re: Vols get two rings for their Football team

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Tennessee isn't a blue blood though. Don't let them fool you. They're about equivalent to Georgia Tech historically. They won several championships before the advent of the facemask, then added one in the 90s. Pretty good in the 60s, mediocre in the 70s, pretty good in the 80s, good in the 90s, mediocre in the 00s through present. Those descriptions apply to both GT and UT, and no one mistakes the Yellow Jackets for a blue blood.

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based on S&P rankings here

That's what a blue blood is. I.e born of Noble birth. We were kicking butt back in the day and earned our blue blood status. Maybe have fallen out of Blue Blood territory since 2005 or so, but Tech hasn't made that list since the 50s. Little bit of a difference there

1930s - 2nd best team
1940s - 6th best team
1960s - 10th best team
1990s - 4th best team
2000s - 10th best team (even with 2005-2009 included)