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Makes more sense in that you do not eliminate UK's (2) closest teams. Knoxville and Nashville are about 3 hours from Lexington while USC and UF are overnight trips. Even when down the Dores and Vols sell well for games in Lex because of proximity.

Also, many Bama fans in the Bluegrass state

But Pod 4 would be just too dang hard. You really need to throw either UK or Vandy in with UF, UGA, & USCe to at least make an attempt at parity.

Do UK and Vandy fans actually travel well for football games? In my pod lineups, I forgot that I was leaving out TSOR. So you would have to make at least that game a permanent game. So maybe you could make UK/UT or Vandy/UT (depending on which team you move to Pod 4) a permanent game as well.

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Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 5/9/13 at 12:16 pm to Bamatab

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Bamatab

UK / UT / VU for all sports

Even when they are down the Dores and Vols tickets in Rupp are hard to come by but the same can not be said for the other SEC schools. It was a big issue when making UF the pema for UK in basketball. It was a TV deal because Gators do not travel as well. Secondary sports means higher draws for all 3 schools. At Vandy the draws they get from UT and UK are evident at games.

3 hours means more fans of all three schools will make day trips that might not make overnight trips. Southern KY and Northern TN is home to many crossover fans. Also, VU alumni in Louisville have a straight shot and easy drive between Louisville and Nashville going back to the old L&N railroad days but now replaced by the interstate.

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