The 2019 LSU Tigers might be the greatest college football team of all time, so it should definitely excite fans that the 2022 Tennessee Vols have a lot of similarities to that team.

LSU didn't exactly come out of nowhere in 2019 like the Vols seemingly have in 2022 — the Tigers were ranked inside the top 10 to start the season — but it wasn't until around midway through the season that we started to realize that LSU was special.

After the Tigers beat No. 7 Florida for their sixth win of the season (College GameDay was in Baton Rouge for the matchup against Florida, just like the Tennessee/Alabama game on Saturday), LSU shot up to No. 2 in the polls.

At that point, folks started to realize that LSU had a really good shot to reach the playoff.

That's pretty much the same position Tennessee is in after beating Alabama for their sixth win of the season (it has to be a good feeling that the Vols are bowl eligible and no one cares).

LSU's defense in 2019 was decent — better than the Vols' defense this season — but what made them special was their offense.

The Tigers led the nation in scoring in 2019 by averaging 48.1 points per game. Through their first six games of the season, they averaged just over 50 points per game.

Tennessee, meanwhile, is averaging 47.6 points per game through six games this season.

Beyond the scoring, some of the results of the games have been similar.

In 2019, LSU beat No. 9 Texas on the road (Texas would finish unranked) in a close game early in the season (Tigers won 45-38). That win for LSU is similar to the Vols' early season overtime win against Pittsburgh on the road.

Even LSU's win against Alabama in 2019 was similar to Tennessee's win against Alabama in 2022 (LSU won 46-41 in a shootout while the Vols won 52-49 with the only difference being the Tigers won in Tuscaloosa).

It was also around midseason that Joe Burrow started emerging as a Heisman Trophy favorite — same for UT quarterback Hendon Hooker this season.

Speaking of Burrow, his 2019 season was statistically ridiculous: 5,671 passing yards, 60 passing touchdowns, six interceptions, 368 rushing yards, and five rushing touchdowns.

Here's Hooker's 15-game pace so far: 4,542 passing yards, 38 touchdowns, 3 interceptions, 718 rushing yards, and eight rushing touchdowns.

Those numbers aren't quite as prolific as Burrow's in 2019 — though Hooker could certainly have some big games to end the season — but those are Heisman Trophy numbers nonetheless.

Tennessee's offense is nearly as dominant as LSU's offense in 2019. And they're doing it with a transfer quarterback that was an afterthought before arriving at Tennessee (much like Burrow was an afterthought after transferring from Ohio State to LSU).

I don't know if the Vols are going to have an LSU-like November, December, and January. It's still too early to tell. But the signs are certainly there. And that's a bizarre sentence to write. Who would've thought that Tennessee in 2022 would be putting up historical numbers while off to a 6-0 start that includes wins over Florida, LSU, and Alabama?

If anyone says they expected this a couple of years ago, they're lying.

But that doesn't matter. We're not here to argue over who believed in Josh Heupel when he was hired or any of that. All that matters now is that Tennessee fans finally get the celebration they deserve. 15 years of pain and misery have been erased. And Vol fans are having more fun than anyone right now.

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