This morning I was sitting there thinking what in the world is wrong with the Vols this year as I was flipping through a Star Wars magazine. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks: Every year a Star Wars movie comes out, the Vols suck. So I found the Vols' records in years that Star Wars movies came out and here is what I discovered Tennessee's record to be in those years:
1977 Star Wars, A New Hope (4-7)
1980 Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back (5-6)
1983 Star Wars, Return of the Jedi (9-3)
1999 Star Wars, The Phantom Menace (9-3)
2002 Star Wars, Attack of the Clones (8-5)
2005 Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith (5-6)
2008 Star Wars, Clone Wars (2-4 so far)
With the exception of 1983 and 1999 UT had 5 or more losses in each of those years including the 3 of the Vols' worst 4 years since 1977. Tennessee had 4 of its 9 5-loss seasons during these years. UT had only one other losing season since 1977 (5-6 in 1988) and one .500 season in that time. UT's winning percentage during Star Wars years was 55% during all other years since 1977 is 72%. In addition, a 9-3 campaign in 1999 was considered a major disappointment following a 13-0 national championship season. The 1983 season was the only truly successful season during that stretch following a 6-5-1 season.
Considering the success of Tennessee football over the years to have 7 years randomly chosen for a particular movie series coming out and performing poorly in all but one of those years (1983) is interesting to examine. Of course this brings up a real issue for me since I'm a huge fan of both Star Wars and UT football. Fortunately for the Vols, it looks like there won't be another Star Wars movie coming out in the forseeable future. Maybe the Vols will come back from the Star Wars universe and play football in the years to come...May the Force be with them?
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