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Vols should be the class of the SEC

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Sunday, July 8, 2007

CINCINNATI -- The NCAA's decision to allow Tyler Smith to play immediately at Tennessee was a compassionate one since Smith's father is battling an advanced stage of lung cancer in nearby Pulaski, Tenn. But the reality is that this move makes the Vols, a preseason top-10 team, even more of an SEC title favorite. Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl wasn't hiding from the obvious at the adidas It Takes 5ive Classic on the Cincinnati campus Saturday. He said he will start the former Iowa forward t ...

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