Tennessee did what Tennessee always does. Beat Kentucky. And they did it in the most heartbreaking way imaginable for Kentucky fans. It's not unusual for Kentucky to play Tennessee close. Even during our great run they gave us some scares. The 1995 game was close. In 2001, Kentucky jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first half before the sleepy Vols woke up. The game was back and forth a bit in the second half before Alex Walls kicked the game winning field goal to win 38-35 with 17 seconds left in the game. In 2007, Tennessee needed to beat Kentucky to clinch the East. Tennessee got off to a 24-7 lead at halftime and was leading 31-14 until the last play of the 3rd quarter. Kentucky came back and tied the game to send it to overtime. 4 overtimes later, Tennessee was the SEC East champs. Kentucky considers Tennessee to be their biggest rival. Now that they are decent at football, it's pretty sweet to beat them. Especially since they like to talk a lot of trash and then have to eat their words. Going forward, I think Tennessee is going to distance themselves from Kentucky. The past 3 seasons, Tennessee is now 10-1 against Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri and Vanderbilt. Even with Pruitt being the coach for two of those seasons. Despite where Kentucky is this year with their favorable schedule, Tennessee is now only looking up to Florida and Georgia in the East. They are the next rungs on the ladder. Folks like Sean Sinclair have been saying for a while that Tennessee has to start beating the teams they should beat before they worry about Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Well, they've done that now. It's time to start chasing the upper echelon.
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Tennessee did what Tennessee always does. Beat Kentucky. And they did it in the most heartbreaking way imaginable for Kentucky fans. It's not unusual for Kentucky to play Tennessee close. Even during our great run they gave us some scares. The 1995 game was close. In 2001, Kentucky jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first half before the sleepy Vols woke up. The game was back and forth a bit in the second half before Alex Walls kicked the game winning field goal to win 38-35 with 17 seconds left in the game. In 2007, Tennessee needed to beat Kentucky to clinch the East. Tennessee got off to a 24-7 lead at halftime and was leading 31-14 until the last play of the 3rd quarter. Kentucky came back and tied the game to send it to overtime. 4 overtimes later, Tennessee was the SEC East champs. Kentucky considers Tennessee to be their biggest rival. Now that they are decent at football, it's pretty sweet to beat them. Especially since they like to talk a lot of trash and then have to eat their words. Going forward, I think Tennessee is going to distance themselves from Kentucky. The past 3 seasons, Tennessee is now 10-1 against Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri and Vanderbilt. Even with Pruitt being the coach for two of those seasons. Despite where Kentucky is this year with their favorable schedule, Tennessee is now only looking up to Florida and Georgia in the East. They are the next rungs on the ladder. Folks like Sean Sinclair have been saying for a while that Tennessee has to start beating the teams they should beat before they worry about Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Well, they've done that now. It's time to start chasing the upper echelon.