1-Still a SEC school so they'll get recruits. Some kids in TN grow up wanting to play at UT and stay in state so fam and friends can see them play.....
2-Better football school than the others in TN like Vandy....think Furman might be in Tennessee, but they're in the lower level, the JV level......
3- They'll get the leftovers (in the South, still quality players) that can't get a scholarship at the elite schools in the SEC.