Last week we reported that Tennessee was cleverly floating an idea that would end the “Third Saturday in October” as an every season rivalry, Vols join ‘we don’t have to play Bama every year chorus’. Admittedly, creating some distance from Alabama football would be in the short term best interest of Tennessee football.
Unlike the Auburn Tigers, the Vols now appear to understand that short-term goals can suffer from lack of vision. This week, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported on Athletic Director’s John Currie’s position.
Currie has no desire to see the Tennessee-Alabama football series be reduced from an annual basis, “It’s one of the most sacred rivalries in all of college sports.