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No. 8 Michigan | No. 10 Notre Dame | Top 25No. 9: TennesseeLast Season: 9-4??(5-3 SEC East)Butch Jones has talked about the youth of his Vols team for three years now, but he cant play that card this year -- Tennessee is the most experienced Power 5 team in the country. It has 17 starters back, including QB Joshua Dobbs, the elite RB duo of Jalen Hurd and Alvin Kamara (combined 1,986 yards) and a D that has three potential first-round picks in DE Derek Barnett, LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin and CB Cameron Sutton. The Vols are front-runners to win the SEC East and will be double-digit favorites in eight games. The key will be a four-game stretch (Weeks 4-7) in which they see Florida (11 straight losses to the Gators), travel to Georgia and Texas A&M, and host Alabama.IN IF... It can buck the trends. In addition to those 11 straight losses to Florida, UT has dropped nine in a row to Bama. And the East champ hasnt won the SEC since 08. Break each streak and Tennessee will be in the playoff.OUT IF... It cant close. All four of UTs losses last year were by seven or fewer points, and three were blown leads in the final five minutes.Tennessees chances to win each game 09.01 vs. Appalachian State: 95.1% 09.10 vs. Virginia Tech (Bristol Motor Speedway): 87.7% 09.17 vs. Ohio: 98.5% 09.24 vs. Florida: 80.2% 10.01 @ Georgia: 55.8% 10.08 @ Texas A&M: 59.3% 10.15 vs. Alabama: 58.9% 10.29 @ South Carolina: 88.7% 11.05 vs. Tennessee Tech: 99.8% 11.12 vs. Kentucky: 93.8% 11.19 vs. Missouri: 92.5% 11.26 @ Vanderbilt: 85.9%The overwhelming favorite to win the SEC East, Tennessee returns the divisions most talented and experienced team, which will propel the Vols to a 10-2 season with a shot of possibly sneaking into the College Football Playoff.?-- Edward AschoffButch Jones has been building to this point with star-studded recruiting classes. Now its time to deliver. If the Volunteers navigate a front-loaded schedule effectively, they should be able to cruise to at 10-2 record and their first SEC East title since 2007.?-- David ChingThe Vols have to win the SEC East this year, right? If not now, when? All that experience, the best quarterback in the division, now is the time for Tennessee at 10-2.?-- Sam Khan Jr.The talent is there. The schedule sets up nicely. But even with a 10-2 finish, its hard to pick the Vols to win the East until they prove they can beat Florida.?-- Greg OstendorfSorry, Tennessee, its still not your year. While the Vols are the most talented team in the East, inexperience will cost them one game too many, finishing 9-3 and just short of the division title.?-- Alex ScarboroughNo. 8 Michigan | No. 10 Notre Dame | Top 25 Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Cowboys Jerseys China . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? 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NORTON, Mass. -- Rickie Fowler walked off Bethpage Black on Sunday steaming mad after posting a double-bogey and two bogeys in his final four holes.Now, lets not mince words: There have been tougher losses to overcome than Fowlers defeat at the Barclays. There have been collapses from seemingly insurmountable leads, down the stretch at major championships, even in recent months.On the scale of heartbreakers, Fowlers loss doesnt even register; he kicked away a 1-stroke, 54-hole lead to not only lose but fail to clinch an apparent Ryder Cup spot.That doesnt mean he didnt feel the effects.It definitely hurt, especially because of how well I was playing and how much good golf I put together during the week, but it was almost the opposite of Phoenix, said Fowler, referencing this years Waste Management Phoenix Open, where a 71st hole tee shot into the water led to a playoff loss to Hideki Matsuyama. I played well at Phoenix, but the last nine holes I did not miss a shot. I put it together, but a couple of bad breaks and Im on the losing end.Even the winningest professionals win tournament titles a small minority of the time, making each one of these close calls vitally important. When they dont go according to plan, it can often feel like a lost opportunity.All of which begs the question: How do players bounce back from these tough losses?Sticking to game plans, not wavering from what youve decided to do, said Fowler, who posted an opening 2-under 69 to begin his Deutsche Bank Championship title defense tied for 38th on Friday. I feel like Ive always been pretty positive on the golf course, not getting down on myself and trying not to dwell on the past. They all sound like clichés, but those are key things out there.Again, hes hardly the only player who has had to deal with the travails of trying to bounce back. In fact, ask any great player and theyll instantly recall a loss that hurt more than others.Jordan Spieths toughest defeat was a historic one. He led the Masters by 5 strokes with nine holes to play in April, only to eventually lose by 3.Recognizing the longevity of a career, recognizing how many chances youre going to get, and that kind of time and the poor memories, the poor experiences like this year at the Masters, if you keep your head down, keep doing your job, it will end up diminishing because youll end up getting back to that high point again, said Spieth, who won three staarts later at the Dean & DeLuca Invitational.ddddddddddddThe more times you prevail, the less you think about what happened in those tough times.He might not have received equal gratification from the event he won, but sometimes a tough loss can lead to an even bigger win afterward.When asked about this phenomenon, Zach Johnson instantly recalled a circumstance from last year.I was really, really upset after the John Deere Classic last year, he said of finishing 1 shot out of a playoff. I was bitter. It stuck with me for a little bit. You have to embrace the anger. You have to embrace the fact that you gave it your all and didnt win. You can be mad about it, but youve got to get over it pretty quickly, because the positive is that you had a chance to win a golf tournament, which isnt easy.Johnson took the positives with him and hopped on a plane to Scotland soon afterward. The very next week, he won the Open Championship at St. Andrews.As for his best advice for anyone coming off a tough loss, Johnson said, If you really want to dumb it down, youve just got to eliminate outcomes. Regardless of what you finish, find why you were in that position to win and stick to it.Theres no player in the current generation more closely associated with heartache on the golf course than Phil Mickelson. Despite 42 PGA Tour wins, including five major titles, his half-dozen U.S. Open runner-up results and other various near-misses have helped define his legacy just as much.One of the things thats always fueled me is that failure pisses me off, Mickelson admitted. It makes me work harder to try and overcome that. It was really a big thing for me in 2013, when I lost the U.S. Open; I was really down about that. But it inspired me to work harder, and I ended up having one of the greatest weeks of my life [winning] The Open. So you just have to use it as fuel as opposed to feeling defeated.As for bouncing back, Mickelson said there is no secret formula.Theres no magic; you just have to be resilient and you just have to accept it, Mickelson said. People are going to use failure as one of two things -- theyre going to either be depressed about it and pack their bags and go home, or theyre going to be motivated to work harder and not let that happen again to make up for the failure. ' ' '