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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.

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.