OK since we seem to be a continual disaster, I suggest a little levity. Answer the question "The next bad thing to happen to UT is _____________" in the vein of "it is discovered Al Wilson has 1 final year of eligibility and has chosen to play 1 more year ------ at Florida". Fire away, kids.
Thinking meteor storm strikes Knoxville, wipes out only the entirety of UT athletics facilities, but misses everything else. That or Coach Dooley comes out of the closet and introduces his sweetheart, Charlie Weis.
NCAA announces they were just kidding, and both the football and basketball teams are getting killed.
In a game of national significance against rival Florida, the HC spurns the stud young running back destined for a 2000-yd season in the NFL for a more experienced, less talented, wait, what? this did happen? ah crap.