That the Volunteers need to be able to win in the SEC to be relevant.

No, not really. That's a given that every football fan gets.

My point is: you wrote, "I guess the what if game is only valid if it is all gloom and doom."

All the what ifs in that post were positives. That's the thing with risk.

Every time you push the throttles up, you could have an engine failure at v1. What if that happens?

What if when you pushed the throttles up you had a normal takeoff?

With PS, so much focus on the negative risk. Oh my god, what will we do if Richard leaves! Just as there is negative risk with PS, there is also positive outcomes as well.