UT Turns Down Chance To Play USC

There was plenty of bad blood created between the Vols and the Trojans after Lane Kiffin decided to unexpectedly split for Southern Cal.

Lane Kiffin came right out and proposed settling the dispute on the field for the 2011 kickoff game, but the Vols declined.

I'm sure every UT player who was ditched by Kiffin was foaming at the mouth at getting the chance to get even with the coach that ditched them like a prom date.

This game would have generated so much in television rating but unfortunately we won't see it in 2011, but it is a possibility in the following couple of years.

The UT athletics director said that the schedule was tough enough, and I can definitely understand where he's coming from. After all they play in what I think is the best all around conference in college football.

The Vols have already gotten one back on Kiffin by getting one of his players who transferred just last week. It was defensive end Malik Jackson who decided to make the transition to Tennessee.

I see a rivalry in the making for sure and hopefully these two teams will meet real soon, but in the mean time both programs have a lot of work to do to return to glory.