In case you missed it Tennessee head coach Butch Jones isn't upset with the results of this season or of the results of his senior class. Davis dismissed any notion that the last few years at Tennessee have been disappointing because has he put it, his seniors are 'Champions of life'.
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Jones on this senior class: "They’ve won the biggest championship – that’s the championship of life”
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 21, 2016
Of course the internet immediately had a field day.
Butch Jones has got some new championship hardware on his Wikipedia page. Bang! pic.twitter.com/NVU2VhWszr
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 21, 2016
So here's Butch Jones -- wearing Life, eating Life, playing Life. Champions of Life, indeed. pic.twitter.com/bxs5VuTIYX
— Jason Butt (@JasonHButt) November 21, 2016
Then Tuesday night during ESPN's live coverage of the playoff rankings analyst and Alabama alum Rece Davis piled on, making a funny jab at those life champs.
Rece, an Alabama grad, with a shot at the Vols 😂😂😂 https://t.co/dEkHpbGUPO
— Marq Burnett (@Marq_Burnett) November 23, 2016
Did anyone else hear Rece Davis sneak in "Tennessee, champions of life, at No. 17."
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 23, 2016
... and Reece Davis called Tennessee the "champions of life." Is the people's champion title available too?
— BamaCentral (@BamaCentral) November 23, 2016
Poor Tennessee, even when they try to do something good they fail. Except of course for life.