spring practice absolutely matters and anyone saying otherwise is just trying to cover for their own team's shaky offseason. we get to see who's putting in the work, who's stepping up in the qb battle. you think josh heupel is out there just running drills for fun? every rep builds the foundation for the fall. i saw nico iamaleava connecting on some deep balls in those clips and that tells me our offense is about to be explosive again. our rivals would love for us to ignore what's happening on haslam field right now because they know we're building something special. the energy, the competition, it all translates. remember when people said spring didn't matter and then we came out and stomped that team from up north in the opener? this is where championships are born. you can try to downplay it all you want, but we see who's getting better and we know what's ccoming. vols are stacking wins in march and april so we can dominate in september.