The Kentucky game is sooooo boring.

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Yeah, I get it, it's as automatic a win as a win can be.

But I would love to drop those losers for a more interesting game.

Auburn or Ole Miss would be a thousand times more exciting than sorry ole Kentucky.
 
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JL24 said:
Yeah, I get it, it's as automatic a win as a win can be.

But I would love to drop those losers for a more interesting game.

Auburn or Ole Miss would be a thousand times more exciting than sorry ole Kentucky.
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Tennessee has played Georgia Alabama and Florida every year for the past 30 years. With the schedule adding Texas and Oklahoma we need the Kentucky type game on the schedule.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
3 losses in the last 14 years is not automatic.
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* With Tennessee's 2019 win having been vacated, due to sanctions imposed for recruiting violations committed under Jeremy Pruitt :

Tennessee is 53-7 vs Kentucky since 1965.

and .....

Tennessee is 85-26-9 vs Kentucky all time.

That's as close to automatic as you're going to get in a football series involving 2 SEC schools.
 
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rocketskates said:
I actually agree with you. It's just a tough game to "get up" for. Especially away because Commonwealth Stadium is such a dud venue. I actually get more excited to play Vanderbilt. But, given our SOS with the new 9 game shift, we're lucky to have them as one of our permanent rivals.
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I don't know how lucky it is, it just means there will be more meat in our rotational schedule. The impact of permanent opponents on schedule strength is alot less when 3 of 9 are permanent instead of 7 of 8.
 
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I can only imagine the hair-pulling and gnashing of teeth if we had drawn bama, ga, and fla as our three permanent rivals.

And right now vandy isnt looking like the pushover everyone thought, either.
 
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VOLdo Raine said:
I can only imagine the hair-pulling and gnashing of teeth if we had drawn bama, ga, and fla as our three permanent rivals.

And right now vandy isnt looking like the pushover everyone thought, either.
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In most years they will be. Clark Lea will take a better job, and their current roster will be raided by schools willing to offer more NIL compensation than Vanderbilt will. Vandy is a house of cards.
 
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feathersax said:
We shall see after punky Pavia is gone. Without him, vandie is the same old dore-mat. :cool:
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Lea is a Vanderbilt alumnus and his family has been embedded in the Nashville community for generations. He is as Nashville as one gets. He wants to be Vanderbilt's Bear Bryant. And Vanderbilt is the wealthiest school in the SEC...by far...so they can certainly match any offer.

Nothing is certain, but I'd lean towards Lea being at Vanderbilt for awhile. I think he's where he wants to be, doing what he wants to do.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Lea is a Vanderbilt alumnus and his family has been embedded in the Nashville community for generations. He is as Nashville as one gets. He wants to be Vanderbilt's Bear Bryant. And Vanderbilt is the wealthiest school in the SEC...by far...so they can certainly match any offer.

Nothing is certain, but I'd lean towards Lea being at Vanderbilt for awhile. I think he's where he wants to be, doing what he wants to do.
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Living in Nashville, I loathe everything 'vandie '. Lea went to MBA & vandie, so you're probably correct. Then again, the commode-doors tend to self-destructive. I'm anxiously awaiting it.
 
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Some Vol fans will only be happy if UT has to play all of these teams each year and go 6-6 at best

Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Ole Miss
Auburn
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Oregon
Michigan

We have Vol fans that think the Vols should have to play the above schedule only each year, year after year and play zero "cupcakes" like everybody else does. The Vols have arguably the toughest schedule each and every year, year after year and we have fans that complain it's not tough enough?

Literally every team plays more cupcakes than the Vols historically and they all get to do it with no complaining.

Can the Vols not schedule some "winnable" games to give themselves somewhat of a break here and there?
 
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I dont agree. The basketball rivalry spills over into football and I H A T E Kentucky overall because of that. I want us to hang half a hundred on those turds every year!
 
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JL24 said:
Yeah, I get it, it's as automatic a win as a win can be.

But I would love to drop those losers for a more interesting game.

Auburn or Ole Miss would be a thousand times more exciting than sorry ole Kentucky.
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Georgia, Alabama, and Florida say the same thing about our game. Geez, what do you people want? We've gone to 9 league games next year. Is that not difficult enough? We're a mash unit now. What do you propose? How could we make it even more difficult going forward? Maybe play Bama, UGA and UF three times each in a season with Ohio St and maybe Oregon thrown in as out of conference opponents? That "worthy" of your attention? Before we start crowing about how crappy UK is, maybe we best see how we finish the year? Our "cupcakes" are in the rear view except for NM. Now lets see if who we really are.

Look, these are not NFL rosters. You can't expect these kids to play elite teams week after week after week. No one can. You bring Ohio State into this league and watch what happens to their injury list. Every team in this league can and will test you if not beat you when you don't come ready to play your best. Also, when we do get a mismatch, it not only gives teams a chance to rest/heal, but it gives the coaches a chance to play younger guys giving them real game experience. Again, it's nice to crow about how we're so much better than UK and call for better opponents, but bravado in this league will get you humbled mighty quick. Be careful what you wish for.
 
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I have close friends who graduated from and remain diehard Kats fans.

I would vote to kick the snot out of them three times per year if rules allowed.

Never ceases to please me.
 
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