I think it's funny that the only teams that say tradition doesn't mean anything are the teams that don't have any. Vandy has beaten the vols twice since these kids have been a live. They know that.
Tradition means more then what you did last year. Kids that attends UT know they are going to get to met greats like Manning, Berry, etc... History has a way of repeating itself also. It's not like the vols have been as bad as they were under Dooley for long now. Heck we won the east five years ago and three times last decade.