College football TV announcer Tom Hart joined McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning Tuesday to discuss the recent changes that NIL and the CFB landscape have gone through, pertaining specifically to the time it takes to rebuild a struggling program.

The summary of Hart’s discussion revolved around the success of coaches such as Josh Heupel and others who have had success in as little as 2 years after being hired. Sonny Dykes, as further example, just punched a ticket to the National Championship game as a first-year head coach at TCU after a 5-7 2021 season.

Some time ago, Hart argues, that turnaround would not have been possible.

“A couple coaches out there, like Sonny Dykes, like others, Josh Heupel, they’ve shown that you no longer need 4, 5 or 6 years to build a program. Get me in there, let me work get the NIL money working, let me jump into the transfer portal, let’s get this sense of belief and momentum around our program and we can get there immediately. I think that changes the dynamic of college football.”

Tennessee may be the best example of this in the SEC right now. The Vols were a sunken program when Josh Heupel took over out of UCF. He had a good season in 2021 and a fantastic season in 2022, one that was borderline CFP-worthy had Tennessee shown up to play against South Carolina.

Even still, the Vols finishing 11-2 after a 3-7 2020 season is as impressive a coaching job as it gets.