Louisville and Tennessee have gumpy schedules
Context
The show keeps returning to Louisville and Tennessee not because either receives one long team-preview segment, but because both schedules repeatedly interrupt the week-by-week walk. Louisville shows up in Ole Miss, SMU, Florida State, Syracuse, NC State, Pitt, and Kentucky contexts. Tennessee appears through Georgia Tech, Texas, Alabama, Texas A&M, LSU, and Vanderbilt.
The take is about placement as much as opponent quality. Both teams may end up determining the shape of several weeks even if neither is the single biggest national story entering the season.