WHUT!!!? "Hatred in the Hills"

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Orangedogsrule

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Ok, it's in the Saturday Down South 'Bestest Rivalries Ever You Did See' article already referenced,...BUT I'm 63 and I've never, ever heard the Volunteer/comodedoor game called that. Not once ever.

So, I google it and guess what...It ONLY comes up in Wikipedia, AND 2 days ago an annonymous user edited it.

If ever I've seen something stoooopid this has to top them all.

Saturday Down South just became a non-entity for me.
 
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Learn your Tennessee history. Dean Nathan Dougherty promoted General Neyland to Head Coach in 1926 so Tennessee could finally beat Vanderbilt. Vandy was 17-2-2 against Tennessee prior to that.
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
Ah ... how sad is the state of modern education.
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Well, that's uncalled for. Show me a history book that refers to Knoxville as the Marble City. As a matter of fact, show me anyone that commonly refers to Knoxville as the Marble City.

How sad the state of an older generation thinking they are better than a younger generation because they never had any new-fangled electronic devices.

Isn't it past your bedtime, grampa?
 
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Yep. True dat.

Show me historical references that document the Tennessee Vanderbilt game has ever been popularly known between BOTH schools and their fans as "Hatred in the Hills".
 
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They have 30 wins in the series and 19 of them came before the great depression. I wouldn't consider that a rivalry, but I guess it explains where the hatred is coming from
 
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dooley2 said:
Well, that's uncalled for. Show me a history book that refers to Knoxville as the Marble City. As a matter of fact, show me anyone that commonly refers to Knoxville as the Marble City.

How sad the state of an older generation thinking they are better than a younger generation because they never had any new-fangled electronic devices.

Isn't it past your bedtime, grampa?
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Due to Knoxville being a major center of marble distribution in the early 1900s, its nickname soon become "The Marble City."

City of Knoxville - Knoxville Fun Facts
 
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SycloneJoe said:
Due to Knoxville being a major center of marble distribution in the early 1900s, its nickname soon become "The Marble City."

City of Knoxville - Knoxville Fun Facts
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Right, I Googled it too. But grandpa was blaming me not knowing that on my education. It's not in a history book, and I didn't grow up in Knoxville. I got a degree from UT, went there all four years, and never heard Knoxville called the Marble City. His comment was unwarranted and completely baseless.
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
Show me historical references that document the Tennessee Vanderbilt game has ever been popularly known between BOTH schools and their fans as "Hatred in the Hills".
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I can't help you here. The only people I've ever heard call it that were Vandy fans and James Franklin. :crazy:
 
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dooley2 said:
Well, that's uncalled for. Show me a history book that refers to Knoxville as the Marble City. As a matter of fact, show me anyone that commonly refers to Knoxville as the Marble City.

How sad the state of an older generation thinking they are better than a younger generation because they never had any new-fangled electronic devices.

Isn't it past your bedtime, grampa?
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Egads ol son, it STILL IS and is referenced over and over in business and institutional names. Just google it. I agree general histories probably don't reference it, but Knoxville was famous for it's marble before the quarries closed, but thats a topic for The Pub.
 
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dooley2 said:
Right, I Googled it too. But grandpa was blaming me not knowing that on my education. It's not in a history book, and I didn't grow up in Knoxville. I got a degree from UT, went there all four years, and never heard Knoxville called the Marble City. His comment was unwarranted and completely baseless.
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Did it hurt your wittle feelings, Ol' Son?
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
Egads ol son, it STILL IS and is referenced over and over in business and institutional names. Just google it. I agree general histories probably don't reference it, but Knoxville was famous for it's marble before the quarries closed, but thats a topic for The Pub.
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If "general histories probably don't reference it", then how is my modern education to blame for not knowing that?
 
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SycloneJoe said:
Learn your Tennessee history. Dean Nathan Dougherty promoted General Neyland to Head Coach in 1926 so Tennessee could finally beat Vanderbilt. Vandy was 17-2-2 against Tennessee prior to that.
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It's been slightly lopsided since.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Was that the name of their DVD?
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I can't remember. I actually bought a copy for my brother's wife. She is a big Vandy fan and she gave me a hard time about losing to them. I told her the DVD was to help her remember the moment because she would be too old to realize what was going on by the time it happened again.
 
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dooley2 said:
If "general histories probably don't reference it", then how is my modern education to blame for not knowing that?
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Instead of arguing about it, why don't you try to learn from each other. :mf_surrender:

My age is somewhere in between you both so I feel neutral here. As you get older, you'll realize you can learn a lot from older generations and he could probably learn a lot from your "modern education".
 
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SycloneJoe said:
Instead of arguing about it, why don't you try to learn from each other. :mf_surrender:

My age is somewhere in between you both so I feel neutral here. As you get older, you'll realize you can learn a lot from older generations and he could probably learn a lot from your "modern education".
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You're right. Get me your address so I can send a check to pay for this session.
 
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