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Tennessee football: Five biggest ways coronavirus cancellations impacts Vols

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: A general view of Neyland Stadium during the South Carolina Gamecocks game against the Tennessee Volunteers on October 29, 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: A general view of Neyland Stadium during the South Carolina Gamecocks game against the Tennessee Volunteers on October 29, 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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COVID-19 outbreak has put everything in sports on hold, particularly for Tennessee football. Here are the five biggest ways it affects the Volunteers.

If you need proof that football dominates the U.S., there is more news about how that sport is affected by the coronavirus outbreak, in the offseason, than how other major sports seeing their postseasons canceled are affected. That also holds true for college and Tennessee football.

Sure, basketball and other spring and winter sports saw things come to an end. But the major storylines have still been about the football program, and everybody is wondering what will happen on that front going forward.

In some cases, Tennessee football has been affected the same way other college programs have been. However, there are a couple of things that are actually unique to the Vols. Regardless of how they compare to other programs, though, they are being affected.

Whether it’s a generic issue or unique to them, we’re going to look at all of those ways the outbreak has affected the Vol football program to this point. This includes things we know have been put on hold or things that we know will be put on hold.

Obviously, the start of the season is not on this list, as scheduling has not been delayed, and there’s no evidence that it will be. For now, the same is true of Fall camp. However, lots of spring and summer news is changing, and we’ll have plenty of that to cover here.

Given the fact that UT is expected to take another major step forward in Jeremy Pruitt’s third year, the timing of this outbreak clearly appears to be another bad break for the program from a sports perspective. Obviously, though, it’s much worse for people actually affected by the virus.

So what are the ways the program is taking a hit? How will this affect things going forward? Let’s break all of that down here. These are the five ways the Coronavirus outbreak has affected the Tennessee football program despite it being in the offseason.

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