Absolute crap that we won't be playing y'all yearly now.

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McDad said:
It's 4 years. Difficult to balance historical rivalries with more modern ones.
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I can see the SEC always preserving one very traditional rivalry - like for UT it would be Bama (although we would have to compete with Auburn), Florida it would be Georgia, etc.
Then the other two 'annual' opponents be rotated every 4 yrs to get some of those rivalries that exist but not as historic, like UT / Florida.
 
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This does suck.

Truth is we got two historical cupcakes and Bama. Boo hoo 100 vs Kentucky, but for once I’m almost in agreement with D4H.

Bama is obvious for being a big deal since the league formed.. Vandy because it is instate.


We’ve lost historical rivalries before such as Ole Miss and Auburn, but I’ve never met a Tennessee fan who is fired up for Kentucky hate week the way we do Florida or Bama.

Nobody really cares about Kentucky. This ain’t basketball. They don’t put in the effort or resources to consistently field a competitive program.

We already have one program with a ceiling of 9 wins at the very best. Now we have 2 of them.
 
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IndianaVol said:
I can see the SEC always preserving one very traditional rivalry - like for UT it would be Bama (although we would have to compete with Auburn), Florida it would be Georgia, etc.
Then the other two 'annual' opponents be rotated every 4 yrs to get some of those rivalries that exist but not as historic, like UT / Florida.
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I think that is likely.

No one has ever hinted at it, but the SEC needs some really strong match ups for national television, too. The rivalries with high neilson ranking on the national stage are probably part of the consideration, too.
 
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lukeneyland said:
I agree. Florida game is one of the biggest weeks of the year to a generation of Vol fans. To hell with Kentucky they don’t deserve to play us every year
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100%......younger Gen X and older Millenials........this was the "Bama" of our generation. Sad to see this rivalry go. Hopefully revisited in 4 years.
 
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perico said:
This does suck.

Truth is we got two historical cupcakes and Bama. Boo hoo 100 vs Kentucky, but for once I’m almost in agreement with D4H.

Bama is obvious for being a big deal since the league formed.. Vandy because it is instate.


We’ve lost historical rivalries before such as Ole Miss and Auburn, but I’ve never met a Tennessee fan who is fired up for Kentucky hate week the way we do Florida or Bama.

Nobody really cares about Kentucky. This ain’t basketball. They don’t put in the effort or resources to consistently field a competitive program.

We already have one program with a ceiling of 9 wins at the very best. Now we have 2 of them.
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Agree. There was always some extra excitement in the air Gator Hater week. As a customer, the value I get seeing us play Florida is way higher than seeing us play UK, even in a loss.
 
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We had some of our best teams during the Spurrier/Fulmer era but you guys got the best of us. Seemed like Spurrier just got into Fuller's head or something & we just couldn't get prepared.
 
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perico said:
but I’ve never met a Tennessee fan who is fired up for Kentucky hate week the way we do Florida
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You have now. I CANNOT STAND kentucky or their fans. I've endured multiple coworkers and bosses through the years who are massive kentucky fans and they're always so damn cocky for no reason. I get great joy going to cats illustrated and watching KSR after our yearly azz woopin on them. I would have preferred Florida over Vandy though. I don't give a crap about vandy.
 
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Brojan said:
I know i'm in the minority here, but I'm glad we get to keep the Kentucky game. The trip to Lexington every other year was my dad's favorite road game in the SEC. I'm happy to keep that venture going for now. Go Vols!
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You are not by yourself. I agree. We got the 3 teams we should have
 
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perico said:
This does suck.

Truth is we got two historical cupcakes and Bama. Boo hoo 100 vs Kentucky, but for once I’m almost in agreement with D4H.

Bama is obvious for being a big deal since the league formed.. Vandy because it is instate.


We’ve lost historical rivalries before such as Ole Miss and Auburn, but I’ve never met a Tennessee fan who is fired up for Kentucky hate week the way we do Florida or Bama.

Nobody really cares about Kentucky. This ain’t basketball. They don’t put in the effort or resources to consistently field a competitive program.

We already have one program with a ceiling of 9 wins at the very best. Now we have 2 of them.
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You have never meet me, I hate Kentucky!!!
 
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Rocky Top T said:
You are not by yourself. I agree. We got the 3 teams we should have
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I have a former coworker who is a kentucky fan who literally texts me "Go dawgs!" or "Roll Tide!" or whatever the catchphrase is for the opponent when we lose. I even got an o-h-i-o last year. Its infuriating that his team is such dog water that he just hangs on to whatever team beats us.
 
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