever had. Their rocky season is
still salvageable with games left to play against Memphis,
Mississippi, Vanderbilt and Kentucky - all teams that are
struggling too.
Tennessee has had only two losing seasons in the past two
decades, but two abrupt coaching turnovers has made it comparable
to a program that's on probation.
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