IMO UTK needs to be more worried about MTSU than Vandy. The sleeping giant that is Little Middle is starting to stir. Beating Bowl Subdivision teams and getting ESPN to come to that hay loft in Mufreesboro. Wait a couple of years until MTSU claws their way into some variant Conference USA and they are regularly playing against schools with recognizable names. Maybe an annual cross state rivalry game with Memphis? They already have the state's largest undergraduate population and a huge alumni base. Give them a product to cheer for and I'm sure you will find alot of people who are happier to make a short drive to the Boro instead of the trek to K-town, especially if the Vols are down. Another point is that unlike Alabama, where the AL trustees have been able to retard the growth of UAB in order to protect the flagship, MTSU is a Board of Regents school which means the UT BOT has no say in anything MTSU does.