The recruiting of junior college football players is generally regarded as a desperate venture for an SEC school. But better to be desperate than in denial.

Imagine how Tennessee's depth chart would look without its successful pursuit of junior college players.

The front three on defense is all-juco. So is one of the safeties. And, now that All-SEC wide receiver and serial troublemaker Da'Rick Rogers has been suspended indefinitely, so is one of the starting wide receivers.