UT has the ultimate opportunity to rekindle a clash that barely gets played.
The Tennessee Vols and Virginia Tech Hokies capture the hearts of many fans in the East Tennessee area, and that’s particularly the case in the Tri Cities region of the state. Go in any sports store in the area, and you’ll most likely see healthy amounts of Volunteer and Hokie memorabilia available.
And that’s because there are plenty of fans and alumni from both schools in the area. The result has been a bit of an unofficial regional rivalry between the schools even though the play about once a generation…