Wes Rucker sends “heart-warming” message to Josh Heupel to revive his hopes

No one should make too much of non-playoff bowl games in this era, but a depleted Tennessee roster made a statement in Monday’s Citrus Bowl shellacking of Iowa, and reinforcements are on the way. Josh Heupel has good reasons to feel good about his program’s future.

As Josh Heupel stepped into the room for his postgame presser at Camping World Stadium, the present and future of his Tennessee offense sat to his right, and the present and future of his Tennessee defense sat to his left. He was a happy man, and rightfully so.

For all the talk of the couple dozen or so Tennessee scholarship players who weren’t available in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, the ones who were available did just fine.

A pair of potential superstars — freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava and sophomore edge defender James Pearce Jr. — propelled the Vols to a 35-0 pasting of Iowa in Orlando, and Heupel was all smiles while sitting between those two after the game.

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