Liberty Bowl: Vols "The team we want"

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The Liberty Bowl's associate executive director on Thursday told the Knoxville News Sentinel — a 247Sports partner — that the bowl wants Tennessee

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"We've made it very clear that Tennessee is the team we want," Harold Graeter said, according to the KNS report. "We've been following Tennessee since Signing Day. ...We visited with (Tennessee coach Butch Jones) and (athletic director) Dave Hart throughout the spring, summer and fall. We went to five UT games. We've been very visible and very out front about the team we'd like to have. There's no secret about the team that we want."

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"It's the flagship university of the state, and they haven't played in our game in 28 years," Graeter said. "...There's a huge base of alums in this part of the state. There are 9,000 UT-Knoxville alums within 25 miles, so that's a substantial number of alumni here. Coming here would certainly dovetail what Butch is trying to do from a recruiting standpoint, and it dovetails with the university trying to attract students from Memphis."

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