[kyrifle]

I can agree that the UT game is big, but probably no bigger than Florida in Basketball. I would not agree with the assessment that this game brings little attention on the National stage. The reason why it bring little attention is because UK has not had a coach that matches the resume of Pitino. The National media wanted it to be a great rivalrie, but the Cats have not had a high profile coach like Pitino, well since Pitino. That's all changed. The UK/Louisville Rivalry will grow to mythical proportions now that the State has the two "Teflon Don's" to build the match-up around. This year is not going to be typical of future years. Louisville is down, but this has the potential to be like a UNC/dUKe matchup when these two team are coming in with both in the top 5 rankings.

Florida hasn't been of any signifance until the last 6 or 7 years when Billy D. started beating UK on a regular basis. Tennessee on the other hand has always given UK problems, even when they had teams that wasn't suppose to compete they would give UK fits. As far as UK's coaches in the past not being as popular as the one in Loserville, I don't think it matters who coaches UK, the program will be in the national spot light. I think you could be the coach at UK and everyone would still know about UK basketball. (and you may be a very good coach) UK is the best program out there. It's always going to be the program that every opponent brings their A game to when they play, but UT just brings a game that IMO Loserville will never be able to duplicate. Loserville will always be the little brother. Even when they win it's no big deal with me.
I have hated the Vols since 1958 and to me this is the team UK must beat for me to keep my sanity..........