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With Vols slipping farther away from national title picture, Fulmer feels the heat

By Ron Higgins
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, October 18, 2007

The bad thing about winning a national championship is it makes you want to win another one. But the problem is that if the coach feels that way, multiply those yearnings by the size of the school's enormous fan base and then you're fighting an ever-growing monster of expectations. Perhaps Vicky Fulmer knew this back in January 1999. Her husband, Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, had just guided the Vols to the BCS national championship, capping a 13-0 season with a win over Florida ...

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