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Message: [QUOTE="UConnNick, post: 2116782, member: 1526"] Who says this game would generate "huge fan interest"? Tennessee has a rapidly shrinking national fanbase due to their newfound irrelevancy, so we're talking about the national UCONN fanbase and who else, exactly? Knoxville isn't much of a media market for driving TV ratings, and the only other people who care are those old enough to remember when it was a major rivalry, meaning folks at least over the age of 25-30 by now. I think the Nielsen numbers for this game would be largely disappointing nationally. There are several better rivalries going on right now that easily upstage this one, including UCONN vs. ND, South Carolina or Baylor. Right now UCONN vs. Tenn. would run a distant fourth to those three in terms of national interest and TV ratings. It's no longer anywhere near the big deal it once was, nor is it likely to ever become a big deal again, even if it is ever revived, which looks like a real longshot at present. [/QUOTE]