UT/VT games every year would be a bigger rivalry than the Michigan/Ohio St game!
That game only means something to the people this side of Wytheville and this side of Morristown the rest of the two states could give a darn about it. Tennesse and KY would be and is a bigger rivalry than what VT/UT is would be. Even when they meet in a bowl game it isn't thought of as anything but another game by anyone other than people in extreme SWVA and NETN.