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re: Do like like having an in-state rival?
Posted on 12/23/16 at 7:08 pm to TexAgChill
Posted on 12/23/16 at 7:08 pm to TexAgChill
Yeah. But tbh, as an East, Tennessean I've always thought of UK as out in-state rival. Vanderbilt is def. one we hate to lose too tho but outside of mid-state/Middle, TN peeps I haven't met many who cared aside from those rare occasions we lose to them. UK, OTOH, we've always had a two sport rivalry, share most of our border with them and used to have a trophy that desperately needs to come back.
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Posted on 12/25/16 at 9:22 am to Prof
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UK, OTOH, we've always had a two sport rivalry, share most of our border with them and used to have a trophy that desperately needs to come back.
Yes, the Beer Barrel was the symbol of a once heated rivalry between UK and UT. Sadly, the SEC and UT kept advancing in football while UK stayed focused on basketball. The two-sport rivalry was collateral damage as our football program declined and our basketball program ascended.
Then Louisville came onto the scene as a major power in both sports and a natural rivalry was born. It has become white hot in the last 20 years and the UK/UT rivalry seems like a distant memory.
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