If you could pick any team for a Home and Home series..

Pitt- the Johnny Majors Classic
Notre Dame- History and Traditions wold make a great game
UCLA- cool game. We could be them what ND is to USC.
Virginia Tech and UNC- same reason for both . Close to UT
Pitt would be my pick but I like all four.
 
2- Clemson- Fertile recruiting and we go head to head with them on the trail.

1- VA Tech- Border state. Fertile recruiting ground. Usually puts out a decent program (unlike UVA). And we hold (or at least held at the time) the record for the most attended CFB game in history with them. We could even call it the Hendon Hooker Bowl.
 
Hawaii… we have recruited well with the Polynesian kids in the past, Also gives our kids a chance to see places they may never travel to
 
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Wisconsin:

Been there, ate the cheese, got the T-shirt.
Madison is a great college town, the people are lovely, and the farmland is as scenic as you'd find anywhere.

Or Navy. Because my son is a graduate of Annapolis and has been a Naval officer for many years now.

We have played Army eight times but never tangled with the Midshipmen on the gridiron.
 
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The Georgia Tech series served a valuable recruiting opportunity into the metro Atlanta area every other year and Tech was not too dissimilar from Vanderbilt, occassionally rearing up and beating Tennessee, although more often than not, it was the other way around, provided a good weekend in Atlanta, Varsity hot dogs on the walk to the game, etc.

For similar purposes in the new age, I'd look seriously into the State of Texas or Louisiana, perhaps a TCU, Tulane or maybe the University of Houston, for an opportunity to showcase the program in realistic recruiting hotbeds, perhaps picking up some athletes along the way when they and their families have an opportunity to see the program live and up close, without having to make the trip to Knoxville.

The made for TV events tend to operate as one offs and don't necessarily create much buzz other than during the season the game is played, TV events in Las Vegas, Jerry World, the Benz or over in Charlotte should be a once every 4 years type thing and the exposure within the conference season will be a constant going forward.
 

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