re: For all of you non-Bama and non-Tenn fans that keep posting about our rivalry

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Sorry about your little dicks.

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UT hasn't been relevant in the SEC since the mid 2000's and relevant on a national stage since 1998. Out of the past 10 seasons, 6 of them have been losing seasons. Pretty atrocious (and shocking if you think about it).

In the SEC west, UT hasn't beaten bammer since 2006 (8 losses in a row). Even though AU and UT don't play every year anymore, AU has won the last 6 in a row and leads the series 28-21-3. LSU and UT don't play that often, but LSU has won the last 5 in a row and 7 of the last 9. And you have to consider that UT has owned LSU in the overall series (20-9-3), which shows how far UT has fallen in modern times.

In the East, Florida has beaten UT a stunning 11 times in a row (and that spans 3 Florida coaches, including Muschamp. Yes, Muschamp was perfect against UT). Since Fulmer left in 2008, you have only beaten UGA twice. Hell, UT is 5-5 with lowly USCe in the past 10 meetings. UT has lost to Vandy 3 times since 2005, which shouldn't ever happen. A UT loss to Vandy should be about a 1 in 20 year event.

So, pardon us if we don't give a shite about UT. You haven't done shite since Manning and Tee Martin. Indeed, it's been the biggest fall of ANY football program in America (outside of maybe USCw, but that was because of Pete Carroll's cheating and subsequent probation).

TBH, I don't think UT is an elite MODERN program in general. I don't think it's a matter of a coaching fail as it is just UT fans having to face reality. This isn't the 40's and 50's anymore. It's going to be VERY hard for any coach to win consistently there in 2015 onward. It's harder to recruit to Knoxville than it is to Gainesville, Turdalooscer, Athens, Baton Rouge, or College Station. UT and Arky are in the same boat -- it's hard to get players at either place unless you want to bring out the bagmen.