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Presuming Butch Jones is out, is there an advantage to firing now?

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Tennessee running back Jalen Hurd (1) carries during first half action against Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015.

Another Tennessee loss, the latest to South Carolina, leaves the future as Butch Jones as head coach as the topic of conversation on this edition of The Volunteer State with Geoff Calkins of The Commercial Appeal, John Adams of The Knoxville News Sentinel and The Tennessean's Joe Rexrode. 

Is there an advantage to firing him now? Or do you wait until the end of the season? And are the Vols a legit almost 35-point underdog against the Crimson Tide?

No. 1 Alabama (7-0, 4-0 SEC) welcomes UT (3-3, 0-3) to Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (TV: CBS, 3:30 p.m. EDT)

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