The Three Permanent Conference Games

Who should our 3 permanent games be against?

  • Alabama

  • Georgia

  • Florida

  • Vanderbilt

  • Kentucky

  • South Carolina

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#202
#202
Rickyvol77 said:
Besides your emotional illogical rants, Do you not realize that we will be playing Florida or UGA every other year. As well as Texas or Texas A&M, Oklahoma or Mizzou, Ole Miss or MSU, Arkansas or SCarolina, Auburn or LSU. And playing the other schools the next season
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I get it. I simply prefer Florida and Georgia being our named rivals over Vanderbilt and Kentucky. I'd rather not be associated with loser programs. And if we claim Vanderbilt and Kentucky are our bigger rivals that's exactly what we would be admitting. Once again I don't ever remember hearing Ohio State calling Purdue or Indiana their rivals or Texas saying Texas Texh is a rival.

Elite programs should only be rivals with other elite programs. Yall trying to tie us to Vanderbilt and Kentucky is embarrassing.
 
#205
#205
Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
No. Let some lesser program start new rivalries of futility with them.
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Like who? Ole Miss? They usually suck but have been just as good as us for the last 4 years. Like Miss State? They were ranked #1 just a decade ago! Like Auburn? They've won a national title and made a title game more recent than Tennessee.
 
#206
#206
Rocky Top T said:
Got to keep Kentucky and Vanderbilt for sure. Danny White needs to make sure on the years we play 5 away conference games that vandy is one of them
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Kentucky and Vanderbilt? Seriously? Because most years, they are cupcakes?

Hell, the Tennessean has been pushing for God knows how long to exaggerate that so called rivalry. Guess they were hoping they could get another James Franklin to built that program. But the Vandy leadership has not truly invested in that football program for years. I fail to see the fascination with having such a bunch of wimps as a traditional rivalry. Sorry, but I just can't get THAT drunk.
 
#207
#207
VOLINVONORE said:
I would miss it. A larger segment of my Middle Tennessee family attended Vanderbilt. I love it when continue to dominate them in football and Basketball. .
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I wouldn't. Yeah they have beaten the Vols during a few really inept seasons. But to ever think Vandy is a legitimate powerhouse, or a worthwhile rival? No wonder propaganda actually works.

Back in the 1960s, Vandy ought to have joined up with Duke and Georgia Tech and created the Ivy League South. Maybe add Wake Forest, Virginia, Tulane and Rice. Sure there are a few others out there. Point is their prestige would be more than what they have now. Sorry but outside of baseball? Vandy is a joke with a boring punchline.
 
#208
#208
Bama, Vandy and Ky would be my preferred. But I wouldn't be against swapping out Ky for uscjr. That has actually developed into a competitive rivalry the last 10-15 years.

Plus I'm biased as I live an hour north of Columbia and deal with their delusional fans on the regular. Theyre more annoying than Clemson fans, despite never having any success.
 
#209
#209
RDU VOL#14 said:
I feel like there will be a random 3rd team that we’re not expecting bc they will use a metric that will be different from the other 2. Like similar record over the past 5 or 10 years. It could be a geographical opponent like Vandy, most traditional opponent Bama, similarly tiered opponent over a 5 year span. I don’t know who or what that looks like, but if they gave us a random Ole Miss or South Carolina that would be interesting .
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Kentucky will and should raise holy hell if their top rival (Tennessee) is not one of their three.
 
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#211
Something else to consider should the SEC expand again would be a potential move to a 4+5 model for conference games. While we would lose the “play every team home & away in 2 years” we would cycle through a conference of 20 teams in 3 seasons. That 4th perm would allow some more rivalries back plus potential new ones as expansion programs have to have some traditional SEC opponents. I, for one, would love a 4th perm of North Carolina.
 
#213
#213
OrangeEtBlanc said:
Something else to consider should the SEC expand again would be a potential move to a 4+5 model for conference games. While we would lose the “play every team home & away in 2 years” we would cycle through a conference of 20 teams in 3 seasons. That 4th perm would allow some more rivalries back plus potential new ones as expansion programs have to have some traditional SEC opponents. I, for one, would love a 4th perm of North Carolina.
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Why would we want to add teams? Who would we want to add to the league?
 
#216
#216
Wireless1 said:
Why would we want to add teams? Who would we want to add to the league?
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It is a pretty foregone conclusion that at least 2-4 teams will be added in the next 5-7 years once the ACC implodes. It’s less a question of “if” but “when.” Most likely some combination of UNC, UVA, and 2 others (which are far more up in the air). UNC has already put out the feelers for a SEC transition, and most seem to think Virginia is the other clear SEC target. The main unknown at this point is who will be the other 2 teams.
 
#218
#218
sami said:
This exactly. What some people (actually, one nitwit) fail to understand is that it isn't only about us. We are Vandy's biggest rival as well as Kentucky's biggest rival. Our own biggest rival is Alabama. If those two are going to remain in the conference, it's only logical that they get their main rival as well, making Bama, Vandy, and KY the obvious three for us.

I know, rocket science.
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THANK YOU. I’ve said the same thing at least three times. The SEC isn’t making this decision from Tennessee’s point of view. The primary goal is to get every school a permanent matchup with its top rival. The rest are filled in from there.
 
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#220
sami said:
This exactly. What some people (actually, one nitwit) fail to understand is that it isn't only about us. We are Vandy's biggest rival as well as Kentucky's biggest rival. Our own biggest rival is Alabama. If those two are going to remain in the conference, it's only logical that they get their main rival as well, making Bama, Vandy, and KY the obvious three for us.

I know, rocket science.
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This is the best/correct answer.
 
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#221
#221
I’m pretty sure we aren’t getting Kentucky. It doesn’t work if other things are to be protected -
It’s old row and new row and eyeballs- and to most people going back thirty five years UT/UF is a major big time big deal hate fest.

Bama/LSU
Ole Miss/LSU
Florida/LSU

Georgia/Florida
Tennessee/Florida
LSU/Florida

Bama/Auburn
Georgia/Auburn
Ole Miss/Auburn

Florida/Georgia
Auburn/Georgia
South Carolina/Georgia

Tennessee/Bama
Auburn/Bama
LSU/Bama

Miss State/Ole Miss
Auburn/Ole Miss
LSU/Ole Miss

Bama/Tennessee
Vandy/Tennessee
Florida/Tennessee


And the fill in with the usual Texas /OU/ATM round robin and plug the lowers in from there.



And I’m VERY glad of it. Tennessee Florida is a much better nasty rivalry -yes it’s new BUT:

Kentucky ain’t worth the whisky.
 
#222
#222
TNnative said:
Kentucky and Vanderbilt? Seriously? Because most years, they are cupcakes?

Hell, the Tennessean has been pushing for God knows how long to exaggerate that so called rivalry. Guess they were hoping they could get another James Franklin to built that program. But the Vandy leadership has not truly invested in that football program for years. I fail to see the fascination with having such a bunch of wimps as a traditional rivalry. Sorry, but I just can't get THAT drunk.
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Yes, Kentucky and Vanderbilt! You still gonna have 7 more conference games.
 
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