re: Death, taxes, and beating Kentucky

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.