I think you're really underestimating the Titans support. I love the vols and am currently a student at UT but the further you go from Knoxville the more people shift from UT fans first to vol fans. There's nothing wrong with that, and people shouldn't take that as an affront to UT or anything, but they also shouldn't underestimate the number of Titan fans.
Agree with this. I have lived in Knoxville all my life, currently go to UT, and have been a fan of the Vols since before I could walk or talk, but I am also a Titans fan, and neither diminishes my fanhood of the other team, which is why this is really a silly debate.
But most of you on here don't seem to realize that once you get more towards middle tennessee, more and more people pimp the Titans over the Vols. Alot of the media hangs all over the Titans, because they are really the only mainstream pro team that we have (other than the preds...which are kind of eh...hockey...).
In Knoxville, you see Orange EVERYTHING, and just a little bit of Titans stuff here or there. In most of middle tennessee, its the other way around. I haven't been to western tennessee since the Titans came here so I wouldn't be able to speak for them, but I know that alot of you people are underestimating the Titans fans over in other parts of the state.
There are also alot of Titans fans in regions around us. For example, on the college football board that I visit, I know alot of kentucky, ohio state, arkansas, and alabama fans who are also Titans fans because they just don't have other teams in their area (other than maybe ohio state fans who could root for cleveland or cinci). Not to mention alot of Texas fans are also Titans fans because of Vince Young and because the Titans are originally from Houston. Just like you still have people in TN rooting for Peyton with the colts, you have people in Texas rooting for the Titans and VY. You have people in Houston who grew up loving the Oilers who continued to follow the franchise after they moved.