re: Tennessee fans...ouch.

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I see more Vandy gear on a daily basis here in middle Tennessee than I see Vols gear.

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That is probably the case in Nashville/Murfresboro, but simply not true throughout the rest of the state.

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Sure, it's reasonable to expect Vol fans to be defensive and protective. But what tangible evidence can you provide to demonstrate otherwise? Vandy has a better team, more publicity, more excitement.

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I'm not being defensive or protective. I understand you can stand behind Vandy beating UT the last two years or Vandy having a better record the last five years as your evidence.

Vandy has a better team: sure, at the moment. At their pinnacle they are winning irrelevant bowl games and finishing 4th in the East. They don't have more publicity that I've seen, maybe you are seeing something different.

To those who say UT is a dead program, college football has changed, etc...that's fine except for the obvious fact that college football has changed quite a bit since its inception. I think UT has adapted to those changes pretty well and had very few down periods. Unfortunately,we are in one right now. Will it last? I will go with no.

Of course I can't predict what the future holds, but I would bet the farm on UT again competing for SEC/East championships and possibly more. I don't think Vandy will have to worry about that anytime soon.

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Why? Sure, it's reasonable to expect Vol fans to be defensive and protective. But what tangible evidence can you provide to demonstrate otherwise? Vandy has a better team, more publicity, more excitement. And yeah, Tennessee has a highly ranked class, but until Sgt. Carter proves that he can actually do something with them, it means nothing more than some of those overrated classes of the past. I see more Vandy gear on a daily basis here in middle Tennessee than I see Vols gear.

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You're so full of shite James Franklin doesn't believe that himself. The Nashville metro has over 1.5 million, and VU can't even sell out a 30k stadium with out a large away contingent. If Franklin believed he had support he wouldn't go on the radio begging for better fan support, begging people to show up and sell out a 30k stadium, about all the top talent leaving the Nashville area and heading to Knoxville and the constant bitching about how much more media attention UT gets from not only the entire state but with in his back yard & how there is a huge Vol bias with in the state. The guy drives around Nashville asking people to make Vandy their second team. Vanderbilt might get 10% of the support in the Nashville Metro and that's pushing it, and that's the only dot on the state map with any VU support.

There's your tangible evidence. Nice attempt on the troll though