When Tennessee football takes the field against the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens on Saturday, the Vols will be a historically high underdog. Despite leading the overall rivalry and a period of dominance from the 1990s still unmatched in this series, the pendulum has clearly swung the other way.
The 15-year fall of the Vols and the rebuild of the Dawgs starting with Mark Richt and continuing with Kirby Smart has culminated in Georgia being a 31-point favorite against UT on Saturday. That’s an unheard of line in this series, which has produced as many thrillers as the Tennessee-Florida series in recent years, and quite honestly has been much more competitive.