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People still talk of the series.... and of course that is because of its tremendous appeal and its part in raising the spectacle of WCBB..... a good bit of it was Pat vs Geno, but it was mostly about the basketball......
My own opinion has always been..... sure if the series continued that would be ok...... but nothing can continue without an apology from UT at trying to dismantle our program..... which they will not do..... we should try to be as accommodating as they were in the early 90s...... for the good of the game play "anyone, anywhere, anytime"...... that is what great programs do...... but but but..... we are stuck with the lasting litany from our southern neighbors "you know what you did!!" though we were not proven to have done anything that they threw our way...... etc etc..... you all know the story......
But here is why I write in...... whereas the UT UC series did wonders to rally interest in the WCBB game and introduce it to many who had not yet experienced its excitement, it is a distinctly different scenario now....... Tenn is in an abyss now in their program and they have not been relevant at the top level of WCBB for at least a half dozen years now..... no Final Fours even...... everything positive in the LV program now is connected with the past glory years of Pat Summit, which is way back when..... so the marquis value from that standpoint alone is eclipsed by other prograns...... ND, Stanford, Baylor, USC now, and even it can be argued.... KY , LVile, and the like......
I would love to take issue with UT's cheating allegations, and compare the programs directly...... even count violations over the years..... it is of course unsavory...... I bring this up because at ....its base level, athletic contests between contestants have to have a modicum of respect between the schools...... and that is not there from all I have read about the UT administration..... and of course the fan base..... ""We still contend that you cheated, but we want you to play us"? No thank you...... Playing other top teams and televising them will be far more beneficial to the game of WCBB... let UT play the Chatanoogas of the world.....
I wonder what those who want the series to resume want to achieve from it? There is very little to be gained except for the nostalgia it would bring and of course to fuel the dormant and visible vitriole which exists at the 2 schools...... There simply is no point at this juncture...... I read that Holly asked, and Geno insisted on a prerequisite apology, which Tennessee will not do...... So that closes that chapter...... it is now in the cards right now..... which brings up the question...... how can the game of WCBB be elevated? Perhaps through the Maggie Dixon tournament.... at MSG, biggest venue in the country, and have the top 4 teams in the country...... not 4 of the top teams, but the top 4 teams... that would be something everyone would want to see...... and would be much more exciting than men's games the same time of year..... Duke vs. South Dakota Tech in Puerto Rico in front of a raucous crowd of 200.
My own opinion has always been..... sure if the series continued that would be ok...... but nothing can continue without an apology from UT at trying to dismantle our program..... which they will not do..... we should try to be as accommodating as they were in the early 90s...... for the good of the game play "anyone, anywhere, anytime"...... that is what great programs do...... but but but..... we are stuck with the lasting litany from our southern neighbors "you know what you did!!" though we were not proven to have done anything that they threw our way...... etc etc..... you all know the story......
But here is why I write in...... whereas the UT UC series did wonders to rally interest in the WCBB game and introduce it to many who had not yet experienced its excitement, it is a distinctly different scenario now....... Tenn is in an abyss now in their program and they have not been relevant at the top level of WCBB for at least a half dozen years now..... no Final Fours even...... everything positive in the LV program now is connected with the past glory years of Pat Summit, which is way back when..... so the marquis value from that standpoint alone is eclipsed by other prograns...... ND, Stanford, Baylor, USC now, and even it can be argued.... KY , LVile, and the like......
I would love to take issue with UT's cheating allegations, and compare the programs directly...... even count violations over the years..... it is of course unsavory...... I bring this up because at ....its base level, athletic contests between contestants have to have a modicum of respect between the schools...... and that is not there from all I have read about the UT administration..... and of course the fan base..... ""We still contend that you cheated, but we want you to play us"? No thank you...... Playing other top teams and televising them will be far more beneficial to the game of WCBB... let UT play the Chatanoogas of the world.....
I wonder what those who want the series to resume want to achieve from it? There is very little to be gained except for the nostalgia it would bring and of course to fuel the dormant and visible vitriole which exists at the 2 schools...... There simply is no point at this juncture...... I read that Holly asked, and Geno insisted on a prerequisite apology, which Tennessee will not do...... So that closes that chapter...... it is now in the cards right now..... which brings up the question...... how can the game of WCBB be elevated? Perhaps through the Maggie Dixon tournament.... at MSG, biggest venue in the country, and have the top 4 teams in the country...... not 4 of the top teams, but the top 4 teams... that would be something everyone would want to see...... and would be much more exciting than men's games the same time of year..... Duke vs. South Dakota Tech in Puerto Rico in front of a raucous crowd of 200.
