Before we get to the gist of this, I must state in no uncertain terms that I hate Tennessee. My heart beats for 51 weeks a year — through sadness, pain, and ennui — simply to carry me to this week.
There is no bigger rivalry in the SEC: Not the Cocktail Party, not the Iron Bowl, not the Egg Bowl, not Barn-Dawgs.
Ignoring Alabama, no SEC team has won more games than the Tennessee Volunteers. Alabama-Tennessee, unlike many rivalries in the old south, has been played in very few places, with just three locations hosting the Third Saturday ever — Neyland, Legion, and Bryant-Denny.