Tennessee's MVP this past season was Joey Aguilar and is really not even up for discussion,

in my opinion. What about some other superlatives? Where does Chris Brasel check in? What about

Brayland Staley, David Sanders, and so much more.

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live bets all season long, Fandall Sportsbook. Okay, so we kind of went back and revisited some of my

season projections from the month of June.

We did that on Friday show.

We talked about some things I hit on, some things that I missed very badly on.

Today I thought we'd go ahead back and do those superlatives from what actually happened.

So MVP is coming up in a matter of seconds, most improved, biggest surprise, best true freshman, best newcomer, all that to come on the show.

But first we're going to start with team MVP.

And really, this is really, you know, I'm going to do offense and defense for all these.

Really on the offensive end, there's no question who this is.

I mean, it's Joey Aguilar.

I mean, sure, you can, I guess there could be a conversation had about Chris Brasel. There could really honestly be a conversation about Brayland Staley, but who gets the football to them? That's Joey Aguilar. Who led the SEC in passing this year? That's Joey Aguilar. Let's not even mention the fact that he got here mid-May. Let's not even mention the fact that he didn't have a spring practice. Let's not even mention the fact that he had to learn the playbook, his teammates, and learn how to play with those guys, all in, you know, just the span of a fall camp before earning the starting job. And then he goes out and does what he does this year. I mean, again, I've said this several times throughout the year. I think Joey Aguilar is one of the greatest stories in all college football. I think Deshaun Bishop's a good story. I think Jesse Perry is a good story, but I think Joey Aguilar from a national perspective is probably one of the best stories in all of college football this year. And he was better than what anybody could have imagined, in my opinion.

He threw 10 picks.

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