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Death, taxes, and beating Kentucky
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:31 am
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:31 am
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Jubilant Tennessee stands chanted, “Twenty-six, twenty-six,” just a few feet from the Kentucky sideline as time was running out Saturday. “That hurt,” freshman tight end Tyler Robinson, who had a touchdown catch for UK, said. “It’s not a good feeling to have, but what could we do. They were beating us. All we could do was listen.” He’s right.
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Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:33 am to Crompdaddy8
Skeletor is an impressive QB i must say..
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:51 am to Crompdaddy8
While I'm not for piling on the hapless...
When you have lost 25 straight years, and punt on 4th and 2 from your opponent's 38, you deserve to lose.
When you have lost 25 straight years, and punt on 4th and 2 from your opponent's 38, you deserve to lose.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:58 am to Crompdaddy8
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reading their board makes me feel kinda bad for them. but then again, they were talking so much shiet when we were having an off-season from hell, so maybe they deserve this.
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Lot of angry UK fans here as well. Then you have the other extreme...despair.
I have a lot of kin in Kentucky, and my cousin Derrick is as big a Wildcat fan as they come. And after the game Saturday, I heard something in his voice I've never heard before. Despair. Usually we joke about the Streak (I never smack talk about it, it's an anomaly to me) but Saturday afternoon, Derrick said "Tee, I'm going to die before Kentucky beats Tennessee again." He said it as a simple statement, and he MEANT it. His father was a big UK fan, and he's now in the ground. His older brother is now in the ground. We both have our health issues now that we're older. Like he said, he went through his 30s and 40s without a win. Now that he's in his 50s, it's the same old same old.
I think a lot of the anger comes from the perception(reality?) that Tennessee has hit rock bottom with nowhere to go but up. And still beats Kentucky by double digits, with a future star QB in Bray. It could be that too many fans put all of their chips into a win THIS season and it didn't happen...but yes, there's anger all around.
reading their board makes me feel kinda bad for them. but then again, they were talking so much shiet when we were having an off-season from hell, so maybe they deserve this.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:58 am to Crompdaddy8
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Death, taxes, and beating Kentucky
Man UT has fallen far.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 12:16 pm to Crompdaddy8
This is really hard to believe. Kentucky beat them twice in the 70's and had won in '81 before the 1984 win. Had a couple of wins in the early 60's and throughout the 1950's.
In addition to the losing seasons in 1988,2005 and 2008 Tennessee had some 6-5 or similar teams,too. It just doesn't seem to matter; UT will win that game.
In addition to the losing seasons in 1988,2005 and 2008 Tennessee had some 6-5 or similar teams,too. It just doesn't seem to matter; UT will win that game.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 12:47 pm to Crompdaddy8
The streak is a function of a few things: first of all, it gets mention because Notre Dame lost to Navy in 2007, making Tennessee-Kentucky the longest active winning streak in football. Second, Tennessee has very little to hang their hats on these days, so the streak is a nice thing to point out where we actually do something notable. Third, the streak's foundation was built on Kentucky being absolutely dreadful in the 80s and 90s.
Now that Kentucky is finally not awful, the streak gets way more attention and Tennessee has firmly planted itself inside the Wildcat Nation's collective head.
Now that Kentucky is finally not awful, the streak gets way more attention and Tennessee has firmly planted itself inside the Wildcat Nation's collective head.
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