If you look through all the games in the history of the Tennessee Volunteers and Vanderbilt Commodores football programs, there is a lot of orange. The Vols lead the series 76-33-5 (the last tie came in 1974). This is a rivalry by virtue of geography, with both teams residing in the same state. The team in Knoxville boasts the title of big brother in many ways, but over the last decade, there hasn’t been quite as much orange in the win column as there once was. This is less a product of little brother growing up, and more a product of big brother shrinking.
Tennessee-Vanderbilt is a rivalry — just not the rivalry we all want
