Welcome to Annie and Arion 3, presented by Wendy's, your instant reaction to Tennessee's 2417 win against Alabama.

The cigars are lit in Knoxville, Ari, and Knoxville is lit.

Though not the momentous occasion it was two years ago when Tennessee broke its losing streak against Alabama.

This is their second consecutive win against the tide in Knoxville.

But this one probably means that Tennessee is definitely still, well,

Tennessee is definitely still a lot in the college football player race.

I don't know if Alabama is.

Yeah.

So, Andy, the thing I was thinking about, and, you know, I guess we'll get more context after this

Texas Georgia game tonight, but, you know, we talked about for the last week about how much

fomo I had missing the Tennessee

Alabama game last time. And you opened up this video by saying that it doesn't feel as

monumental as the last one, and you're right, it doesn't. But the question that I have for you

and the serious question, I might even write a column about this when we're done here, is,

is this one even more important? Now, I know that the a column about this when we're done here, is, is this one even more

important? Now, I know that the last one was a statement when that showed that Tennessee could

hang with the Alabama, the Nick Saban, Alabama's, which was an important program statement.

But from a season standpoint, does this one in the year that we're in, in the 12-team era, like lift Tennessee to a place

that even that one couldn't?

Yes.

This one is more important.

That one was a, here's a mile post, here's a marker in the progress of the program.

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