checker board Saturday? Kentucky game

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esarmstrong said:
It's the third oldest rivalry in the SEC. Kentucky is a border state. We are their biggest opponent and rival in all sports. When Ray Mears was the basketball coach, Kentucky fans threw oranges on the court during games in Lexington (I'd love to see someone try that today). Trust me, it's a rivalry, regardless of the point spread or your personal opinions about the gambler's point spread. Watch Tennessee lose to these hillbillies just once and you'll learn real quick how much of a "rivalry" it really is.
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I'm 54 and have been a Vol football fan for as long as I've known what football is. UT hasn't considered them a football rival in my lifetime, and according to the UT AD that is still the case. The fact they consider UT a rival and it makes their decade when they win doesn't make it so for most UT fans. It's an important game because they are in our division. That's it.
 
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DuckinVol said:
I'm 54 and have been a Vol football fan for as long as I've known what football is. UT hasn't considered them a football rival in my lifetime, and according to the UT AD that is still the case. The fact they consider UT a rival and it makes their decade when they win doesn't make it so for most UT fans. It's an important game because they are in our division. That's it.
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I concur. I'm 55 and have the same opinion, along with stay off my lawn.
 
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NO!
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DuckinVol said:
I'm 54 and have been a Vol football fan for as long as I've known what football is. UT hasn't considered them a football rival in my lifetime, and according to the UT AD that is still the case. The fact they consider UT a rival and it makes their decade when they win doesn't make it so for most UT fans. It's an important game because they are in our division. That's it.
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Well, there was that period in the late 70s and early 80s when Kentucky won 4 of 9.

And until the unfortunate DUI-related deaths of two KY players, the victor took home a beer barrel through 1999. While it pales in comparison to Bama, it's still a long-standing rivalry.

I always considered Bama a rival even through the 15 year losing streak. Even though some Bama fans said it wasn't a rivalry, the truth is that it was. Bama said it wasn't, in part, to get under our skin.

I don't like to throw away traditions. I love the keg-napping story where we stole it from them after they had beaten us.
 
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hillsborovol said:
Well, there was that period in the late 70s and early 80s when Kentucky won 4 of 9.

And until the unfortunate DUI-related deaths of two KY players, the victor took home a beer barrel through 1999. While it pales in comparison to Bama, it's still a long-standing rivalry.

I always considered Bama a rival even through the 15 year losing streak. Even though some Bama fans said it wasn't a rivalry, the truth is that it was. Bama said it wasn't, in part, to get under our skin.

I don't like to throw away traditions. I love the keg-napping story where we stole it from them after they had beaten us.
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The Beer Barrel is the only somewhat legitimate argument, but I, and most I know, just thought of that as a cool tradition with the State school from our neighbor to our north.

To many UT fans, KY has never been a football rival.
 
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DuckinVol said:
The Beer Barrel is the only somewhat legitimate argument, but I, and most I know, just thought of that as a cool tradition with the State school from our neighbor to our north.

To many UT fans, KY has never been a football rival.
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While what you say is true, this leaves us with zero mutual rivals unless you count Vanderbilt.
 
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hillsborovol said:
While what you say is true, this leaves us with zero mutual rivals unless you count Vanderbilt.
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What do you mean by “mutual rivals?” I’ll go with Vandy due to being within the state and conference along with what was actually a competitive history before any of us were born. Alabama goes without saying, and any actual Bama fan agrees. I’ll go with FL too due to how often the east was between us. That could change though.
 
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DuckinVol said:
What do you mean by “mutual rivals?” I’ll go with Vandy due to being within the state and conference along with what was actually a competitive history before any of us were born. Alabama goes without saying, and any actual Bama fan agrees. I’ll go with FL too due to how often the east was between us. That could change though.
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Well, if Kentucky is not a rival to UT because we have beaten them regularly, then Bama and Florida likely view the Vols in same way. Not counting this year, Kentucky had beaten us twice in the past 5 years. We had beaten Florida and Alabama zero times, and only once in the past 15 years.
 
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Speaking of the Bama rivalry, I recall some Alagump visitor once saying, "I don't think you guys will ever beat us again." :D:D:D
 
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hillsborovol said:
Well, if Kentucky is not a rival to UT because we have beaten them regularly, then Bama and Florida likely view the Vols in same way. Not counting this year, Kentucky had beaten us twice in the past 5 years. We had beaten Florida and Alabama zero times, and only once in the past 15 years.
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That’s not what I said, and nowhere close to what I think. Florida wasn’t a rivalry until they made it one in the 90s. I won’t gripe if a FL fan doesn’t consider it one due to more recent performance. I well recall when Bama wasn’t holding up their end of our rivalry, and so do their real fans. I’m fine with saying Bama and Vandy are our only football rivals.
 
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